Had the same issue with my HD429, though not to that extent but they always felt a bit loose & came off when I was head banging sometimes, (the HD4XX series all have the same drivers but different damping, even the new HD497 I believe.) This modding guide by wje helped me alot...

    Listening to Big Sean's Milf Feat Nicki Minaj, funny lyrics, but then again he's always infused humor in his rapping and music videos.

Hi there, after hours of searching the internet on how to rockbox my ipod 7G slim, I found a solution a few months ago as to why Rockbox wasn't installing on my iPod.   For some of you, even though you have installed Rockbox using the instructions included here in the beginning of the thread...

Hi. I hope anyone can help, well I have tried installing Rockbox and have followed the manual and copied the installer-ipodclassic.ubi file into the UMSboot volume and safely ejected the ipod and used the Rockbox utility to install Rockbox, ticking 'Show disabled targets' checkbox. It completed...

Haven't seen the Mad Dogs dB/mW sensitivity specs, but I've read that they are a bit harder to drive than stock. But I think orthodynamics in general do need amping. Maybe you could look at the JDS labs C5, which its output power is almost equal to the O2, so that would be...an iPod > lod (line...

Lol, you'd be extremely lucky to find an X1 used at that price.   To help, maybe the L1 is the best cheapest option, I think they are now $150 used and need minimal ampage or used $320 X1. I've seen the L1 spec and its only 105 db/mW sensitivity, so only needs 1.5mW to reach a loud enough...

Like angels singing all around, just beautiful...listening to 'Marilyn', in the Haunted Man album.  

You forgot the Dr DAC Muses Edition which is a class A amp like the Matrix and with a great headphone stage and the Calyx Coffee though it's only 120 mW should be good for anything under 100ohm impedance except some AKG's and orthos and the Maverick Tubemagic D1...these are the good ones. The...

Another song that's on heavy rotation in my playlist... Livvi Franc Featuring Pitbull - Now I'm That Bitch. I'd link to the Youtube vid, but I'm too lazy, I just ate a heavy lunch. It's nice to appreciate all genres and there some gems in Pop music, here and there. But yes, most Pop albums...

  My foobar says I've listened to the 'Thinking About You', 140 times over the span of 2months,must be a mistake...really good album, so maybe I have. It's more of a metal pop album, I don't even listen to that kind of poppy metal though, but in this case a few songs are really fun. Anyway...

I wanted to help, coz I was in the same boat as you...the SRH940's have a reputation for breaking but heard that they were amazing for female vocals. After a bit of research I came up with some unorthodox/underated upgrade options that are good :  Audio Technica A1000x/A2000x : are very picky...

Just wanted to highlight for abit this great bang for buck amp, especially if you'd rather buy it fully built, rather than buying a kit... since it seems getting harder, to the actual website for the amp, it has gotten a bit harder since a few months ago to find especially thru Google (must be...

People seem to also love their audio-gd Nfb 10se with the LCD2 combo too, over at the Nfb 10 thread. Hear it's more detailed too, than the Lyr with the LCD2.

^ you could also get an Epiphany Acoustics Edac in the UK, which is basically the same as an Odac and save up on shipping, instead of shipping an Odac from the US to Finland. I'm getting a PSII kit, shipped from the US in the nxt 3mnths, since us college guys r perpetually broke, can't buy it...

Yeah the Sunrise even shouldn't be compared to commercial offerings, it's far better than the LD MKIII. The thing with the Project Sunrise II, is that it's mostly DIY with Jeremy and another guy at RockGrotto who designed the amp. That means that even though the commercial offerings have...

That's really sad, he had a great influence in my life. I remember, I didn't even like music that much in high school, even though my bro had a $1000 speakers (wierd, yes I just didn't care how good they sounded, wasn't interested that much in music). That was until I heard Brubeck on an cheap...

  Just finished listening to Norah Jones Come Away With Me I ripped it to 192K VBR, it was magnificent no words can describe it. Such music gives me hope that there some musicians who really talented, I've got here new album Like Home but havent ripped it yet. But 'Come Away With Me' just blew...

That's wierd...can't add links to a post I edit, anyway here are the useful links, use them or not if you want http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-117901.html, http://www.head-fi.org/t/250436/silver-plated-copper-wire-how-good, http://www.ebay.com/sch/navships/m.html

I think your best bet is the hd600 especially since your getting a Lyr and it's essentially less dark than the hd650's and maybe some equinox cables or diy some Navships milspec silver copper cable from ebay if you think the equinox is too dear basically what the milspec cable does is that the...

K702 don't have bass?? even when amped well with a $250 amp and they need a powerful amp to unlock their potential...if you want an all round headphone with good treble,mids and bass your options are the Sony mdr Z1000...or even better a HD600 and at least a Little Dot MKIII,this will excel at...

I think you'll find your answer, in the MS2i appreciation thread if you do a search,they are highly regarded, do most genres very well and sound much much better than the shrillish sr325's, but are often overlooked because most ppl have Grado's. You may also wanna check the very helpful comparo...

Dunno if I dreamt it, but I saw the HD650 being sold on Amazon for $279 refurb and one Used in 'Good Condition' going for $290,which is a steal, don't get it quick, get it now, coz they'll be like gone as soon as I post this lol...then go on to the Fullsize Heaphone Amp forum to ask for cheap...

^he's right all players sound pretty good these days some transparent flat FR like the classic and some colored like Sony and Zen and some cold and detailed like Samsung,it depends on implementation of codec to the DAC,as for example, the fuze+ sound diff frm the Zen,yet they both use a...

No matter what people here say about the newer Zen's,they're still good players. Though they have colored sound,compared to the ipod 5g classic,they completely pummel any classic to a pulp in SQ.

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