As the title says. I dislike using my headphones as they're open, large, and I can't stand the damn 6.3 to 3.5 adapters. So I'm looking for a good pair of earbuds, not IEMs (I find them extremely uncomfortable and simply don't want to deal with the wax, etc). Budget is $75-200. I've done zero...

In effort to keep this concise, I'm curious how the two set-ups perform in comparison to each other (as I'm looking for a DAC and an amp). If you have any other DACs or amps to suggest (with a $600-800 budget for both) please do. I'm going to be using the Grado 325is as my primary headphone...

As the title says. I'm heading off to college soon and will be switching over from my desktop to a Lenovo T410s, which means no Xonar STX (which is what I'm using currently, both as a DAC and amp). I'll primarily be using my SR325is's and occasionally HD595s--I do not plan on upgrading my...

Hello, I currently have an ASUS Xonar STX and am enjoying it thoroughly. I'm off to college soon, and I will be unable to take my computer with me--which entails that if I want to keep my STX, I will have to build a new computer exclusively for audio (it'd be rather low-powered...so it would...

Hello, I have a first gen Sansa Clip (i.e. not Micro SDHC expansion) and although they're not here yet, I will pair it with Grado SR325is (as well as my current HD595s). I'm thinking that I'm going to upgrade to a Sansa Fuze (perhaps the Clip+) and boost up the capacity with a Micro SDHC...

...and I think I'd like to change that. Despite the fact that you can often stumble upon some albums in FLAC in torrent-form, you can't nearly enough of them(and I'm sick of the 128KBps ********)...and frankly, I feel a bit bad about stealing most of my 20,000 song library. So, for now, I...

Hello, I've had a pair of HD595s for about a year, paired with an ASUS Xonar STX Essence card...and my Dad offered to take the HD595s off of me...so now I'm looking into upgrading. I was thinking I might want to broaden my scope a bit and try a different brand aside from Sennheiser (i.e...

Hello, I recently purchased an ASUS Xonar STX and am damn happy with it. I'm no audiophile, I have no idea what "soundstage" means and the only headphone brands I can think of are Sennheiser and Grado. However--I've always had this idyllic view of turntables, as if they're the apex of music...

Hey, I've never purchased a headphone amp...I just ordered HD595s, and I'm probably going to order the ASUS Xonar DX (best $100 PCI Express x1 card I could find) and am now looking for an amp to compliment it all. I don't know what "good" amps go for, so for my price range, I'm just going...

Hey, I have an ASUS Rampage Formula motherboard, and it came with the "SupremeFX II 8-CH". Does anyone know anything about this card (apparently, it's one of the best on-board chips there are)? I've been meaning to get a dedicated audio card, however, I don't have room for it on my...

Hey, I've been reading reviews, trying to find the best earphones for about $100. The best I've found so far seem to be the Jays d-Jays. You can find a review here: Jays d-JAYS Earphones | iLounge (I also found the d-Jays for only $60...so that's a plus) I've read about the...