So the other morning, I woke up partially deaf. I had no other ailments and had gone to bed perfectly content only to wake up with no hearing below about 1.5kHz on my left side. Bizarre. To make matters worse, I was 900 miles from home and my normal doctor so I flew home that day with every...

I can't find the thread for this that I was posting in earlier today or yesterday. Did it get deleted by accident? on purpose? or I am just missing it somewhere where it got moved?

I have had a Modi 2 that would not work with a Dell M6700 laptop no matter what I tried. I tried hubs both powered and unpowered, Usb drivers from every source imaginable and a few that were kind of sketchy, adding an expresscard usb controller, voodoo rituals and an exorcism to no avail...

Nominate Movies for the best soundtrack from the worst movie you can think of. For example, I'll nominate Streets of Fire (c. 1984) The soundtrack has some great music but the movie is simply atrocious.

I recently had an opportunity that few get. I was speaking about ordering a custom in ear monitor from a local company and had been researching the process online. What I found was bits and pieces of information but no one place that explained what was involved from start to finish. I am...

Things you’ll Need: 0.8 Number 2 Pentanode Screwdriver. These are most commonly found in sets for taking apart apple products and can be bought for $8 (amazon or the bay), A replacement battery – this is the Sparkfun.com 2000 mAh battery PRT-13855 ($13) A soldering iron – you don’t...

With Ken's blessing, the sample Cascade that I received to take to the Carolina Canfest is now available for a review tour and so is the pair Msheney has been demo-ing so, we have 2 pairs. This means you are twice as likely to get to participate and even more likely to see the cascade in your...

Actual picture from either letgo of offerup. Pet free, smoke free home - mild toe funk included.

This has now been confirmed, if you paid for anything via the OnePlus online store, your card information may have been compromised. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oneplus-malicious-script-on-online-store-stole-card-details-for-40k-customers/ If you did buy through their...

Looking to put together a meet for the Northeast TN, Southwest Va, Southern West Virginia, Western North Carolina, and Eastern Kentucky Folks. Was thinking if we put it somewhere between Abingdon VA and the Tri-Cities TN it should be pretty central to everybody. Who all do we have in that...

The advance of products from Fiio (f9), Magaosi (K3), Massdrop (Plus), TFZ, KZ, etc. in the headphone space, and Cayin, Fiio, Xduoo, and Shanling in the DAP space, and Schiit trying to single-handedly rewrite the rules on the desktop, I think we can all agree that low-cost audio has come a long...

Posted a review of the sample sent to me from Gearbest here: https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/syllable-d9-in-ear.22689/reviews Neat design and case, unfortunate tuning.

I posted a review this evening and it would not let me select 3.5 stars and I noticed that all my previous reviews that were 3.5 or 4.5 are now 3 and 4 respectively. This is a pity and I hope it can be fixed as it is a disservice to all those items that got that extra 1/2 star. If not...

I keep hear about "Details opening up" with amping and I am at a complete loss as to why this would be true unless it is on the human side of the equation and is based on more detail being available to our ears at higher volume levels. Somebody please take a look at my understanding as written...

I've been reading and haven't found anything to suggest that frequencies this low are being used, but would it be possible with Class D to match the PWM with the PCM of the original recording?  It makes sense to my little brain that making the pulse width of the amplifier to be either the same...

I've seen some odd Chinese brand names go by while perusing Ali, but this one has to take the cake for least marketing effort spent on researching a name.       This leads to such awkward statements as:   These Fuqing headphones are....   and   Hey, hand me those Fuqing headphones...

We have a summit-fi section that takes on the very high-end of the price spectrum.  How about a Basement-Fi section that addresses only those items below say $400.   I think having some entry level stuff in its own section would make it easier to find for those new to head-fi that are just...

I live in Kingsport TN, right on the corner of TN, VA, and NC.   Would be interested in any meets that might be within a few hours drive time.   Anybody in Knoxville, Asheville, Tri-cities TN/VA or somewhere close?

My question is both a theoretical and also an application question.   I'm a middle aged man who has always liked music.  I would classify myself as a music lover more than an audiophile as I make no claim to being able to hear every nuance in every piece of music.   I'm also a firearms...

I recently bought a pair of 325s here.  Problem being the gorillas at my post office broke them.  The C shaped plastic that holds the right cup on was cracked.    I looked up the phone number on GradoLabs web page and called.   It was immediately answered by a very pleasant woman who identified...

Please help me get my head to stop spinning.   I have up to $200 that I would like to spend on upgrading my office headphones.  My current office setup is a Fiio e9/e17 stack with either Monoprice 8323s or Superlux 668bs.   My music mix is probably 65% or better classic rock with the rest...

I'll admit I don't know enough about tubes to have any business thinking about buying a box of tubes but saw an add on local craigslist http://tricities.craigslist.org/ele/5421237897.html   From what  any of you all can see in the pictures, are any of these tubes that are typically used in...

Until recently, I could pick a song from the songs listing and then once it started playing click the shuffle (random) function button and the player would happily go through the entire catalog.    After the last update, it now requires that I add songs to the queue and will only shuffle those...

I came in from shoveling snow today to find this.   Beware of what happens to your gear when you are away from home.  

So far, I have a PC with windows 7, and a 1.5 TB drive, a 55 watt solid state amp and two pairs of yamaha indoor/outdoor speakers.    I know by standards here it isnt a particularly hifi solution but it will be used outdoors.   I have been looking at either a usb sound card (Xonar or Creative)...