Recent content by smuggs

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    Grado SR80e thoughts/review

    after months with grados i think im going to add a dac in march and will look at theis Teac HA-P50 thanks for the headsup
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    Grado SR80e thoughts/review

    Just a quick note for future buyers of this headset. I like my music and have a budget setup in Bronze range of monitor audio (br5's)loudspeakers running through a £500 yamaha av amp 673 i think. So im not an expert or have anything high end to compare it against. I have my sr80s plugged in...
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    At what price point do you burn in headphones

    what is pink noise, heard of white noise and is there a download sample to leave on repeat if i go for it .
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    At what price point do you burn in headphones

    Many thanks for the help in the post below i have now got my new Grado sr80e with free case from peter tyson £79.99 free recorded dpd so cant complain . Is it a wifes tale or shall i leave them on over night on low volume. many thanks simon
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    After A few options to pick from?

    ill have a look i wont use them gaming i have a headset for them just music
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    After A few options to pick from?

    I have a pc and xbox one - currently have a steel series sebiraV2 £60 for gaming - currently have some akg k430 £30 for music on the pc/ipad ect. what i want is the comfort of the over ear headphones and more the sound of the akg portable headphones but with more quailty for around...
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    Dont want to do a rubbish job. Any Help wanted many thanks

    Many thanks for the reply Ill try that russ andrews company on tuesday many thanks. It really is a grey area im sure all the customer is really the best supply possible so he can be content that hes is listening to the best possible sound from his setup in hes surroundings that can be produced.
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    Dont want to do a rubbish job. Any Help wanted many thanks

    Hi im a electrician and a gentleman who happens to have 20-25k set up has ask me to put a seperate circuit in for his hifi. I want to do the best possible job as he seems important it could well lead to more work. I was planning on pulling new tails into a garage board and running 4mm t&e to...
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    are these real and is the site ok ???

    nice one bookmarked that link handy to see that currys and argos and richer sounds are ok to use. Glad i checked
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    are these real and is the site ok ???

    as above im listening to spotify on my pc which my gaming head steelseries seberia v2 and lets say its not great for music highs and lows are well over the top, while i was not looking at present i saw this offer for £63.33 seemed rude so i may grab a pair if you guys approve...
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    external soundcard questions

    im spending all my time on my pc so next year im looking to have some pc speakers, my gaming headset and pick up some £50-100 headphones for music. So my question is there a usb sound card that i can plug into my pc which has 3 outputs that i can switch between. many thanks simon
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    Hdmi music player

    I use my apple tv 3 for deežer spotify and bbc five live for airplay the image and eye candy on the tv is better than the yamaha airplay direct. i am going to this week try and get all my music into its own folders itunes and amazon purchases, then a flac folder and a alac folder and a hi res...
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    Hdmi music player

    My wdtv is poor artwork on the screen and it does not play alac. Just not a nice experance. But for music dvd rips its awesome so it has its purpose. Atv airplay is good for spotify and deezer and 75% of my collection. So i think i will convert my flac files over the next two months to alac...
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    Hdmi music player

    Can someone link me a music player that can play , mp3,mp4a,alac and flac. i would also want to read my 262gb music collection of a 500gb external harddrive and work with no internet. Im using a laptop with foobar which is fine but it takes 5mins to boot and take ages to settle down.