Hey all, So my trusty Sansa has finally coughed it's last, and to my horror they are no longer made. As it seems its replacement no longer supports FLAC or has a card slot, can anyone recommend me a tiny music player that will do a similar thing? Ideally relatively low price as I just don't...

So for the record, this doesn't work. The DAC powers up but isn't recognised by the phone. Ah well!

Many thanks! I'll give it a try and report back.

How is that even possible?! I'd love to know how they managed that.

Hey all, I have a question regarding using a DAC with android. I just bought a Nuforce UDAC3 which I'm really digging for the price. I'd really love to get it working with my phone (Sony Xperia X) which I believe supports USB audio. As I understand it, the UDAC won't work with a phone due to...

Sorry for the late reply but I was wondering. Do you find updating Rockbox brings anything sound quality wise? I installed it years ago on mine and never bothered to update it, although it does occasionally crash when skipping albums so maybe I should...

Hey all, So I have a pair of custom earplugs for work, and I'm looking for either an adapter or a set of IEMs that will fit them. They are Cluistrom ones, which I believe are the same filter size as the Elacin ER series. I looked at the ACS T15, but it's a little out of my price range...

Ah, sorry to hear that. It's inevitable with mini-jacks over time, but it shouldn't happen that quickly - they must be using a really low quality connector. I'm amazed the clip lasted so long to be honest. What are you rocking now?

Hey all, So after probably two years my faithful Clip+ has started to die on me. The headphone output has an intermittent connection, which fine for general listening but I usually have it plugged into a 20kw PA system for work (I'm a sound engineer, I use it to play background music between...

  Couldn't have said it better myself.   Quote:   The Pro40 is great for the price, but the conversion on it, particularly on the outputs, isn't that great. It's a little noisy when you add it to a clean audio chain in a well treated room. I have a passively cooled PC, in a room with...

Hey all,   I'm looking for a new DAC for my home studio, as my trusty Focusrite Pro40 is being moved to my location recording rack. I'm looking in the sub £400 budget - used is probably the way to go.   As far as I can tell a lot of the audiophile DACs on the market (in my budget) are just...

Apologies, not only is this the wrong forum but I didn't search properly either! 

Hey all, I've been looking into building a custom cable for my HD25s. I've managed to source the Sennheiser plugs, but I'm struggling to find an inline microphone/remote short of just butchering an existing one (I get the feeling these wouldn't be solder friendly.) Does anyone know of a...

Hello all!   Just a quick question. I currently use the headphone amp on my Saffire Pro40 with my Shure SRH840. I just spotted the FiiO E10K on amazon and I was wondering if I'm likely to notice a significant improvement with a dedicated amp?   Cheers, MixingWIzard

They broke... and looking at the amount of plastic connecting them I'm really not surprised.

Hi all,   I've just been chilling comparing my new Shure SRH840s to my monitors (Leak 3090 through a Quad 520f) and something really weird happened. I seemed to loose everything bellow about 1k for about 10 seconds in the headphones, then it sort of came back but nowhere near the level quality...

Might be some kind of harmonic distortion causing lower frequency tones? I guess it isn't impossible though!

I can just about hear 18k (it's very faint though) and I'm 24 and a gigging musician - I guess I just got lucky so far! My girlfriend is 22 and she can still hear 20k - I'm pretty jealous.

Hello!   I've been doing a bit of research into some headphones suitable for live sound engineering and these two kept popping up. I actually ended up with the Shure SRH840s as I couldn't demo the German Maestros, but along the way I ended up emailing them about the difference between the 8.35...

Thanks for all the info guys! I might start a new thread as this has moved away from "k550" to a search for the best sub £200 sound engineer headphones. Can I change the thread name?   So to update. I went to my local audio supplier and tried a bunch of stuff. My testing method was to blast a...

Thanks for the replies guys!    I'm really not bothered about bass quantity as such (in fact "bass-head" headphones are the last thing I want). Generally "flat" headphones do have a recessed bottom end, I just need accurate. Poor clamping would be problem for me though, I generally EQ a system...

Howdy all!   This is my first post here, but I've been lurking around here for years (I've lost count of how many times I've benefited from the valuable information up here). This is not a recommendation thread, as I already have a pretty good idea of what I want, and I only really trust my...