Considering that two cables are identical except the thickness, is thicker cable gives better performance in sound wise? For example, let us look at Jena 18 and Jena 22. Will Jena 18 gives better sound quality than Jena 22? Thanks for the help.

While cleaning my headphone, I accidentally drop it in the water. After I gave some time to dry it, I test the headphone. But nothing.. Is it dead? Should I wait more(like till tomorrow) and test again? Is there anything I can do? Any help will be greatly appreciated. I’m so worried. Thanks...

As described in the title..I need exact dimension of gs1000. I'll make another woody for myself and I want that to be look exactly like gs1000 but ebony color..it is gona be cool.. If anyone have gs1000 please help.. thanks

I’m looking for my next amp. I’m considering DIY amps since I never tried one and people are always talking about how good they are compare to commercial ones, but other suggestions are also welcome. I’ll mostly use with my grado and ultrasone, and will use 0404 usb as a source. I’m mainly...

I know there is 300+ page thread about the compass. However, it would be nice to have some thread about the comparison between other poplar amps (I know there is few in FAQ) in head-fi such as mk3, m^3, ckkIII, millet max. etc. Since, there should be enough people already received the compass...

Hi.. I found this amp on ebay... I know there are few reviews about its little brother 708b, but not about this one. It looks pretty cool with bass and treble control nob, and price is about $350 shipped to us. here is the link: Xiang Sheng 768A Vacuum Valve Stereo Tube Pre-Amplifier -...

I recently got grado 225 with moon-audio cardas cable from fellow head-fier. I really like the sound, but I did not really satisfied with its appearance especially after I’ve seen my friend’s custom woody from xxxxxx. I can’t help my self to get woody for my 225 too. I did my search to...

As title says, I have no problem playing the music using foobar with asio, but there is no sound when I use other players like windows media player and other video players. Does anyone experience the samething? or anyone know what is going on and can tell me how to fix it? Please help.. thanks

I never did any DIY before and I’m kinda worried. If there is anybody who had an experience in re-cabling, please help me. I have no idea which cable to pick and how to start. I also have many questions. Does any diy cable looks like jena wire so I can use individual wire and braid? If I...

Quick, may be dumb question here. I just want to try balanced cable for my senn’s But I do not have any balanced amp and no money to buy ATM. I know 0404 usb has balanced out. If I plug my senn w/ balanced cable to 0404 usb will it work? Or I need balanced amp to get a taste of balanced...

I already read countless thread, but I still can’t decide what to look for. List is the popular amps around $200-$300 in price range 1.X-Can V3 (stock:Pinkfloyd mod is not in same price range) 2.Little Dot MKIII (tube rolling) 3.Darkvoice 336SE (tube rolling) or 332 4.Soha with jisbos...

I posted this thread on headphone amp forum earlier, but I think this is better place to post. -------------------------- I’m about to buy dac/amp or dac + dedicated amp for my office to use with desktop computer. From reading many thread, I found out that 0404 usb and zero dac/amp is very...

I’m about to buy dac/amp or dac + dedicated amp for my office to use with desktop computer. From reading many thread, I found out that 0404 usb and zero dac/amp is very good sounding unit for the money and both of them are within by budget. So, I tried to find the comparison between two...

Adding sup $200 amplifier to 0404usb will improve the sound noticeably from using 0404 usb headphone jack? If so what are your suggestions(I’ll use hd600 and hfi780 with it)? Thanks for all your input.

When most of the headphones even my hd600 can be driven to extremely laud level by headphone out of external sound card (I have Philips Aurilium and diyeden svdac05, also have Perreaux SXH1 amp), what does it mean by saying need more power to drive headphone? Thus, dedicated...

Hello. I never had a stax before, and I'm thinking about buying not too expansive stax system to try. But, I'm not so sure what do I need between my computer+dac and stax earspeaker adapter unit. Can anyone help me on this? Does T-amp will work? Thanks for all your help.

Hello. Does anyone had an experience with shure warranty service? If I buy shure products from fellow head-fier, then shure will honor the original receipt and do the warranty for me? Thanks in advance for all your help.

I recently purchased HFI780 from ebay seller. audio-topia (3987) 99.6% Positive Feedback Member since Dec-22-05 in United States Location: NH, United States They claim that they are the authorized retailer of ultrasone. Can you verify that and also tell me how to register my hfi780...

I like the sound of Ultrasone very much. Thus, I'm looking for the similar sound in portable set up. Is it even possible to find IEM with ultrasone's sound signature and sound stage? Thanks for your input..

I'm not sure anyone here is using mobile pre to listen to music. I recently bought Hfi 580 for my office use. Only thing I have at office is dell computer. I just do not want to plug Hfi-580 into the computer sound card directly, at the same time I do not want to spend hundreds of dollars...

If seller is only accepting Money order, id it safe to send him a money order? I always deal with paypal. And this is first time for me to send the money order to seller. If he cash out the money order, and does not send the item, what I can do about it? thanks in advance for help.

Hi all.. I'm trying to upgrade my system now, so it seems like I'm posting a lot of questions. I'm currently using Perreaux shx1 and k701, and I really like the sound. Now, I'm kind a curious about sound of other amp and cans. I'm thinking about getting hd650 or sa5000 for cans. I need...

I'm using perreaux shx1 for my k701 and thinking about getting hd650 or sa5000. I like to ask head-fi about "is my shx1 good enough to amp above cans or upgrade my amp?". If upgrade, any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

I'm using diyeden svdac05. I read many good reviews about 0404 usb, and I'm curious is it really good enough to compare with much higher price dac. What is your opinion?

I have been listening k701 for a month now and I like it a lot. I'm thinking about getting next headphone and I'm interested in these two cans HD650 and SA5000. Can anyone please help me to compare two? Thnaks