A few months ago i Bought a Hifiman He 500 and a Schiit Lyr off of Ebay for a decent price. Currently for my audio setup i have a an optical lineout from my computer to a Fiio E17 which goes from an aux jack on my fiio to the RCAs on my Schiits Lyr where it goes right to my headphones other...

Hey guys, just about done building my setup for listening to music, movies, and gaming. Currently I ran an optical cable from my realtek ALC 1150 to a Fiio E17 with Lo bypass on to use it as solely a dac to a Schiit Lyr 1 with stock GE tubes to a pair of hifiman HE500 and I have to say I like...

Hey guys, was wondering if it be worth while to upgrade my Fiio E17. Currently i feed my Fiio E17 with an optical from my computer, i use the Fiio as only a DAC with the low bypass on, then i connected the E17 to my Schiit Lyr which runs my Hifiman He 500s. I was wondering if it be worthwhile to...

Hey guys, i used to use a Sennheiser HD 558 with a fiio e17 dac for my headphone set up but recently upgraded to a pair of Hifiman HE-500s with a Schiits Lyr, the setup sounds great but whenever i game, i hear something that sounds like a perpetual fart, and its only when the game is up in the...

I just bought an amp for the Hifiman HE-500 so i decided to go with the Schiit Lyr as i heard that it would be a good amp for HE-500. Man was i ever farther from the truth, my experience with the l yr has been total and utter ****, no pun intended. The amp constantly gives out a static feedback...

Hey guys I needed help deciding on which headset to buy. My best mates cousin is selling his HE 500 for $400 but it's 1 year and 3 months old, original box but missing latch. No marks on headphone as well as $60 alpha pads. This be a great deal as it's incredibly cheap and I may be able to get...

Just got a schiit lyr off of ebay, planning on using this amp for the Hifiman HE 500 coming in the mail as well. I decided to plug them in with my Sennheiser HD 558s, 50 ohm headphone. I read that with lower ohm headphones that it will cause some hum but even with the volume at zero i hear hums...

Kinda a noob in the audiophile world, only have a Sennheiser hd 558 with a Fio E17 DacAmp. And i know im probably going to get alot of crap for even bringing up this idea, but would it sufficient to go from the Schiits Lyr RCA to a aux adapter? I got a great deal for a pair of Hifiman HE-500 and...

Kinda a noob in the audiophile world, only have a Sennheiser hd 558 with a Fio E17 DacAmp. And i know im probably going to get alot of crap for even bringing up this idea, but would it sufficient to go from the Schiits Lyr RCA to a aux adapter? I got a great deal for a pair of Hifiman HE-500 and...

Wasn't really sure how to name this thread. Im ordering up a pair of Sennheiser HD 650, to upgrade from my HD 558s and i plan to power them for the time being from a Xonar Essence STX sound card. My question was is there a way to setup a jack on your desk. Almost like something that would plug...

Hey guys, i finally decided on an upgrade for my HD 558s with Fiio E17 and im planning on getting the Sennheiser HD 650s. Next thing im trying to do is to decide on what amp/dac i want to go with. Recently i just built a gaming rig and plan to switch from console gaming to PC gaming and im...

Hey there, i've been making my way into the audiophile world with my HD 558s with Fiio E17 dac/amp for general listening and a pair of VMODA M-100s for listening on the go. I finally decided on the Sennheiser HD 650 for an upgrade to my HD 558s but im having a hard time trying to figure out what...

Just got the Fiio E17 Amp to listen to music on my computer with my HD 558s. Was wondering how and if i could hook them up to a Playstation 3 through the USB port on the front of the Playstation. I tried connecting it under audio device accessories and it shows the Fiio E17 DAC/AMP as the output...

Hi guys, first time post on headfi. Been in the market of getting a pair of headphones i can use for music as well as gaming. I have the Sennheiser 558s and loving them, love the detail in the music. However I'm looking for something that is a bit more portable and can be used for gaming and...