As of late, I have been purchasing various different interconnects and also borrowing some using The Cable Company's lending library. I thought I'd share my subjective results, using my Chord Hugo 2 + KGSSHV Carbon + Stax SR-009 system which is a real microscope that highlights interconnect...

What are some of your favorite hard headphone cases for large over ears? I use my ZMF Ori for travel, but the stock Seahorse case (as awesome as it is) is huge. I had this cheap case from Amazon, perfect size but it broke down within 3 months so no thanks. Avoid that one.

A new dynamic amp from HeadAmp is inbound, the GS-X Mini. Here is all known information about it. Official update on 10/5/18 Official Product Page It is a balanced solid state headphone amplifier based on the class A "Dynalo" circuit designed by Kevin Gilmore (read more) which is one of the...

What's the best way to go about this?  Would I just use a double sided 3.5mm male plug?  Or do I need to use a Lightning to 30-pin adapter to a FiiO L3 or L9 to the E11?  Is there any downside to just using the double sided 3.5mm male solution?

This will be a gaming setup, used with a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD.  Portability not needed, I'd prefer a desktop amp so I wouldn't have to deal with charging.  Looking to spend under $150, which is probably all these headphones need if I'm not mistaken.  Is the FiiO E09K a good...