Hey guys i'm looking for a replacement for my Hifiman 4XX ( it uses 2x 3.5mm ). Budget: As low as it can be since there's no way it will be any worse cable than the one which came w/ 4XX. Also i do not have Soldering kit, so DIY isn't an option ( soldering kit+extras itself will be more...

Hello guys, i just got the RCA cable and i've noticed terrible noise coming from FiiO E10K line out on the back, when i plugged into phone there's zero noise even on high gain max volume. I tried to plug it into PC Onboard and Monitor and both has the noise but alot less than E10K. I tested few...

Well i was searching for various reviews on amps/dacs and i've found out about the E10K that was quite popular ( first saw it on Zeos's reddit recommendations ), a friend of mine is reselling headphones so i recommended him to get it, he got it and said its really good and recommended it back to...

Oh, got it, but not always the amp is the case, for example on my E10K only 598 has noise/whooshing on high volume when nothing is playing, i guess it's overamping it in some way. While 4XX and iphone IEM is dead silent.

How can you tell when there's hiss/noise coming from the amp/dac and not the source file? I personally never heard anything like that or some big difference between onboard, retro/oldschool mp3 player, 3 low end laptops from ~2k10, 2low end phones ( ~2015-2016 w/ 90$ MSRP ) and E10K. All the...

Atom vs E10K ? Is there any difference in sound quality for avg listener? The E10K cant rly drive the 4XX but i don't listen on high volume most of the time, is it still worth picking Atom? Tbh i could even sell the E10K and go back to onboard audio, the volume is enough for 99% of use and...

Hello everyone, is there some IEM's that sounds very close to HD 650 ( can be slightly worse or better also with similar imaging/soundstage, btw i know that IEM's cant have that big soundstage ). Could you drop some examples? Budget: N/A ( mostly interested from the price/performance ratio...

Well, i took these. Anyway its more for looks, i don't expect any sound change ( even slightest ), but that would be an surprise if it gets better ( i can't even tell difference between amp/dac powered wired and bluetooth from smartphone on BackBeat Pro 2 or in general difference between FiiO...

Hello guys, i was looking on ebay for some cheap DIY cable alternatives, since HE-4XX uses x3 3.5mm jacks, its hard to find premade cables. So here's some parts i found for kinda OK prices: 1) These would connect to cans itself 2) And the main cable ( silver-coated copper wire+ PVC ) P.S. I...

I am looking for one too, max 20euros ( getting it for looks only, since cable doesn't improve quality, unless its really crappy one ). Need european site.

I can barely tell difference between HD 598 and 4XX ( considering i ignore the barely noticeable differences, im not an extreme "audiophile" that would invest 1000$ for 1% better sounding heaphone replacement ), so i bet the 400S is pretty much same sounding. Also i would choose between 4XX...

It's for PC, not smartphone, foobar to be exact, anyway i've installed VST plugin and found some plugins like reverb, i think it does what i wanted, not tube simulation, but atleast "Colors the sound" just need to find proper VST plugins :) Anyway if someone knows some way to emulate tube amp (...

Hello guys, i've heard that you can emulate the sound effects of tube amp using software/plugins since tube amp basically distorts the audio its clearly possible to mimic it with a software. Any suggestions where to find ones? Just wanna check how tube amp would sound like.

Obviously 4XX ( Not saying because i have it, but its also the reason i ordered 4XX instead of 400i considering both are the same price ). To my knowledge 4XX has 400i drivers, the sound difference will be only based on your grill/earpads. Reasons to go for 4XX: 1) Doesn't look like you have...

Talking about these "SaVe Up AnD DoNt WaStE YoUr MoNeY oN cRaP" i mostly agree, but even if rich people would follow this rule i think every second person would use Sennheiser HE-1 aka Orpheus since it simply destroys every 2000-4000$ hi-end headphones. In my case since i got 4XX already ( ex...

So got my E10K, it can fully drive the 4XX, the problems such as cracks etc is gone, it can handle the bass nicely now, but SQ didn't changed at all, maybe original ( Monitor ) sounds bit more flat and more clear like it had less dynamics, don't have switch to compare A/B them sadly. About the...

Hello guys, i've noticed that music in Tidal sounds alot warmer and alot different in a good way than lets say Spotify, FLAC or Youtube, any ideas if they use some sort of EQ or they use some something else? Or it is because of Chrome? Cause chrome also changes the sound. Here's example:

Thanks, i've used ohms law. Got it just few hours after ive posted and yea it can drive the 4XX no problem, however there's no noticeable sound quality improvement as people have said ( i suppose Magni 3 would improve the SQ ). But i think it sounds good enough for me ( don't really want to...

Hello, i have HE 4XX and waiting for the E10K, but everyone said that E10K wont handle them because of lack of current, but in the specs there's no current mentioned, so how do you figure this out? Im not some math guy so i have no clue. Here's the requirements based on r/headphones: Power...

Thanks, btw i got plenty of Ethernet cables ( CAT7 ) that has broken ports, maybe i could make use of them instead of buying the pure silver or something else ? ( Since internet also requires "speed" ). Keeping in mind that it should be upgrade over the factory one.

Hey guys, will this work? Stainless Steel Woven Wire Filter Sheet - 20 Mesh Cant find the honey comb grill anywhere :/

Hello, i was thinking to make some cable for my HE 4XX, since the factory one is not perfect and the prebuilt ones are way too overpriced, i have experience in making DIY coils for eCigarettes, so for headphones it should not be that different. so here's some basics i need to know: I suppose i...

Yeah i think Fiio will do the job as first dac/amp, later mby i will look into something like Schiit stack or O2. Also E10K is pretty popular so i think i could sell it easily for nearly same price as i paid.

Some good points there. But lets wait for my amp/dac to arrive i will let you guys know if somethings changed etc in these artifact/static issues and sound quality of some songs. Anyway try these out, for me the "Love Spent" is alot more noisy and way less detailed/clear.

Well, i am pretty good at PC's but not in Audio theory and i can tell you that once its powered from USB the audio chip or other PC components has nothing to do with it anymore ( thats why its called "Dedicated DAC/AMP" ), so it will be all up to DAC/AMP, the source will come from the E10K in...