I'm looking for opinions, and hoping for first hand experience - here goes. Factors; I primarily use my PC for gaming Win7 64-bit When I am listening to music through my PC, it isn't through ASIO, but the regular Windows 7 sound mixer, and more than likely with other sounds as well I recently...

I think I've got it now - the idea of how impedance works with cans. Now, I'm trying to figure it out with amps, and I'm hoping the answer is way more obvious than it seems to me. I began trying to figure this out while looking for a new jack to plug my HD580s into. What I seem to have...

Assuming the quality quality of construction between the two is comparable, would there be a notable SQ difference between using; A 1/4" jack to 1/8" plug adapter A 1/4" jack to 1/8" plug cable, 20ft in length Background: I am not even close to dipping into high end cables yet. I'm talking...

Let me begin by stating that I understand how superior of an application Foobar2000 is. I've discerned (through the eldritch art of scrying, as well as the ancient google-fu) what varies between clear majority and unilateral support for FB2K, and I understand the underlying rationale. My...

Hello Head-fi! First post and all that. Based on lurking, unregistered, searched advice, years ago I took the omg-real-headphone plunge and purchased a pair of Senn HD580's. Pretty soon off the bat, the head band cracked near one of the "MADE IN IRELAND" clips - within warranty, and they...