My apologies if I'm asking this on the wrong place. On my Violectric V200 that I changed voltage to 110V. There's an odd static-like clicking noise every time I move the volume knob past the 11 'o'clock position, this happens on every click of the potentiometer. This noise is only heard on the...

Just for the sake of conversation and curiosity. I know the Schiit Loki is a tone control with RCA inputs and outputs, but if I have a DAC with XLR out and an AMP with XLR in. Is there any sort of equipment that would allow someone to use tone control in that chain? Please, this is not about...

Greetings. I'm on the market for a balanced output DAC to feed my Violectric V200. The budget I have for it is whatever; good deal, I can get for my gen 1 Chord Hugo. So far I've reached a point where I'm pretty much satisfied with my current headphones. But since this is a hobby, I want to...

Greetings. I've had a nice share of headphones, DAC, amps, ear pads and other assorted mods I've done on my gear over the years. At first the changes were noticeable enough, as I "moved up" the fidelity tiers I noticed less and less changes. I noticed changes in flavor but not quality. A...

Lately I managed to listen to Meute: You & Me on my father's system. It has a subwoofer, it's fairly nice, at times over accented but really nice. When the bass drum kicked in on that song it was thunderous, made me jump, made the room shake. I really liked that. I'm not about to change to...

After much perusing I've settled on an AMP that will be the last one I use; for a long while at least. The Violectric V200 it should arrive in a week. Currently I'm using the A30/D30 Topping combo to power my DT-1990 and other headphones, I'm quite happy with the D30, but let's say if I want a...

Lately I've been obsessing about headphone amps, after experiencing first hand what some extra power did to the sound of my IEMs on my portable rig. I want to replicate this on my desktop rig. However, I think I'm lacking some technical knowledge about what all the power spec numbers actually...

Which IEM you would get? For the sake of conversation, let's limit it to in ear monitors. I know it isn't the most original question... I'd go for the Studio 64 Tia Fourte. Maybe I bought into the hype and all the confusing words that I barely understand, nevertheless I think it's an...

The Fiio X3-II has been my daily commuting DAP for over 2 years now. I want to upgrade to something priced around 300 USD or lower, I really don't want to break the bank on a new DAP. I'm eyeing the Cayin i5, I know it's 100 USD over my mark, but I'm sure I can get something similar for less...

Some context first. Lately I pulled the trigger on a pair of new Beyerdynamic DT-1990, coming from the DT-770 Pro 80 Ohms, I loved how the 1990s gave me more of everything I loved from the 770s; just for the sake of it, I ordered some Brainwavz and Dekoni pads to take the confort even further...

Gretings, I've had my Shure SE425 for close to two years and they have been amazing. I paired them with  Fiio Andes e07k and I use Comply P-100 tips with them. The sound isolation is amazing and the sound quality has made a snob out of me.   BUT! I also use this in ear monitors to double as...