Hi folks, I know this is a long shot and it's been probably around a decade since Perth had a gathering but I thought I'd try my luck anyway. The old Perth thread has been locked so starting this. I stopped by Addicted to Audio in Subiaco yesterday and talked to Dan and we entertained the idea...

Asking this on behalf of a friend, does anyone know of vintage 70s or 80s full sized cans they would recommend? In addition to that, aside from the obvious eBay, know of any places where where they can be sourced?

I don't know if we've had a dedicated thread for this but if not I thought I'd kick one off. This thread is for any background noise/chatter/unexpected sounds picked up by the mike during music recordings and thought folks can share what they've heard. The scope of this topic is, naturally...

Fujiya Headphone Festival Spring 2018 (10th Anniversary) This year, Fujiya Avic celebrated it's 10th hpfes (Headphone Festival) anniversary with a suite of new product offerings from various brands. The show had over 100 exhibitors spread over 5 floors representing over 200 brands. The show...

In the Tokyo International Audio Show 2017 this past weekend, aside from the MHA50 portable DAC/amp, McIntosh also showed off their revised prototype MA252 :- It didn't appear functional (didn't seem to be powered on nor did I try) but looks like it's been revised from the...

Fujiya Headphone Spring Festival 2017 29th - 30th April 2017 Fujiya holds 4 shows a year, two smaller one-day "potaken" shows in winter and summer, and two larger two-day festivals in spring and autumn. This past weekend Fujiya Avic held it's Spring Festival in its usual venue Sun Plaza...

A Saturday Afternoon with Brise Audio Japan   Weekend of 25th March, I was fortunate enough to visit the men behind Brise Audio in their home town in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. As such I’d like to thank Brise Audio for making the time over their weekend to welcome me to their hometown.    ...

I just saw this article on the ABC News that a pair of wireless headphones (no brand provided) went up in flames due to the battery - presumably it's lithium. This happened when the user/owner was sleeping mid-flight from Beijing to Melbourne. I'm particularly curious on what brand of...

Fujiya Avic Winter Potaken (Portable Audio) in Tokyo 18th February 2017 Every year, Fujiya organises 4 shows, 2 of which are the main ones that most international folks are aware of, the Spring and Autumn Headphone festival which runs for 2 days each. And 2 smaller ones in Winter and Summer that...

I have to say hearing the news of George Michael's passing this morning (26th Dec) has really gotten me down. I've been an avid fan of him as a solo artist and when he was with Wham!. This Christmas was his last.   RIP George.

Hi all,   I've done some soldering here and there and built small little interconnects however I'm thinking of making my own headphone cables for my recently acquired Focal Utopia headphones. I've picked up my LEMO connectors and have spare plugs at home already and now looking at cabling.  ...

Tokyo Headphone Festival Autumn 2016 Report Every autumn like clockwork, Head-Fiers, manufacturers, bloggers and reviewers from around the world rock up in late October for the Fujiya Autumn Headphone Festival. At least when I started attending the shows, it used to be in Aoyama and in the past...

Hi chaps, So far we''all have Justin/AlwaysHungry joining from SoCal & Jeff/Gibraltar joining from HK. Both are ex Tokyo. We''ll further have the usual Gavin/Spkrs01. Anyone local joining?? Sean

Just saw this on iRiver Japan's tweet. Seems like an AK Jr-like player called AK70? This is coupled with the Mojo, & looks nice too. Apparently retails for $599 according to :- http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1006337.html Photos shamelessly taken from iRiver's tweets :- And this...

It looks like our dear Yamagishi-san has been keeping himself busy. The Ocharaku Flat4-Sakura Plus was just announced and available for order/purchase in March. Price is approx USD$723.50 based on current exchange rates. Seems only 500 will be made. It looks like these Sakuras carry on where the...

Hi all, Just checking to see if any JP Head-Fiers are going to the Fujiya Potaken on13th Feb 2016. I believe it'll be in Sun Plaza as usual. Starts 10:30 - 17:00. Cheers

Pioneer's joined the DAP world with the introduction of the XDP-100R. In from Phileweb is still a little sketchy but it seems to sport the ESS ES9018K2M DAC whilst the amp is 9601K. As expected it supports HiRes up to 11.2MHz DSD. The Android 5.1.1 OS is driven by a quadcore CPU and has a 4.7"...

Hi all, I was recently scammed for approx $2100 on a sale I made, and was not covered by Paypal seller protection. It's been a losing battle to get my money back from Paypal despite me being a loyal customer of theirs for 8 years.   I'm therefore looking at switching away from Paypal. Doing...

Hey guys, anyone saw this?? It looks like e-earphone's organising a crazy Japan-wide tour over the next 4 months - 2 locations per month!? http://www.paudiofes.com/

Just saw this in the morning. Joe Cocker has passed away from cancer. As I'm a chap of the 80's I enjoyed his music during that time. Truly classic.   http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30582761   Some of his memorable tracks.   Featured in An Officer & A Gentleman - Up Where We...

Introduction   e-Earphone is a retail store that has been holding their shows twice a year (used to be one in Osaka and another in Tokyo but more recently both are held in Tokyo) in May/June and Dec. Although initially they were mostly domestic having the distributors represent international...

JH Audio Layla :-     JH Audio Angie :-     Source of photos from : http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000110761&page=2   It looks like these new JHA products will be announced this weekend in Tokyo's e-earphone Festival. More info to come.   Edit: Adding a 3rd image :-...

Introduction Every year, Fujiya holds 4 events - 2 large ones in Spring May & Autumn October, and 2 smaller "Potaken" events in Winter February & Summer July. Whist the larger events tend to go for 2 days with many overseas manufacturers, reviewers, and Head-Fiers attend, the smaller "Potaken"...

Recently David from Cypherlabs shipped me his latest portable amp, the Cypherlabs Algorhythm Picollo (hereafter CLAP). I won't get into the official specs as one can easily pick up the information from here :- http://www.cypherlabs.com/products/algorhythm-picollo/   As I've literally just...

Looks like Unique Melody is growing their IEM offerings with the announcement of the New Coaxial Driver & Dynamic Driver in the upcoming Portable Audio Festival in Tokyo. There's very little information about these new Unique Melody IEMs at the moment :- (Photo taken from Unique Melody's...