Hi all, A friend of mine wants to send his AudioTechnica phones from the USA back to Japan for service/repair. Does anyone know what to put on the customs declaration to avoid any fees? What is a safe description and value? Thanks in advance

Hi, I'd like to use the ASIO drivers of my SoundBlaster X-Fi to feed a USB DAC but am having a bit of trouble getting this to work. I am using the latest foobar and latest foobar ASIO plugin. When adding a new ASIO Virtual Device through foobar I'm able to add "Creative ASIO" but after...

Hello, As far as headphones go I've only had experience with the Grado SR-80s. I think they're a good value for the price but have been thinking of upgrading to high end headphones. I'm rather intrigued with the RS-1's but from reading the forums I don't see them mentioned much anymore. How...

I've been looking into getting a good PCDP that doesn't suck. It seems like only the older models from the late 80s and early 90s have decent sound quality and those aren't exactly portable. So are there any PCDPs made today that have excellent sound quality?

Hi, Would anyone be able to give an explanation on how much output power is needed to drive headphones? For example: Typically on a DAP you see the max output as "16 Ohm earphone : 30mW + 30mW". For a headphone you see the impedance as "21 Ohms" with input sensitivity as "119dB/mW"...

before triple driver iems i had a hard time deciding between the SFP 5's and the UM2. ultimately i went with the SFP 5's because from what i've read here on head-fi it seems with the UM2 you need to get a whole bunch of different tips and play with the EQ a lot to get them to sound good. But my...

Hello Head-Fi'ers Up until now I've been using the iAudio U2 but am now looking for something better sound quality wise. I've heard a lot of good things about the iAudio X5 series but considering that the X5 is a couple years old, is there anything else out there right now with better sound...

Hi all, n00b question here; I've never had high end headphones like the Grado RS-1 so wondering what you need to make them sound good? Can you just plug them into a DAP and get good sound? Or do you gotta get amps and things like that? What do you guys usually use for a source?

Hi all, I currently have an iAudio U2, but hearing how great the X5 is, I wonder if it is worth picking up? The capacity difference aside, how does the X5 differ in sound quality with the U2? A lot of the X5 posts praise the SQ, and while I think the U2 SQ is good, I haven't really seen a...

fellow head-fiers, i currently own an iAudio U2 but the color screen and higher capacity of the U3 seems interesting. would anyone that has owned both of these players like to comment on how much better the U3 is over the U2 in terms of sound quality? I believe the U3 uses a different chipset...

Hi all, I bought an iAudio U2 around December of last year.The other day I was browsing the iAudio website and saw that the U2 now has a new chipset. Anyone have more info about this? What are the differences between the two chipsets (better sound quality, etc)? My understanding is that...

Hi all, Some questions for those with experience with Samsung and iAudio players: 1) I'd like to get your opinions on Samsung players vs iAudio. Which has better sound quality? 2) It seems the iAudio X5 is the player of choice. But I'd like a flash player, maybe the iAudio U2. Is...

Hi all, I recently became interested in IEMs and have been reading the forums as a guest for some time about the Westone UM2 and Super.fi Pro 5. I am having a difficult time deciding between the two but from what I have seen, it seems like most people in the same situation ended up with the...