Hi all, hope you’re keeping well. I am thinking of upgrading my dac but have no idea of which wsy to turn. I am currently using an Arcam ir dac ii (£450) with a Rupert Neve RNHP amp which i love all plugged into isol-8 mains filtration with Van den Hul mains cables. I am willing to buy second...

Recently ive turned my attention to my modem/router to improve the sound of my streaming (Amazon HD). I have put on a decent mains cable and an Audioquest ethernet cable and this has improved things greatly. Now, i use the bundled router/modem with my Sky fibre service, are there better quality...

Hi im after some headphones for portable use, currently using bowers and wilkins p5 wired but really dont like their mids, up to £100 willing to go second hand and will be using them with a fiio btr5 thanks for any suggestions

Hi just bought this gem and I'm trying to get to grip with it, firstly is there an in-depth manual online? Secondly I've installed the music app and selected Ldac and aptxhd codecs as my choice but the display is still showing SBC what am I doing wrong? Forgive me for my lack of understanding...

I currently own Grado 80e and 325e's and obviously love the Grado 'sound' and have thought about upgrading to get greater transparency and detail but after recent disappointment auditioning the rs2e's, preferring the 325e's I dont know where to look next? Or should I just stick with what I have...

Hi I currently have an Arcam irdac which has a 12v wall wart power supply, I was thinking the other night whilst indulging in a beer or two wether it would be a simple task to add a rechargeable 12v battery in its place? The power supply is 2amps and was thinking of using a 12v 2.3amp battery...

The silver lettering on my grados are starting to lose their silver, anyone successfully managed to refresh theirs or replace the plastic insert completely? Many thanks

Hi, just bought one of these really just to watch films on but I have tried to connect its micro USB to my Audiolab M DAC with no success, seems there's no digital output, can this be altered? Any help would be greatly appreciated, the Chris.

Hi, I've been thinking of putting together a battery power source for my Graham Slee Solo headphone amp, its rated at 24volts and was wondering if putting the battery equivalent in place of the power supply would reap benefits, if of course its possible. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thought I would add this post after recently buying a Denon 260L tuner and falling back in love with the analogue sound. For such an inexpensive tuner I am amazed at what sound it produces plus it must be getting on 30 years old. Would love ti hear what tuners you guys are using especially any...

Ive noticed only recently on Tidal at the start of every track approx 2 seconds in there's a drop out, is this a problem with my dac or Tidal? Anybody else notice this? Thanks.

Hi, I use Grado 325e's which (unfortunately for me) use a 3.6mm jack plug so regularly have to use an adapter. Now the short brass gold plated ones tend to break on me or tend to sound rubbish. Just wondered if there are any higher quality ones out there or I may have to go down the route of...

Hi im new here so be gentle :o2smile: I currently use hd600's and Grado 325e's, curiosiTy is now getting the better of me and I am wondering if its possible to get a headphone which will give me best of both worlds with these headphones? Today I will be demo'ing Grado rs2e's but I feel this wont...

Just curious what amp you hd600 users use, im currently using a Graham Slee Solo with psu1 power supply, wondering if there is an overall favorite on here, thx Chrispy

My current desktop pc is great, hand built and sounds perfect trouble is the noise of the fan, very intrusive even with phones on.so I am thinking of getting a tablet pc but it needs to be compatible with my dac, my daughter has a nexus 7 and connected to my dac it makes a repetitive clicking...

Hi im new here and would appreciate some advice, I have been into hifi for as long as I can remember and have built up a decent system but recently things have changed and I need to sell my speakers and amp and go down the headphone route. I currently use an Audiolab mdac with musical fidelity v...