Hi all, it's been a while! Hope everyone is doing well? Anyhoo, does anybody know of a custom cable/adaptor manufacturer in the UK who can build me a 4 pin mini xlr female to 2.5mm balanced female cable/adaptor? Have scoured the web with limited joy. A couple of reviews outstanding for me at...

This is a ShootOut review of some of iFi's most recent line-up – namely the two black labels and the two new "x" products. Before I start however, I thought worth setting out a few ground rules and my method, followed by a dive into scoring. Slightly differently to normal, I have given my...

Hi all, After some thoughts on a (1st world) dilemma. I have the opportunity to buy a pair of JH16v2 pro universals at a pretty decent price. My current totl is my ca polaris, which i am listening to now and love. My dilemma is this - the ca polaris was a noticable upgrade over the shure...

Thought id share a rexent experience. I have recent been using the note 8 and s8, outputting directly into iems. Both have dacs capable of 24/192 on board and whilst not as good as via a decent dac, its ok for train commutes. Anyhoo, recently usb audio player pro has been freezing when trying...

Hi all, Impedance of the headphones i (think i) understand - it is the resistance provided by the headphone circuit. Higher impedance = harder to drive as more resistance (often thinner wire with more coils = higher resistance, which i think is how beyer do it with their multi impedance...

It looks pretty well publicised but i couldnt find a link on head fi. Article contains a link for $200 off preorder on the new lcd 2 classic. Going to get my letter in to santa now! https://www.whathifi.com/news/audeze-launches-new-high-end-lcd-collection-headphones

Im coming acroas a bit of a problem somebody else must have solved and just wondered what others had done? In short, i tend to use my hd600s in my office whilst i am working. This also involves wearing my glasses (taking them off aint an option, im over minus 10 in both eyes). My problem is...

Hi all, Im a big fan of usb audio pro on my phone - particularly because it removes the faff of matching file quality to dac for bitperfect audio on a track by track basis (my music library is a real mixture). This is a massive faff on my pc and mac currently. Can anyone reccomend any...

Hi all, My current set up is (or more to the point, was) a dragonfly 1.2, running Shure SE 215s and 425s. Source is FLAC (mostly 96 or 192/24) and MP3s of varying quality collected over years, normally provided by an android phone, MacBook air or windows laptop. I recently lost my dragonfly...

Hi all, I will post in a separate thread for some advice re/my proposed new set up. For now, I pose a question which I suspect has been asked before, but to which I do not know the answer. In short, what are the pros and cons of balanced and unbalanced outputs for headphones? Many thanks, Simon

Hi there, New to this game but have been reading head fi for a while now and finally find myself in need of a little help (imo worthy of a post). I have been using a dragonfly 1.2 with shure se215s and se425s for a little while now (direct on pcs and macs and usb audio player on the android...