Quote: Well I started off with a westone um2, and it was great in my opinion. Had approximately 1 year use out of it before I decided to sell and get the um3x.  Also I don't think the westone um3x is miles ahead of the westone 2 in terms of sound quality. I think that the um3x just does...

Just bought a westone 2 amp'd. My previous iem was a westone um3x, that I used for around 2.5 years.  I find the westone 2 great change of pace from the um3x, but there is a noticeable lack of bass and doesn't seem to have the clarity that the um3x has.  I am still enjoying the westone 2's...

I'm curious, what amp and dac are you using?

Hi guys, I have had my denon d7000's for a couple months now.  I think they're fairly burned in at this point. I was wondering if I'd be getting better performance buy purchasing a good but cheap amp like fio e11.  So far it sounds pretty good on my asus xonar essence stx, just wondering if the...

thanks for the advice 1time. But primary reason on not buying amp is that if I do I'll end up splurging and buying a better headphone and then decide I need a better amp and decide maybe a new cable will better the sound quality and then the viscious cycle will continue until I'm broke. So I...

unfortunately an integrated sound card. My mobo is Asus p5q LGA 775 P45. I listen primarily to hiphop, R&B, some alternative, some jazz like michael buble. And the 200 budget is just for the headphones nothing else. Right now I just want the headphones, I can upgrade sound card later if I must...

Hi head-fi. I need an unamped headphone primarily used for movies and music with the computer as the source. I would prefer open headphones but if the sound quality on the closed headphones is better then I wouldn't mind switching. Right now I'm looking at sennheiser HD595 but was wondering if...