Just a note on some of the nuances of using the Icon Mobile that I've come across the last few days. On my MacBook the 'USB' LED blinks quickly whereas on my girlfriend's Vista laptop it is continuous which is much less annoying! I also get the 'whistling' when I change the input from USB to...

@ AudioPhewl: PM'd @Twylight: After reading a fair bit more on the internet every article/ piece of advice said not to remove the earth wire in UK plugs if the appliance isn't Class II Double insulated, which the Zero isn't. All that would happen is 240v coarsing through me when I touch the...

Unfortunately I live in the UK and don't think our cables can be so easily broken like that. From what I understand you get the same effect by removing the earth cable from inside the plug but because the DAC isn't double insulated surely it would be pretty dangerous? Really want to try it...

Twylight, can you talk me through doing this? I've got virtually no electrical experience outside school. Isn't there a chance that after doing so I wouldn't be able to touch the unit whilst it's on? I take it there's no reversing it if you're recommending using a cheap one either

It's been sitting pretty much isolated from any other electrical equipment on my bedside table, it's got its own socket too. I have experimented with putting it in different parts of the house but it's all the same Really it's just frustrating because the brief moments that I've listened to...

Just opened my Zero up, everything looks pristine. Going to put some rubber under the transformer after work. Is it safe just to touch the transformer once it's all been disconnected or do I need to do something to release any charge on me/ it. Also, what are the signs that everything's...

Ah ok, so that eliminates the probability that it's a voltage issue, thanks to you both . I've just tried a different power cable (from the desktop PC) and found a clip-on ferrite core but neither of these have helped. Is it essential to have one either end? As for leaving it on for 24 hours...

It's very good to know that I'm not the only one and that hopefully there is an easy fix for this =) So I'm looking at something like this power cable and these cores? My Zero doesn't have a HDAM fitted (yet!) so I don't think that's an issue although are there any other ground wires that...

Dear Head-fi, After buying my Zero for ~£100 it emits a constant humming from the unit. This has been documented before with no-one coming up with a real cure but I was wondering. If I changed the voltage it was dealing with to 110v or 220v (UK is 240v) with a converter hopefully the...

I'm also starting uni this year and bought a pair of Senn HD595's about 4 months ago and haven't been disappointed. Although I can't comment on the other 'phones, if you like the Senn sound then I think they'll be a solid performer especially coupled with the Beresford DAC. Although some...

Can I just ask anyone in the UK with one of these, do you get an annoying hum/ vibration from the unit?

You're right cheers! Never done it with this generation and didn't realise it would look like that. Still no idea how it got that way but case closed

I've never come across this before but my iPod displayed this screen: Screen I hadn't touched it all day, it wasn't connected to anything (it says Ok to disconnect) and it looks like the display from my old iPod black and white 4g iPod, whereas it's 5.5g. Anyone else had this? A simple...

@apatN: You have Beyer 880's, those are the headphones I was going to get before I went into a store and bought the HD595's in a on-the-spur moment kind of thing. How do they sound in comparison? Thievery Corp and similar sounding music makes up a lot of my collection so would be very...

Just re-ripped one of my favourite albums to ALAC (Together We're Heavy by The Polyphonic Spree) and it sounded astounding. Thanks for the recommendation, I really thought I was getting CD quality from AAC's but it seems I was much mistaken! It's lovely being able to hear the instruments...

Thanks for the quick informative responses I have looked into the Apogee Duet but it's a bit out my price range at the moment. If anything was looking at a) hand building one like the Millet Starving Student or a PA2V2 or LDM+. But yeah re-ripping everything to ALAC I knew was going to be...

Anyone?

Hey there, Recently bought a pair of lovely Sennheiser HD595's and I really want to love them especially after all the stunning reviews that they've gained but constantly find myself trying to tweak them and get them sounding better. I've got a pretty modest setup (atm ~192kbps VBR AAC's ->...

Does this mean an upcoming er6 vs er6i review? =D After a brief foray into looking at some Koss KSC75 and iGrado's for a portable rig and a seperate monitoring set I now think that it will be worth £55 for some er6i's. Don't think I'll be too disappointed no matter what I get! Having read the...

Well in that list it goes post-rock/ classical, symph-pop, electronica, rock, jazz, electronica, dance. I just want the option that delivers a true representation of it, just not sure what that is! Has Pez completed his review yet?

Much really, my tops atm are Sigur Rós, Polyphonic Spree, Boards of Canada, The Smiths, Bonobo, Lemon Jelly, Daft Punk. http://www.last.fm/user/nitesshadow/ has everything. Just an earphone that doesn't colour sound is what I guess I'm looking for and the "sound shaping" of the sf3 made me a bit...

Time to jump in, I've been reading this thread for a while now and am in quite a similar problem as Baines originally was. I've had Shure e2c's for ages but the right speaker has gone, I'm sure it's just a loose connection but I'm no longer under the gurantee and can't fix it =( So I've...