Let me continue in my series of visits at Asian CIEM manufacturers, this time with the Flicker Ear from Hong Kong. Firstly, I must give my thanks to the folks from Flicker Ear for their assistance and for willingness to meet me in HK on Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately, I didn’t get chance...

Over my 10 years as audiophile and reviewer, I owned 8 different custom in-ears and I was always extremely curious how are they made. So, when I finally got my chance to visit one of the manufacturers during my stay in China, I didn’t hesitate for a moment. Firstly, I must give my thanks to...

Hi,   please, does anybody know of some nice shop in Shenzhen, that would be focusing on portable audio? I was in Shenzhen last year and visited Hifi Market at Huaqiang Road(which had like one headphones focused shop only) and near by Jaben shop (which was significantly less interesting than...

I'm going on trip over few cities in summer - Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Tokyo. I would like to use this as opportunity to try some high-end IEMs mainly customs, that are not available in Europe. Can you guys please gives me tips for some shops that has customs for...

I was living with my Hifiman 272 for past year and I was really happy with them, but now I want to get something little better. I have my JH16 customs, but I use these just at home.   I'm looking into universals, with reasonable price from 400-600$, so no AKG K3003 or Sennehiser IE800 for...

On 14 May we had great meet in Prague, there were totaly 42 people with 12 rigs.   We had some mid end equipment (Nuforce HDP, Styleaudio Ruby2), some better things( Audio GD Reference 1 and Phoenix, Casea Cepheus and Lyra, M2tech Young, Custom works Hypa), DIY( Dispre, AMB Gamma 2 and M3...

Hi, I just want to inform you about our headphone meeting in Prague, Czech Republic.   If you are Czech Head-fier or just somebody who is accidentally in Prague, you are welcome(Just PM me before)   When: Saturday, May 14th Where: Conference room of Rezidence...

I dont know if you know about this, but in Czech Republic, almost 4000 doctors decided to quit their jobs. It is their way of  protest against goverment, because doctors want more money, better work conditions and some other things.   They will quit on first of March and most hospitals will...

Hi, I´m looking for some usb to spdif convertor for my JH-3A. For now, my favorites are Hiface Evo(With Battery power or something like Sigma 11) or ART Legato(Great reviews, but limited to 16 bit). Audiophileo and Halide Brdige also seems nice, but due to input placement on JH-3A this devices...

Hi, how many amps can convert SE into Balanced? I know about RSA Protector, DNA Sonett ans Rudistor amps. Any other?

Hi, I´m thinking of buying Pico DAC only, but isnť there anything better than pico in this price? I know that for example Iron_dreamer prefer Pico to Apogee minidac and Benchamark, I also think that Edwood write something like that, but on other hand, some people prefer for example headroom...

Hi, I´m looking to buy some DAC to use with me BVaudio headamp and AKG K701. Optimaly it should use USB, if it use optical I must use Edirol UA-1EX. I see many people really like Pico DAC only, is something better in this price range? Thanks for help.

Hi, I will need some resistor adaptor, because I want to use my IEm with my new desktop amp. I saw something like this ETYMOTIC ER4P TO ER4S RESISTOR ADAPTOR (3.5MM PLUG) - eBay (item 290331040469 end time Aug-11-09 18:59:42 PDT) also I have spare Sound level attenuator from UE, but I´m not sure...

Hi, I´m going on vacation to Berlin, and I´m looking for some shop where I can buy Sennheiser HD600 or AKG k701 for good price. Can anybody from Germany help me?

I´m going to build better home rig, I´m sure about headphones(AKG k701 or HD600) and amp, but I dont know, which will be better source for them. I have diyMod, for which I can build some Lod with RCA conectors, or I can sell it and buy something like zero DAC or Xonar Essence. Or should I...

So, my Phonaks are finally refunded, so now I´m looking for something better. And because I´m tired with trying all tips and searching for best fit, I´m now looking for some closed cans. I dont need too much isolation, I try Audio technica es-7 and it was enough. But my maily question is, would...

Hello, I finally turn my ipod 5.5g to DIYmod, now I´m looking for some good amp under 150$ with shipping. In this spectrum it is Nuforce icon mobile, Ibasso T4 and Little dot MK1(which look really great). Can you please give me advice, or recommend me any other for this price. Secondly, can...

So I can´t turn my Zune 120 on and when i connect it to computer, zune software post this: Read Error The Zune Software cant access important data on your Zune. Ty to disconnecting and reconnecting it. If the problem persists, contact customer support. So Restart dont help, but restore do it.