I did a search for this already, but most of the threads I found are old. I'm looking for more current advice. I'm looking for a closed portable headphone (not an IEM) for use while commuting, at the library, etc.   I am specifically looking for this: closed with decent isolation; good for...

Although I've been a member for awhile, it's unusual for me to actually post anything related to headphones these days, because I've been very content and satisfied with my gear.  That said, I'm looking for some reasonably priced (around $70.00 budget) IEMs that satisfy the following criteria...

Problem:  Foobar freezes during playback and does not resume.  I have to kill it using the Windows Task Manager.  Even worse, it corrupts the song file.  Oddly, one time it corrupted a song that it wasn't playing (it froze while playing song 2 of an album, but corrupted song 5 of the same...

I did a search for this and surprisingly didn't find anything on point.   I'm getting a new desktop PC that has SPDIF output built in.  I had to buy an M-Audio soundcard for my current PC to get the SPDIF output for my outboard DAC.  So . . . My simple and stupid question is this:  will the...

I tried the search feature here but it came up empty. I am wondering whether any Head-Fi members have listened to the Peachtree Nova (integrated amp with USB/coax/optical digital input, tube output section, and a headphone section). More specifically, I was hoping that someone out there can...

Not sure if this is posted in the correct forum, but here goes. I am pretty new to this game, and was wondering whether a single element of my setup might be limiting the sound quality. My PC is my source: MP3 files encoded using Exact Audio Copy and the LAME encoder, using the V1 variable bit...