iFi xCAN vs xDSD Review: Which Portable Bluetooth DAC/Amp Is Better?
Compare the iFi xCAN and xDSD in this detailed review covering sound quality, Bluetooth performance, headphone pairing, features, and value.
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Do You Need an Amplifier for 250-Ohm Headphones?
The short answer is: it depends on how loud you listen. Here’s the math that decides it, and when an amplifier genuinely earns its place.
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The Chems are re-Born in the Echoes
If you’re into dance music and you haven’t heard of The Chemical Brothers, well, I was gonna say you gotta be livin’ under a rock. Perhaps it might be more appropriate to tell ya to stop smokin’ so much rock, and open your eyes. One of the many things plaguing the current entitlement generation is their keen ability…
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Quality Headphone Gear for the Rest of Us Pt. 1
Meze 99Classics Headphones I love writing about what we audio geeks call “reference-level” audio components. By reference-level we mean state-of-the-art, “reference” meaning close to referencing the real thing: The sound of music in real time and space. It’s a way of saying: this component reproduces beautifully dynamic and realistic sounding music, or, I think perhaps more appropriately; it’s what we…
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Music as a Time Machine: A Night with Akkord, Richie Hawtin & Headphone Therapy
I cherished this spectacular article Harry Pearson wrote for his HPSoundings blog a couple years ago about his stereo systems being Time Machines. It was like he channeled my brain directly for that piece, because I feel the same way about my systems—headphone and stereo, in-room. But I’ve gotta admit, I’ve been on some crazy…
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Bass for Miles Part II – The Power of Audeze, SubPac, & the Force
Miles has clocked plenty of game-time since Part I of our Bass for Miles column here at OccupyHifi. So I thought it was time to head over to Fort Miles (a.k.a Miles room at his mothers house, where his first-rate PC Gaming lair is located) and speak with Miles in his element. Admittedly, I had other motives: Like experiencing Star…
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Bass for Miles Part I
ManyMilesAway, a.k.a Miles Stratton is a dedicated PC Gamer. He’s also the son of Russ Stratton, (VP of Audio/Video Systems at the Los Angeles & Orange County Audio Society) and a dear friend of mine. Russ is also a diehard audiophile and fellow music addict. Through my OccupyHifi On-The-Road adventures, and more importantly, through their kindness, I landed at…
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