Hi there, assuming I'm not plugging into an amp or a particularly powerful source, and want to be able to hear what's around me, what are the current "under $70" big cooshy entry level open headphones? Something like the high end sennheiser's in form factor, but not so expensive. Thanks!

Yea, It seems like you are just the kind of person I was thinking you might actually be, hah...

Uh, that super-advanced santa cruz aureal stuff only works on windows 98, I think... with a very very few games... for the full A3D stuff, I mean.  I don't think it works with windows 2000, xp, etc. etc.

So recently, I dug my old Turtle Beach Santa Cruz out of my ancient computer, to replace the onboard sound of my current gaming rig, which was... eh, okay, but I could hear the noises when it was thinking and accessing the hard drive and such..   So, in this computer, the Santa Cruz sounds...

...What do I do? They both seem to have 'motor' issues.  I've mostly switched to a Clip+, but I *like* the idea of being able to play a CD once in a while...   Is there any portable/totable with short battery cd player that I could find? Any way to repair these?  What is the best CD player...

Well it seems to be working now. For me at least... but it was saying that we got an invalid captcha, and to retry the captcha -- just as if you intentionally write in the wrong info.  But I tried again, and it seems to be working now... my friend might have gotten in, not sure.

Hi there, a friend of mine said he was having trouble joining head-fi; problems with the Captcha... so I tried joining with a new email, and I got the same problems! I think it's currently impossible to join Head-Fi right now! Can we fix these issues somehow?

Hi all, what's a solid computer mic (1/8" plug) for a computer, to use with my headphones? Ideally to clip onto my shirt or to the wire of my headphones? I'm really looking for something more inexpensive and non-sucky.  What are some solid models? Thanks!

Bose is good at one thing in headphones -- active noise cancellation.  If you want sound quality, or one of the more fruitful ways of doing sound cancellation (ie passive like earplug style headphones can get -- seriously, canalphones blow the bose out of the water in isolation, value, sound...

Laptops don't have subwoofers.  They don't even have woofers.  Anything that says there is a woofer or subwoofer in a laptop case is a complete lie.  Yes, the designers of the laptop are lying to you.   What you probably have is two twiddlers (tweeter/midranges, with the worst aspects of...

I sometimes wear my 770 pro 80's for hours and hours and hours and completely forget they are on.  They are really, really, really, really comfortable for me...

Quote: Hmmm, that's really weird, cause my other thread I posted had those suggested like three times. ACK!  So, hmmm, I need a place in Lexington, KY or Cincinnati, OH to demo as many of these as possible...

Sorry, I started a thread before realizing that this was here.   I would like <$100 if possible, <$150 at a stretch, big sounding, open headphones focused like a laser at being Really Good at female vocals, for a variety of low powered sources.  Genres are Singer-Songwriter, Opera, Folk...

Looking at older threads on this topic, and my own research, these seem to be potentially appropriate cans.   Alessandro MS-1 Audio Technica ATH-AD500 Sennheiser HD-555 AKG 240 Studio   Any thoughts?

Heya, I've been out of the loop for a while.  What are the best relatively efficient, under $100 headphones for really enjoying female vocalists, these days? And is there something REALLY incredibly awesome in the ~$150 range, to be an excuse to trade from the 'normal budget limit' to the...

So I was looking at the Meelectronics M11P, and I found some reviews saying the build quality on these things is absolutely horrible.  Any idea what gives with that?

So what ways of treatment can extend the life of the latest, the Faze's?

Okay, so he's used some Logitech (I dont know the model number), some Shure SE110, some Etymotic ER6's, Some UE Superfi 4's, and now he is on V-Moda Faze's. Help?

Okay, so my dad loves going out for walks with his iPhone, listening to books on tape, and he prefers to use canalphones.  However, he has gone through... many canalphones over the past few years. UE, Shure, Etymotic, etc. etc.  Generally. one of the sides starts working intermittently as the...

I got the $28 S2. After all, I DID want to know what the cheapest ones were, so I went and got the cheap ones!

Quote: Yea, I am a little squicked about getting USED IEM's, no matter how "like new" they may be...

Between the M11 and the S2, What is the best? Which is better at what thing??   If I can find the M11 for $37 shipped (new), and the S2 for $28 shipped (new open box), I should go for the S2 because they are mostly equal?

  Quote: That isnt helpful at ALL. I have a broken set of ER6i's, that I don't really know what to do with, and am looking for something inexpensive. I dont want the BEST isolation at all costs, I want cheap, durable, doesnt sound bad, and pretty good isolation.

Hey guys, I'm just wondering what you all would consider the cheapest canalphone that goes deep and isolates really well? Judging by that headphone.com blog thing, it is the Klipsch S2, because of it's form factor. What do you guys consider the cheapest "it isolates really well because it goes...

So to be a mid foot runner and have a light stride, you just need IEMs, and to run... barefoot?   http://www.barefootrunning.fas.harvard.edu/