Hey folks, if anyone is in the Las Vegas Area on May 18th, there is a social gathering scheduled at the Audio Video Boutique from 3-9 p.m. They are located at 353 E Bonneville Ave Suite #175, Las Vegas, NV 89101. Hopefully, you can attend and maybe I'll get the chance to meet some...

I've been a long time member of Head-Fi and I can understand why the "Sources" categories (e.g. Dedicated Source Components and Portable Source Gear) contained primarily DACs with a smattering of players/transports in the past. The truth is, there just weren't that many player/transports in the...

http://www.schiit.com/ragnarok-yggdrasil.pdf   Shall we say "Statement"?   Cheers! -HK sends   EDIT: This is a Preliminary Information release!

Here's something that's due to be released in a week or so....:   http://www.i-hifi.com/index.html  ...

Hey, everyone!     I recently got a lucky opportunity to obtain one of the (if not the) first Little Dot DP_I's shipped internationally.  I have to thank David ZheZhe and Sword Yang at Little Dot for being willing to part with one so I could do a bit of a preview/review.  Little Dot has been...

Hey everybody,   I am using a Cowon J3 that supports playing gapless flac files (I have a lot of music that have transitions between songs).  I have been a Cowon user since the D2 started gapless support.  I was wondering if there were any other brand players currently available (HiFiMan...

Hey everybody, I just got in a pair of the new run of HF-2 and I noticed there's a bit of a difference that will set them apart from the original run.  To begin with, I owned one of the first run HF-2s (#44) before passing it on to another Head-fi'er so he could enjoy the opportunity to have...

It seems all the well known portable amp manufacturers are doing a refresh of their product lineup.  There are some really interesting possibilities coming down the pipe.  I have had some great experiences with Practical Devices XM4 and XM5 amps, allowing me to roll opamps and tailor the sound...

P-51 Mustang vs. SR-71A Blackbird Comparison Part One and Two (and a Bonus!) After a battery of testing, I have come to the conclusion that this comparison needs to be in two parts. The first is using high gain settings with the AKG K702 headphone (with a Stephan Audio Arts replacement cable...

I know he had a page for the amp, but it finally showed up on the purchasing page as well (@ $375) However, I don't know if he has released them for sale yet (maybe I caught the updated page too early...I only check it ten or twelve times a day). -HK sends

First let me qualify that I am a audiophile n00b. I have several headphone amps, cables, etc., but my primary source of music is an iPod Nano. I eventually hope to move to better music sources. I have been trying different headphone amps for a little over two years...every since I got my...