I live at my parents' home right now and will be going to college next year, so I cannot modify my room at all for these speakers.   Source: MacBook or iPhone directly (if you think that won't work well for this level of speaker, let me know what else I should put in the signal path)  ...

I'm looking to upgrade from my current setup of using an EMU 0202 USB at home as my DAC/amp (into Denon D5000s) and running my iPod into a PA2V2 into Grado SR-60s on the go. I've decided my new portable headphones will be Audio-Technica ATH-ES7s. I've also decided I want to use the same...

OK, so although I love my Grado SR-60s with bowl pads, I have two problems with using them on my hour-long bus ride to school: 1) The isolation makes it near-impossible to hear my music unless I pump the volume to ridiculous levels, which hurts my ears. 2) The Grados are not sturdily...

OK, so say I've got a Macbook playing lossless files going to an EMU 0404 USB going to my Denon D2000s. I just bought a Pocket Amp 2 Version 2 (it should ship today) for use as a portable amp. However, Gary suggested that I use it as well for my home setup, after my EMU 0404 as a dedicated...

I just ordered my new headphones (Denon D2000s with the EMU 0404 USB DAC/amp), which is an enormous upgrade from my current AKG 26Ps. I'm looking for music that (having been losslessly ripped, of course) really shows off the awesomeness of good headphones. Something in the electronic, rock...

I currently have a pair of AKG K 26P headphones as my best phones. I want to upgrade. My headphones will be used primarily from my home computer, a MacBook, and my iPod (5G), using a mix of full quality Apple Lossless files (converted from FLAC to play within the stupid restrictions of Apple...