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I've been on my own journey, rabbit hole for a good IEM here., and my 1st and only IEM is a CCA CRA, which I have a lot of respect for. I understand its the 2nd incarnation of this model, cos I bought and received mine, within the most rece's nt month. It was bought on a whim for approx...

Hello everyone I want to know about the entry-level headphones, and I am looking for the best sound production. I appreciate the suggestion from an experienced members. Thank you in advance for your help!

Hello! I live in Europe and my budget is around 50 eur. I have the anker soundcore q10 which are awesome, but now I want something better. I am choosing between 1more sonoflow and jbl tune 710bt/720bt, but I am happy to hear other recommendations. I am a fan of neutral sound (I have the pc38x as...

Hey there, I'm considering getting some nearfield speakers for my desktop setup (placed on the desk) in a small room (3m x 3m). I'm looking for a good fun all-rounder for multimedia—music, games, and movies. I'm leaning towards active speakers and aiming to stay around €450 without a subwoofer...

Hi, I'm looking to record my bass/guitar- I have a Topping E50 that I'm very happy with currently and am looking for a portable and cheap ADC that is of decent quality. Not necessarily measurement quality- just one channel or two channels that are cheaper than and on par with most...

Ever since Directiva r1 specified the pricey Purifi woofer, there have been requests for a lower cost version. I have been shopping less expensive woofers and am prepping to evaluate them. The initial evaluation will continue with the Seas DXT tweeter but may consider others as it has become...

I have been researching a lot recently, but I am still a bit confused about which speaker to choose. I have 3 speakers I have been looking at: 1. Kef R3 Meta 2. Ascend Acoustics Sierra-LX. 3. Neumann KH 150 I am wondering which speaker is the best one for me or if there are some better...

Hi everybody! :) My name's John, I'm from Italy and I've just landed here on ASR. TL : DR Are Moondrop Chu II, Linsoul 7Hz x Crinacle Zero:2 or TRUTHEAR x Crinacle ZeroRed natively balanced? Or are them just SE with 4,4 cable capability? Verbose version Starting to go deeper into the...

I made another post before but a lot of the speakers recommended were not loud enough for listening to music around 3 meters away from the speakers. According to the manufacturers. Hey, I have some pretty good headphones and iems but the only speaker I own is an Ultimate ears hyperboom whose...

Hey, I have some pretty good headphones and iems but the only speaker i own is an Ultimate ears hyperboom which battery dosent even last that long. So i wanna finally buy some good sounding speakers. Info: I live in a pretty small apartment around 40m2. And my couch is around 3-5 meters from my...

Hi all, currently putting together a turntable setup for a small room, about 10ft by 10ft. Ideally I would like this setup to be able to school for when I move out of my current space and will relocate this setup into a larger living room. I listen to really, all types of music and I'd like to...

Hello I'm looking to buy a new receiver for music listening, gaming (ps5) and watching tv. The music listening experience is surely this most important aspect of the planned use. My budget is around 750 €/585 £. The thing must "work" with an LG C3 tv and Dali Blue 6006 Loudspeakers...

Hi all, I’m a newbie who has read through the forums here the last couple days to step up from a Denon M40 to a proper HiFi setup. I mainly stream classical music. I’d also use the speakers for our TV. The room is fairly small (3x4m) but with high ceilings and open to an adjacent larger room...

Was thinking about the Audient ID4 MKII but seeing the thread here about it's quality, just want to pass. I'm currently using my Beyerdynamics with the MiniFuse 1. But want to upgrade [update] I'm not that happy with the sound quality on the headphone output. As my LG-V30 literally sounds a lot...

Hello masters of the audio and ear candy, this is my first post in this forum so please bear with me. I'm having trouble finding a good 2 studio monitor + 1 subwoofer combo for my budget, because there's simply too many choices and possibilities and frankly my knowledge about soundsystems is...

A few days ago I came across the headphone FiiO FT3. I had never heard about it and apparently it released only a few months. I was shocked when I found a measurement of it and saw that it actually measures pretty great. How and why have I not seen more discussion of this headphone here?! Yes...

Hi, my new Elac dbr62 has just arrived. First thing first, wow I really like these speakers, I'm using an old technics ca-1080 (60w at 6ohm) as amp and for my "newbie hear" it sounds great at normal volume. The only issue is that this amp has some problem with the preamp section (and I cannot...

Hi, I’ve got an old amplifier from my dad (technics ca-1080). I want to buy a new pair of speakers without spending more than 300/400€. I’m going to use them in a room of 25sqm with a wooden ceiling, and I need to put them really close to a wall. I’d really love a speaker with a great bass...

Unfortunately, in the audio world the prices of really good equipment are often very high, and we all enthusiasts tend to update our systems with better and more expensive components over time. But is there a really cheap system (less than 500 euros between amplifier and speakers) that surprised...

Hello everyone. I am new here. I want to eliminate static noise when using IEMs with my PC, so I just wanted to ask if there are any budget dongle DAC amps that have equal or better performance than the Apple USB-C dongle. You see, my old motherboard, which has the Realtek ALC887, does not have...