Posts by ph0rk

If you have a fullsize headphone on your head you will look like a dork. If you have a fullsize headphone on your head while walking somewhere you will look even more like a dork. Any headphone, of any style. Most smaller...

I have extolled the virtues of the DT-250 for a number of years; but they aren't flashy, they aren't new, and they appear overpriced. Thus, no one listened.     They are excellent headphones. I have a pair in 80 (for...

Quote: Originally Posted by morks  Beyers can sound sibilant to you if you're used to other headphones. More like DT990's can sound sibilant to you if your ears work.   Don't waste time and money if...

I don't really think that headphones that cost more than, say, 5% of your yearly income are either justifiable or necessary (clearly a want and not a need) and, really, in most cases even the average head-fi reader would be quite...

Quote: Originally Posted by nikp  Accidents happen.    They might, but I'm reminded of a grad student I worked with briefly this year who had a horribly banged up and smashed macbook with...

Quote: Originally Posted by sulkoudai  I have the Macbook Pro, i love OSX.  That right there is reason #1 to have an iPhone. If you already have one or several macs it integrates very...

Quote: Originally Posted by eclectichead  Well I'm not expecting some crazy deep bass I just want a decent enough impact. For instance in classical the double bass has to be strong enough to support and...

In a perfect world cost would be no object and everything would be compared solely on its own merits.       It isn't a perfect world and cost matters (unless you have a Soros-sized trust fund - if so, don't tell...

I'm not really sure they couldn't before - AFAIK apple never really bothered with trying to extract license fees for it or anything.   It was just a closed format which was the main reason people picked FLAC over it, but it's...

Damn I miss my old man's 70's KEFs   I always thought headphones were a niche item - good for privacy and/or late night listening with neighbors or significant others, and generally cheaper than decent speaker...