The PS Audio Sprout is a unique do-it-all machine with two great amp stages. But Head-fi discussion about it is minor. Some, like Headphoneus Supremus, Shaffer, suggest that in targeting the Mass Drop audience, PS Audio are going about it wrong:
Read moreNoble BTS bluetooth showdown: iPhone 6, iPod nano 7G, & Mezzo Hifi MZAK100
Not all bluetooth implementations are created equal. Few, if any, are capable of bumping the theoretical limits of 16-bit audio. Then there's compression: AAC or SBC. Apt-X solves some of the issues, but isn't all there yet. (The Headphone List's article on each is worth a read.)
Read moreLynx Studio Technology Hilo Review
Edd Harris's Pro Audio Web Blog's review of the Lynx Studio Technology Hilo Reference Converter is long - as it should be: Hilo is packed with features too numerous to cover in less than a doctoral thesis. I am now trying to suss a small fraction of them for a full review at Headfonia. My unit is on loan from Lynx's Japanese distributor, Hook Up. Yes, Hook Up.
Read moreMy Thoughts On Spotify, Tidal and the Future of the Music Industry
MH40: DYNAMIC DIFFERENCES
Head-fi made the right move in promoting the above video from this thread to the front page. From day one, Master & Dynamic's MH40 amazed.
Read moreRMAA: iPod nano 7G running various loads
While the iPod nano doesn't get everything right, it nails many, if not most, of the important bits (pun!) necessary to play your expensive earphones and headphones back really well. Follow the below link for full RMAA results of the iPod nano 7G running various loads.
RMAA: iPod nano 7G various loads
Future Sonics Spectrum Series: G10 thread open at Headfi
Head-fi superstar, Kunlun, has opened a brand-new thread dedicated to the Future Sonics Spectrum Series: G10. The hordes (yours truly included) are already swarming the place.
Read moreFuture Sonics quietly debut Spectrum Series G10
As an early owner/lover of the Atrio, the new single-driver G10 has me all up in a tizzy. Unfortunately, Future Sonics's copywriters appear to have been culled from the AP and a failed personality cult. Here's what they say about the G10:
Read moreThe Ocharaku Flat-4 KAEDE Type II
Because I have some drinking to get to, I'll keep this short. Here's a copy/paste job from my latest review at Headfonia:
Read moreComply Custom Wraps Review
If getting "the most out of your CIEMs" involves custom wraps, your earphones do not properly fit your ears. Before investing in silly wax-magnet wraps like Comply's Custom Wraps, get a re-fit.
“I mainly became interested in Comply’s Custom Wraps after I struggled to maintain a consistent seal with my CIEMs. I was finding that before using them I would have to adjust the CIEMs multiple times over the course of an hour and that the balance between Left and Right seemed off - particularly with the bass presence and extension of the trebles. Applying the Custom Wraps provided an immediate remedy and became worth their weight in gold! Now with the Custom Wraps I don’t need to alter my CIEMs at all so I’m a very very happy man. I do have to say that using the Custom Wraps does come with one caveat. This is that the sonic performance does slightly change. Whilst the bass becomes much more rounded and powerful, its attack becomes moderately slower, and this attack descriptive stands the same for the trebles along with a slightly reduced treble extension. On the other hand the sonic improvement to the instrument separation/staging is certainly desired and you just have to weigh up what you want from your CIEMs. Personally I feel that the Custom Wraps have made my life a lot easier and have heightened the performance of the CIEMs in question so I’m a very happy man.”
Edd Harris's essay about a product whose only utility applies to poorly-fitting custom-fit earphones, deserves to have been written by Joseph Heller.
Source: Comply Custom Wraps Review