VE Odyssey HD Who are they? Venture Electronics is best known for the Monk and Monk Plus, 5 dollar earbuds that astounded audiophiles the world over. In addition, they have a star studded line up comprised of Earbuds, In ear monitors and headphone accessories as well as amplifiers spanning...

VE Bonus IE Official Thread Introduction By now I am sure that a great many of you have heard of Venture Electronics, an upstart company that took the audio world by storm with the VE Monk, a $5 dollar earbud that captured the hearts and imagination of audiophiles the world over. Not one to...

Odyssey + Monk Plus = Gaming Goodnesss EDIT 2: Alas, it has been quite some time since I last updated this thread and lately I have found myself with more time for gaming. And thus, in combining my love of gaming with that of headphones & music, I have discovered that the odyssey HD and monk...

When I started looking for a well-built balanced cable for the HD600, it didn’t take me too long to realize that it will be an expensive endeavor. For example take a look at the “official” offering from Sennheiser at http://en-ca.sennheiser.com/ch-650-s Yikes!!! Enter Venture Electronics...

Venture Electronics - RunABOUT 2.0 Transportable Extraordinaire!     I figured I should get around to making an official thread for this bad boy seeing as how much I love this little amp. Let me introduce the RunABOUT 2.0, successor to the first RunABOUT, which was already considered to be a...

xDuoo X10   So I have been following the development of this DAP, which has since undergone design revisions as well as a name change but its looking better than ever! It looks to be ready for release and I wanted to share some pics of them (found them online on weibo). I will be getting a...

AK Audio Super Dolphin 6BA Sticking a Dolphin in your ears!         Disclaimer The Super Dolphin 6BA is a loaner unit provided in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion. I have tried my best to recored my thoughts and impressions on how I found the it to sound. These thoughts and...

While xDuoo may be well known for their X3 DAP and XD-05 DAC/Amplifier, they also have a series of tube amplifiers, TA-03 being their flagship model. The TA-03 is an all in one solution, a tube amp packing a 24Bit/192Khz USB Dac.    Here are some tidbits from the official product page:    ...

Howdy folks   I have already started receiving emails with early black friday deals and such (just tvs so far) and I figured might as well get the party started! Please feel free to post any good (audio related) deals you come across here. Hopefully we can find some really awesome ones   ...

I was hoping to try a portable amp with my macbook but I want to avoid double amping. Is there a way to get true line out whereby one bypasses the internal macbook amplifier? I was planning to connect the amp via the headphone out port.   Thanks in advance!

Hey folks   Am looking to upgrade from my logitech ue 6000. Getting into more balanced IEMs I am finding the UE6000 to be too bassy and lacking in details. I am hoping to upgrade to a closed back pair of cans with clarity, hard hitting but controlled bass and decent soundstage. I listen to a...

Hi folks,   I am hoping to buy my first dac soon. I would like to get an all rounder dac which I can also use with my Playstation 3 for gaming purposes. I also plan to use the DAC with my laptop and spotify streaming.   Anyone have good suggestions? Any input is welcome :)