As the title says, someone posts a song/album/artist and someone else tries to recommend another song/artist/album that would be similar.    Kind of like the Genius list for iTunes in a way except that thing never works right for me... I'm sure Head-Fi will be a much better place to tap for...

Looking for classical music that is relaxing and romantic for a nice sunny spring day at the park. Classical guitar comes to mind,  Anyone can recommend a good album? What I am really trying to avoid is mostly the famous classical artists who you'd hear all the time anyways. Want to find some...

I was PMing someone about the HD800 and I said that my Headstage could drive it up extremely loud without the need to turn up the gain setting. But I replied with something about them not driving the headphones "properly". What does that mean?    What kind of amp do I need to drive it...

Live in Canada, gonna be in China for a bit. Wondering if anyone knows shops that lets you audition a wide selection of headphones. Would be especially amazing if they have custom IEMs but I will settle for great selection of just plain headphones. 

Gonna try to turn this topic into a glossary of EQ settings. Please post in this format:   Brand Model EQ Program Audio Technica ATH-CKS77 Balanced Realtek Onboard Denon AH-D2000 Balanced Electri-Q Denon DN-HP700 Balanced Realtek Onboard M-Audio Q40 Balanced...

Want to upgrade because I am tired of swapping out music on my 16 gig Nano. Very annoying, I just want to dump it all into a single device and forget it. A few questions and concerns:   1. Why do I see so many people fighting over the Cirius vs Wolfson DACs? Do they really make much of a...

Really tempted to purchase an IE80 in China as I found a seller that sells them for about $150. That seems way too good to pass up and the seller has fairly good ratings to his shop. To top it off, you can buy them on the spot and try them and if it is ok, you pay up.    Anyone have tips of...

Ever since I got linked to that whole "cables" topic and read the ridiculous number of sources repeating that from basically regular listeners all the way to top audio engineers and reviewers could not distinguish cables in blind testing, I have been highly conflicted about reviews on this site...

Been reading a lot about portable amps recently and I am wondering what is the best portable amp for EQ functions. I use to have  Fiio E11 and I am not sure if that is representative of the quality of the E17s EQ abilities but it falls quite short compared to the headstage arrow 4G. The 4G on...

Was very curious about this because I was talking to my doctor who owns a nice speaker system. I told him I was into headphones (cause I'm not a doctor :D) and he told me that those things are really bad for your hearing.  Now, he is a doctor but he could still be pretty much talking out of...

I move around quite a bit and I often move around even in the house with my headphones on and just walk around with the whole wire and rig wrapped around my neck or arm. This is with the RS1i.   Even when I am sitting down many motions will cause me to touch the wires and the microphonics...

Could not find any direct comparisons in my search.   I still don't have a full sized amp but I've recently been in love with my Headstage Arrow. A huge upgrade over the E11. I was also told that the Ray Samuel Hornet was a much better amp but having exchanged amps, I honestly could not tell...

Found a HUGE stash of Vinyl from my dads collection. Want to get him a TT so he can plug some headphones in. Question is: can I actually power the headphones directly from the Turntable or do I need to get him an amp too? The headphones to be used are the HD 598 for my dad and the Grado RS1i for...

I need to decide between these two amps in the next few weeks but I find there is so little info on the 332s other than its better compared to the 336c.   I know the LD1+ is really great for Grado but is the 332s equally good? The reason I consider the 332s is because in the future, it will...

Mine setup is iPod Nano > Headstage 4g > UM3x or m-80   Both headphones and earphones stay on and work just fine. Just want a solution to avoid all the bouncing around my stuff does when I exercise and would like it to be more easily accessible.   Looking online for armbands is pretty...

Never have bought a full sized headphone amp before, this will be my first purchase. Hope to gain some guidance on how much I should spend. I hear tons of great things about both the LD 1+ and MK III on forums but another poster suggested the La Figaro 336c. My question is, which would be the...

I've played around with headphones for a long time. I have an m-80 for portable use and both a Sennheiser 598 and Grado RS1 at home but still fairly new to audio.    I am told that IEMs, unlike headphones, don't really need an amp. But to be honest, I enjoy my music just fine without an amp...

Hi, noobie here.   I've never had an external DAC before and I don't think I understand how effective they would be. I play music out of an iPod Nano and my laptop and I would assume at the very least that the Nano probably has a very poor DAC.   My question also comes up because I see a...

Recently went to my local seller and purchased the RS1i, upgrading from a v-moda m-80. I spent like an entire hour listening to music between the P500, RS1i and HD650 before deciding on these but I have 30 days to try them out and exchange for the HD650 (which I also loved but could not drive...