Saturday Audio Exchange in Chicago still has a few new and refurbished ones for sale, and they were going pretty cheap. Purchase price + shipping to somewhere in CONUS might be worth it, if somebody's having trouble finding one locally.

I'm getting back into the headphone hobby after a few years of absence, and made my first new purchases recently for a setup that I can easily bring between my home office and a coworking space. Currently enjoying the NightOwl Carbon driven from a discontinued TEAC HA-P50.

I haven't been active on Head-Fi in a few years, but I picked up the first new addition to my collection over the weekend and I'm easing back into the community. In that spirit, I'm also listening to a couple recent albums from artists that I used to listen to heavily, but haven't paid much...

First time posting in a long time. I've been away from the headphone community for a few years, just enjoying my existing setups and focusing on other hobbies. Today I finally picked up something new, a NightOwl from Saturday Audio Exchange in Chicago. My short demo in the store impressed me...

I own Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See and Transnormal Skiperoo at the moment, which I understand come from different phases of his career.

What's your favorite Jim White album? I've been trying to get into him some more, but I only own two of his albums.

You'll hear a lot of different opinions on that. There are folks who hold onto a specific firmware version because of sound signature changes between iterations, but there are also those who adamantly maintain that there is difference at all between versions. I'm on the latest version, and I'm...

After knowing about them in my periphery for a few years, I finally dove into the catalog of Silver Apples recently. They were a late-'60s psychedelic pop group that relied upon early homebuilt synths instead of guitars to produce their signature sound. The duo's frontman, Simeon, designed an...

I've barely been on Head-Fi the last few months, since my setups have solidified to a point that I'm no longer regularly in the market for anything. For the most part I've been relying on my UE900 paired with an iBasso DX80 for both mobile and office use, and my ESP950 has been as trusty as ever...

Checking in here for the first time in a long time. I haven't been actively in the market for upgrades recently, so I haven't kept up with news or discussions much. Here's what's been on heavy rotation recently. scallops hotel - sovereign nose of (y)our arrogant face [art rap] Tim Hecker...

Listening to the first two tracks that premiered last night from Bon Iver's upcoming third LP 22, A Million. While I was always enthralled by how perfectly Justin Vernon and his band (including backing musicians as accomplished as Colin Stetson and Greg Leisz) put together the complexities of...

I hate to be a last-minute dropout, but the crazy rain we had today in the city didn't do great things to the carpets in my garden unit apartment. I'll catch you all at the next one!

I haven't actually had the chance to hear the Abyss before; I'm looking forward to it.

Great choice! I wish they had a more significant back catalog to listen to at the moment, and I'm waiting in anticipation of their new LP before the summer is out.

For the most part, no. The M50X is an updated model of the M50 with removable cables, other cosmetic modifications, and slight changes in tuning, but overall it sounds the same as the classic model.