I agree with ev13, return them if you don't like them.   Burn in won't make you like headphones that you don't already like.  However, i would still give it a few days of listen.  Normally, for myself if I've been listening to the same crappy headphones for a long time, switching to a new...

10 years ago, I asked my dad why the cables behind the audio equipment were all oily and greasy.  He said it was normal.   Now I know he had a set of oil-infused (I think audioquest) interconnects back there.     Yes they leak over time...

When SQ is somewhat of a lower priority, is there anything under $50 that excel in these areas?   I have smaller ear canals so I have a hard time finding iem's that I can get a decent fit and seal on.  

Why do a lot of you have your monitors up so high?  As far as comfort/ergonomics goes, the ideal position should be with the top of the monitor @ around eye-level.  Having a monitor up that high imho quite literally seems like a pain in the neck.

Quote: The impedance of your hd650/hd800 has a nominal impedance of ~300ohms whereas sillyhoney's dynamic headphones(listed in sig) are about ~10-20x lower (meaning the rolloff frequency is about 4 octaves higher).   I think the bass rolloff sillyhoney is experiencing is a lot...

Quote:   Before I say anything else, I completely agree with you, though I'd prefer the term 'heavily influence' rather than 'leads to'.     Its not entirely a "IF".  There have been DBT tests that suggested no audible difference in the 'sonic signature' of different power amps.  ...

Quote: I can consistently hear a difference between 2 of my diy amps for example, but if I still consistently heard that difference after it was revealed to me that someone switched out the internals from the enclosure, I would be willing to admit that the difference I heard could have...

Some of what he has to say holds a lot of truth, but I'm still trying to figure out if he misunderstood uncle erick's post, or if he's just posting a random rant.       I think he was directing the post at uncle erick, but in my eyes, the same things he said holds even more true for most...

Thanks.  I've tried the one on the realtek site before with no success, but it seems there is a new version out. I'm on summer break right now without my desktop, but I'll try it when I get back home.  

^   I don't understand your post, or how it relates to what you quoted.   edit correction - I do understand the words you are saying, but not in the context of what you replied to.

    Quote:   Sometimes, the results come out to 60/40.. sometimes 40/60.  All in all, it averages out to 50%   Also, phrases like "what a day and night difference!!!", doesn't really lend itself to your 10% theory.

  Quote:   You absolutely gotta be kidding me... this is elementary-school logic..   You're chance from randomly guessing STARTS at 50%, whereas in your example, the rate starts at 0%.   A better analogy would be such -  "in your situation, the chances of your kid being born...

Quote: dude, you gotta chill

Quote:   How am I controlling you(or trying to)? You criticized us and said that cable believers try to control everybody and won't let people enjoy cables. I said that was wrong.   What if I said cable believers are delusional and try to spread their cable-fanaticism at each...

Quote: Yes, I did read your post, and I did respond to what you said, in the context of what you responded to.   The "need by the anti-cable guys to control others" is what you're dellusioned into thinking after having read so many cable-arguments, when in fact there is no converting...