I use Shure SE535's for my more "critical" portable listening but recently made the whopping $13 investment in a set of KZ ATE's; boy are they some mighty fine budget IEMs! Anyway, I find them to be just a tad bit bloated/"woolen" in the bass region and have been messing around with very...

Bought a pair of KZ-ATE IEM's off of Amazon for $14.00. As many have said, the performance/cost is unbelievable and I'm going to enjoy having the KZ's as backups to my Shure SE535's ... But the tips on the KZ-ATE's really suck in my opinion. The nozzle is particularly fat, I'd say 2 to 3...

Hi there ... I need a decent pair of noise cancelling bluetooth headphones and just don't want to drop major coin on the Bose variants (a housemate has the new QC35's and they are insanely good at noise cancelling but no way am I going to drop that sort of money for "recreational" cans) ...

Title says it all ... I can't seem to make changes to my originally posted price on a few classifieds I have posted ... Any help would be appreciated ... joel

FYI ... in case your a fan ... it's really good:   https://www.facebook.com/ARTEConcert/videos/10154454140812060/

    Intro ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   I've used MHDT Laboratories DACs for quite some time.   Having spent a great amount of time exploring the DAC landscape so many years ago, it became quite clear to me...

  ...     I got these for about $30 bucks on a Massdrop ... they just came in today and not really knowing what to expect, I put them on and plugged them into the audio out of my MSI GS70 Stealth Pro (which has a really nice DAC/amp) ...    And...   (!!!!!!!!)   Good godamighty!  ...

A family member recently passed away and he left a lot of audio equipment that I'm trying to identify and possibly sell...   Among such is this Goldring 1012GX phono cartridge ... but upon researching, I've found mine looks a bit different than those referenced online; the one I have seems to...

I just saw this on Massdrop...   It's a deal for  brand new Shure SE846 IEM's for $779.00; I've seen used pairs going for more than this on many occasions.   Anyway, didn't know where else to post it so put it here.   The Massdrop is only for 30 units and there are already 17 sold.  ...

Lyrical music is getting me down ... "hooks" are getting me down ... "popular music" is becoming something that really works my nerves in a bad way ...   The more I listen to Jazz, Classical, Chamber, Drum/Bass, etc. ... and as my experience with various audio listening systems increases...

    My brief two weeks with the Shure SE846 IEM's and how they compare to the Shure SE535  (and ultimately, the agony of having to send them back)   Shure IEM's have been my mainstay daily listening choice for quite a few years now. I bought my first pair of Shure IEM's back in 2007, a pair...

  NOTE: Mad Lust Envy .. since you have such an inclusive gaming headphone post here, I'd be more than happy to send you my back up pair for some testing (long as your in the US)   ...   So a while back I bought a pair of these for $25 here at head-fi.org. I just had to hear for myself if...

MHDT Labs Stockholm v2 : A Review     ...   Before I even get in to this … let me just say that I've already done a review of the originally released MHDT Labs Stockholm DAC. I published it here at Head-fi.org about two years ago (05/13/12) and for what it's worth? Everything I said in...

How come I've never once read/heard of a person mentioning that any audio component got WORSE instead of BETTER with a certain amount of burning in?  

Over in a certain Koss ESP-950 thread, many users found that replacing the Koss energizer wall wart with a 9V 3.00A regulated AC adapter to yield a degree of sonic improvement.   Is there any such similar solution in regards to the Stax SRM-252S amplifier, which also uses a "wall wart" type...

I wear Shure SE535's on a daily basis; and I wear the hell out of them, from 4 to 6 hours, every day.   This use is done in some fairly inhospitable environments and as part of my daily work: dusty, windy conditions; some times in light rain, very cold, very hot, extremely physical, dirty...

Was just this day perusing the below video; what headphones are those that they all seem to be wearing?    http://youtu.be/qMpOhwUTUwc

Paz Lenchantin ... bass player for The Entrance Band (and for Perfect Circle before that) ...    Now *THAT* woman knows how to work a pair of high heels (start around 1:15 mins for the most immediate and profoundly sexy effect!!) .:   ...     ..     (SIGH)   lovely.

Hey ...   I'm tentatively considering upgrading from a much loved pair of Grado GS1000's to the PS1000's but simply don't want to invest until I can demo/hear a pair ...   That said ... I was wondering if any of you out there in Head-fi land might reside in Houston and if you might have...

Can anybody who has owned both comment on how comparable these two IEM's are?   I'm a long time user of the SE535's but recently had mine stolen from the gym; now, I'm trying to decide if I want to re invest in the somewhat expensive SE535's or shoot for something nearly as good but a tad...

My much loved and well traveled Shure SE535's were stolen 2 days, six hours, 42 minutes and 17 seconds ago. Yes. The feelings of grief/loss are near palpable.    But hey, such is life in the ghetto. And next time I won't walk off to the water cooler while leaving my Shures on the treadmill...

        Pleased to meet you!   As a long time user of the MHDT Labs Havana DAC, I was of course immediately interested when I heard mention of MHDT Labs releasing a new DAC based on the same basic architecture as the Havana but this time with true asynchronous USB implementation...

(from a certain online source) :    "The motivation for making the Headless Heroes project was really music for music's sake, a record to be accepted and enjoyed on its own terms, without being an overindulgent or boastful statement. Says Bezalel, “I just wanted to make an album with great...

I remember demoing these at our local Mall here in Houston ... way way way back in the day (yes, even as a 12 year old, I freakin' DEMO'd! LOL) ...   A strange device it was but also eerily fun to listen too. The sense of bodily transmission of sound (along with the obvious sonics from the...