When you say unmatched, how good of a headphone is it compared to other commonly recommended ones? E.g. ATH-M50x I'm currently debating between getting the BossHiFi B8 and one of the better recommended DIY IE800 clones (not a dodgy one, one actually well-regarded by Chinese reviewers).

I've been searching Taobao for more headphones and have come across some interesting headphones and 'custom' headphone stores. Has anyone heard of these before? Some notable stores: A store with a variety of headphones and IEMs, including noise cancelling ones. A store with cheaper popular...

I don't think you'd need to send it in to fix. Whenever mine had the same problem, I just open up the cups and give the springs (the contact point which I would presume is the actual problem) a bit of a squeeze and stretch, and put them back in. I know there was another member who bought the...

You probably read about the discomfort of the HD25 being the very strong clamp, but that is only initially and just like imackler said, it isn't specific to the HD25. They will feel a bit head crushing at first if you decide to get them, but over time they loosen up a lot and even now I'm not...

I had the CAL! for over half a year and I can say that the differences in sound quality between them and the M50 are pretty small and not at all worth the $75 (over double the price) more you'd pay to get the M50. The CAL! has quite an amount of bass but as far as I can remember, it is not...

Unfortunately the Emotiva XDA-1 isn't something I can get because the shipping ($115 to Australia) pushes it out of how much I'm willing to spend so I'll have to go with something else.

Thank you for the replies, and I know about Fiio products but like I said I'd prefer getting a pretty good DAC straight off so I don't feel too much like upgrading later on.   I actually really love the look of the Emotiva XDA-1 and will note it down in a list of DACs to pick from, but since...

I've been finding the audio played from my laptop to be pretty dull for a while now (I find my iPod Touch 2G to sound better even) so I'm looking to purchase an external DAC within the range of $100-150 and wanted to get opinions on this since I'm not at all knowledgeable in DACs although I have...

I've been lurking around on Head-Fi for quite a while now, but never really posted because I found most of the answers I needed by searching around. One thing I haven't really found the answer to (haven't seen a post talking directly about it and in-depth at least) however, is actual detailed...