Sorry if this is a long read Basically what the title says. I'm looking for a high end or TOTL IEM that can be worn comfortably under an over-ear headset. I use an Audio Technica BPHS1 (with aftermarket Brainwavz earpads that give my ears more room inside) for when I'm playing online games with...

Shopping around online and looking at different amps, some products list their power specifications as volts, or voltage rms, while others list it in watts. I haven't been able to find any resources online to help me compare the two, outside of the headphone power calculator on Headphonesty...

I'm in the market for a new set of headphones for desktop use. Currently I use the Shure SRH1540 hooked up to the headphone output of the Audioengine HD3. Sometimes I use the speakers, sometimes I use the headphones, but I'm hoping to find a headphone that I'll wanna use all the time so the...

I'm looking for fully wireless IEM's, like the Jaybird Run, completely wireless and with an easily pocketable charging case. Sadly, every IEM I've read about so far has had issues in one way or another; they're either too large, the connectivity isn't reliable enough, or there's noticable lag...

I run a game streaming channel on Twitch that broadcasts local gaming tournaments, and part of that involves live commentary on matches that are played on the stream. I currently have two USB headsets that my commentators can use, but the audio quality is only passable, and the headaches I've...

The stock cable for my Shure SE846 recently kicked the bucket, one earphone only having intermittent sound, so I went looking for a replacement, and the man at the local audio store suggested a cable from Mee audio. I forget the exact make of the cable but from a physical perspective it's...

The last two CIEM's I've owned, the Unique Melody Miracle and the Noble 5S, both only lasted me about a year before problems with the sound tubes (usually blockages that I couldn't remove) forced me to go back to over-ear headphones. The hassle of having to clean out the bores on an almost daily...

I'm looking around at options for silicone CIEM's, I currently have a Noble 5S, but it's starting to go through rather bad channel imbalance, and I figure I'd rather see if I can upgrade instead of sending them in for repair again (the first time was due to blockages, but I haven't been able to...

for the past couple nights I've been using binaural music meant to aid sleeping, listening to them through my silicone CIEM's. I've intended to take them out before I fall asleep and let myself drift off naturally, but I've ended up falling asleep with them in and only realizing it when I...

The cable on my CIEM's is deteriorating (Noble 5S), and I went to look for replacement cables on their website. They're priced great at $50, the only problem is that they only ship 2-4 weeks after the order has been placed. I only know about a couple of aftermarket cable manufacturers, and...

My primary use for these headphones would be listening to music meant to assist in meditation (binaural theta tones, with mild ambient music overlayed on top), and also generally wearing around the house instead of my custom in-ears (meditating with in-ears, you can feel your pulse, incredibly...

Before I got into hi-res audio, I had an album (or album set, I can't remember) of about 40 Irish and Celtic instrumental songs, primarily violin and other strings, and some non-english vocals. The music itself was great but it was at 192kbps (I shudder at that now lol) and some of it was badly...

I posted this in the general help forums, and had no luck finding an answer there, perhaps this would be a better location (and I'm going to get impressions done tomorrow afternoon so I'd love to know more about this) I'm curious as to how the shape of the ear changes with relation to jaw...

I'm curious as to how the shape of the ear changes with relation to jaw position and movement. If you have impressions taken in a mouth-fully-open position, would the resulting CIEM's potentially be uncomfortable with a closed, or slack jaw? Does the ear canal simply expand, or does she shape...

I have a few pieces of audio gear I wanna sell, but having never sold anything that needed to be shipped before I'm uncertain as to how to do this. Obviously I wanna ensure that I get paid and that the buyer is able to receive whatever I'm selling safely and timely. There seems to be a warning...

I'm setting up a home music streaming system, using my iPhone 5 as a wireless bridge between my DLNA-enabled NAS and my (eventual) hifi headphone system, but I need a way to get the music from the phone, wirelessly, to a compatible reciever to pass along the digital signal to my DAC I...

I currently use a Xonar STX to drive my Sennheiser HD 650's from my computer, but I'm considering upgrading to a dedicated amp and DAC setup, and the Schiit products in particular caught my eye. I'm trying to decide if I want the Bifrost/Asgard 2 combo, or if I should wait a few months and save...

I've been looking to upgrade from my 16GB iPhone 5, and I'm currently using an iBasso DX100 as my portable player, but I'm looking to combine the functions so that I can just have one device that does everything. I recently tried upgrading to an HTC One 64GB, but considering the whole point of...

I'm a headphone and IEM guy, using my over ears at home and my IEM's at work and on the bus. I was having a conversation yesterday with my dad (who loves cranking the volume with his music in his car) about hearing loss from my headphones vs his speakers Basically, what I'm wondering is, given...

So I understand between 16/44 and 24/44 that the bit depth of an audio track increases, and between 24/44 and 24/96 that the sample rate increases, and what I understand this to mean is that the more samples there are per second and the greater their bit depth, generally provides more detail and...

I recently got an HDP-R10 and just stuffed it (and a 64gb memory card) with the majority of my lossless library and a couple MP3 CD's. the battery life monitor has been sketchy at best (turn it off at 50%, turn it back on and see 30%) but I've noticed on occasion when listening to some of the...

I have a set of Shure SE535's using them with the included triple flange silicone tips, slightly shortened (the stem shortened to be flush with the first flange) Whenever I move my jaw around I've noticed that there's a popping sound that occurs in either one or both ears, but the seal isn't...

So I've been looking into portable DAP's and decided that I'd wanna go for one of these two, being so closely related and seemingly the king of the hill as things stand right now I've heard battery life is between undesirable and spartan on the DX100 and the HDP can get between 2 and 6 hours...

I'm looking for an amp I can listen to while I'm on the road. A lot of portable amps I've found are only portable insofar as it's easy to move them from one desk to another, which in my view is more 'transportable' than truly portable. I'd want something battery powered so I don't have to be...

I'm currently using a pair of Sennheiser HD 449's when I'm on my commute to and from work on the bus, and in a few months I'll be going back to school which will necessitate a 2 hour long transit commute, and I'm looking at various IEM's and pondering the benefits of the noise isolation, but I...