portable-source-components

Hey, new here...sort of. I've been observing these forums for quite a while to help me choose my headphones, but now I need help choosing a new mp3 player. My zune is now dead so was thinking of getting either a cowon j3 or a z2. I'm aware the j3 is discontinued but is still favored by many. I...

So I bought me a 5G iPod, and due to weird circumstances with Amazon and eBay I'm now in possession of both a 30GB and 60GB.  Loving them both, but that's the issue - I can't decide whether to keep one, and if so, which one to keep.. :\ Obviously when the Video came out it was darn epic, but...

Hello i'm currently owning a Cowon C2 and a Fiio E11 which I plug into my ATH-M50,it sound quite good. but i'm about to buy the BeyerDynamic T5p which is a more serious headphone and my question is if it worth buying Sansa Fuze + LOD cable and plug it to my Fiio E11 OR just use "Double...

Hi all, I'm still relatively new to the audio scene, moving past itunes/zune/youtube and into the realm of ripping lossless tracks and such, and I'm trying to figure out whether it'll be worth it getting a lossless player or not.   I know Zune (which i use, with the Zune Pass subscription...

Looking for an upgrade from a Clip+ and one that is in English and hopefully sold in the states or in the UK.   A SQ that is at least as good and neutral as the Clip is my main interest.   Thank You

I was wondering if you play audio via bluetooth, does the audio gets processed by the phone's dac first before being sent to the bluetooth receiver? Or does the phone's dac gets ignored and the audio data get sent straight to the bluetooth receiver? I asked since I mainly use my nokia bh-214...

Ok i've been hearing about this alot lately and what i've came to noticed that it's just an ipod with an amp with it? im really confused...as I own an ipod touch 2g and curious about the whole Imod and rockbox-is it a program?, plus whats so good about the iriver h120?when I read these posts I...

Hi friends, I have recently purchased an iphone and have gotten a pair of headphones with it. But I didn't like the sound quality of headphones. So i want to get a new pair of headphones. Sound quality should be awesome, light weight, needs to be attractive and stylish, heavy bass required...

Caution: Review should be taken with a pinch of salt. They are solely based on my ears with my customs.     Introduction   Hi guys, I have never thought of comparing the audio capabilities of a cellphone against a dedicated audio player ever in my life. It has been always the mobile...

Has anybody managed to get their HM-801 to play files bounced at 24/96 in logic pro?... I can't seem to get it to play them. Bit of a long shot, but worth a try!     Thanks.

I tried it and music playback quality is realy good, iam wondering if anybody owned this or had chance to try this phone and review here.

looking to get a new smartphone in the next month, and i'm wanting to get one that can provide some decent music quality. I'm fairly new to higher end music quality just got the ATH m50s so i won't notice minor things. perfer to stick with android phones hopefully one with line out capabilities...

Hey guys,   I'm going to try to tempt myself to get more fit - and what better way to do it than by giving myself some new audio gear.  :)   I'm looking for something that I can use to run / bike / hike with, so here is a list of what I'd like:   Must - Haves: * must play FLAC...

I hear a hiss like tone between songs but not when I go back to the original firmware (by pressing the left button and ON button at the same time).   Is this common? Is there a fix for this noise?   Much thanks.

"IMOD" What do you prefer? Whipmod or RWA   I'm interesting to try an IMOD with amplifier, because today I use Colorfly C4 it's too huge for me to carry in jean pocket, but sound is awsome. So I want to try IMOD, what is different between RWA and Whimplash mod?.   Thank You for your...

I was wondering about the battery on the D2+. For some reason sometimes when its near full all of a sudden the battery indicator would go to empty battery(or near empty). Has any of the other D2 owners experienced this? I'm guessing the skin, the higher than 128 kbps encoded files and the 8gb...

If you have to iMod the 5th Gen iPod, can you use the FIIO LOD instead of the iMod V2 copper 18?

I just purchased the ath m50's, and plugged them into my sansa clip +.  walked around for a bit while listening to music, and the jack is already screwy.  If i move it a certain way, the M50's left ear will stop playing music.  I then tried listening with another pair of headphones and verified...

If you're into clean, flat audio sources, stop reading I bought the aforementioned app and wow, it makes a huge difference particularly in terms of soundstage and vocal/instrument separation, granted the true audiophiles will hate any distortion the app causes, but if you have an app-capable...

Hey guys I just dropped a large sum of money, for me anyway, on some new beyerdynamic dt770 pro 80s and a nice rechargeable cmoy amp that can run on wall power. All i need now is a cable to connect it to my ipod. I have read that the ipod sound quality is quite bad and that if you go with a...

Hi, my name is Terence and I am from Singapore. I'm quite new to audio stuff and this is first thread despite having made numerous purchases from various members here in the Sales section, and I hope some of you here may be able to help with a little problem.     I've two sources, a Cowon J3...

   Hi there!   New guy here.   Long time audio and video participant but new to quality headphone listening.   I have had numerous regular and gaming headphones over the years but I am just starting my foray into better quality head-fi gear.  I made the timid step and bought sennheiser 429's for...

When I start playing a song, my Clip Plus locks.  I press and hold the home key, and a different screen appears for an instant, then locks again. I tried reformatting, and then reinstalling the firmware, but the problem is not fixed.  Anything I can do, or is it "broken"?  Thanks

For those worried about the quality of the dac in this unit.   Well fear not, i have one here right now plugged into my fiio e7 and superb is all i have to say.   The sound is imo about as good as you're going to get from such a device.   Currently listening to star wars medley 3...

I have the opportunity to adquire the 32gb model for free because of a $400 coupon for Sony Store I got from my bank. I have always liked Walkman players, so I was wondering if this model was any good. I know there is already a thread about it but it is way too long and I just need to know some...