I'm looking for a solution a a problem. I want a USB soundcard that i can connect my audioengine A2s to, but I also want to occasionally input my iphone to them as well.There is a 3.5mm input on the speakers but I like to leave the speakers powered on all the time so leaving a 3.5mm cord hanging...

Edit: This is an old post / old approach, which is mainly used in home setting. See 2nd post for truly portable streaming. Please share you user experiences herein, if you have use a NAS as a flac server to stream to portable devices. Experiences from any similar devices (any NAS, any...

Well guys I'm amazed by what this phone can achieve sound wise and I wonder why there is not a thread open for it! It is definitely a wonderful DAP, and pairing it either to your car system or a portable amp makes it shine even more. If you don't know what it looks like, here : For a size...

I am going to convert my flac files to alac for use with my iPhone and plan on deleting the original flac copies to save hard drive space. I want to make sure I can go back to flac with no quality loss should I decide flac better suits my needs in the future.   I know that they are both...

Hye   It s my first post on this forum, and I need some advice   I have an iphone5+fioo E11+ SH598   I would like to know, to have a better sound quality, is it necessary to purchase fiio L9 with lignthning adaptator? or standard connector 3,5mm is enough?   Thank you very much

Been checking out various dongles or receivers to stream music to speakers (especially dumb / non-wifi enabled speakers).   And found this great Kickstarter project. Enable ANY speaker to get music wirelessly (stream from your phone, use your better bookshelf or tower speakers). About the size...

I've decided to buy the Koss ProDJ100 with an amp after researching for an extremely long time. I'm considering the Fiio E6 as an AMP. I'm not only going to be using this for portable usage, but also for my desktop, that being said, the E6 comes with a L8 cable (which is $10 on amazon). The L8...

Title pretty much says it. Will it work? I really don't want an iPhone 4.

I've the iPhone 5S with the new Apple case.   The problem with that case is that the headphone socket is too narrow to connect my EarSonics (I've the impression that only the oficial Apple headphones will connect through the cover). So I just opened a larger hole in the cover with a knife. Now...

So I’m new to this forum. I’m a computer engineer and I love looking at the built in amplifier ICs in mobile phones. I came across a teardown of the new Motorola X and saw it has a NXP TFA9890 High Efficiency Class-D Audio Amplifier with “adaptive sound” and Qualcomm WCD9310 Audio Codec. “It can...

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think a number of new(er) cars and 3rd party head units support digital audio over USB.  I know this works because I have an Alpine CDE-HD148BT which has a USB port on the back and I just plugged my iPhone5s into it last night and I was able to play music.  Not...

I'm looking to replace the iPhone microphone adapter and controller for my ATH-M50, and it looks like the MPA-3C has been discontinued. Are there any other similar (or better options) out there now? Would custom be an option? I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

Hi guys and gals!   Its my first post here on this forum and its a critical one. I am looking for a phone with excellent sound quality and high volume levels. I just sold my NOTE 3 just because the volume levels were not impressive (words than my old samsung phone). Now i am looking for a...

As I understood, the HTC ONE is the best smartphone for an audiophile. How Iphone 5 compares to it? What would be the second best smartphone in the quality of sound?   Also, I'm personally looking for a lightweight (around 112gr or less as Iphone 5) with a smaller screen than HTC ONE...

Hi,   I have an iphone 5, jailbroken and am happily using Tuneshell to play my .flac files. Works great.   I am also using a jailbreak app called Music Controls Pro (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) which allows me to control music via lockscreen gestures Swipe up = Volume Up Swipe Down = Volume Down...

How is the sound quality of the speaker out of the new Iphones, comparing to HTC One and Iphone 4S? And, what is the best sounding small smart phone in your opinion? By small I mean not bigger then Iphone.

  Good news guys,    I just test it and it worked. This surprise me, I remember it wasn't support by iPhone 5 and iPhone 4, only works with iPad. Now I need is a shorter usb cable......

Any thoughts on this? The new One will be out in a couple of weeks. My first thought is that nobody has yet pulled truly great sound from Snapdragon SOCs, so why would this one be any different?

Hi all,   Any recommendations for a clock radio that docks an iPhone 5S? My wife's old clock has the 30 pin connector. Been looking at the iHome ones at Amazon.

Okay,   I read a bunch of threads here regarding an adaptor, but it seems that there was not a good consensus. I recently purchased a replacement cable for my Sennheiser HD-25 1 II's and it came terminated with a 1/4" male plug. I need to occasionally attach it to an iPhone 5 that has a 1/8"...

I've been searching for something that did this well. Not only has this been created in part by a sound and mastering engineer (http://www.devinkerr.com/) who knows his stuff, but the interface design is fantastic as well.    While it has some initial presets for some gear like SRH-840s, it...

I've been using Spotify after Beats Music disbanded Mog.  I've been satisfied... until I upgraded to a balanced CypherLabs Algorythm Solo -db / Duet combination with the Shure SE846.  I like the setup, but I definitely hear minor distortion on low frequencies in my left ear with Spotify High...

iPhone5 and the new version of iPod NANO, iTouch all adopts the latest Lightning connector which does not support analog signal output,unlike the previous 30 pins dock connector that can support this kind of Line Output signal and people can use it to conect to the headphone amplifier directly...

Hi, I am quite new to headfi so in need of some advice. I am quite tied to apple products and managed to pick up some HD650 for a good price so I now need to think about a portable amp or one of the dac/amp products for idevices like the godap. The setup needs to be portable and I do not...

Looking for LOD for the new iphone - anyone seen one or no when one will come out?