Musical Musings

Wanted to share a few pictures of my current desktop listening setup. In these pictures: JDS Labs O2+ODAC combo, Toshiba SD-3960 DVD player (which is also an excellent CD player), Pure i-20 iPod Dock and DAC/Transport, iPod Classic 6th gen 120GB loaded with ALAC tracks and playing John Coltrane’s Blue …

Thanks to the folks at HiFiMan for sending me a sample of their latest IEM to review. Introduction Around here, HiFiMan needs no introduction. I first learned of them in early 2010, back when they were known as Head-Direct (which is still the name of their web store) and I …

Full disclosure: I received these for free from Topdogheadphones after my review won a DUNU Tai-Chi review contest. I was offered a prize valued at £35 and chose the Telefunken TH-140. I was asked by the representative if I could review them as well upon receipt and I accepted. Introduction …

Just decided to share a few pictures of the portable rig I’ve been carrying around, comprised of a Sandisk Sansa Clip +, a Fiio E6 (Westone edition) amplifier and my HiFiMan RE0 IEMs.

Introduction Rock-it Sounds is another of the upstart headphone manufacturers I hadn’t heard of until a couple months ago but they’re quickly making a name for themselves, doing the regularly scheduled rounds at Head-Fi and other audio forums. I became interested in the R-50 when I saw some reviews which …