Oh, the stories I could tell you about this guy and his dislikes. Also, anything made in China = automatically bad, not allowed in his audio systems. Anything made anywhere else = acceptable to amazing.

  I think he means V-Moda hype is to the Head-Fi crowd as Beats hype is to "person on the street".

I wouldn't knock V-Moda as being part of Best Buy or the Beats audience. At least in mine, they're next to Sennheisers and B&W and other high-ish fi brands in the Magnolia section. The ones out on the floor are the JBL, Beats, and Bose, etc. I don't know if this is part of some plan by...

Had a chance to relisten to them. Comfort is amazing (but not as good as Bose or Beats). Vocals handled much better than the B&W P5 s2 or P7. Portability beats both as well. Not as balanced as the B&W but overall, I was not offended by their sound signature at all. I would not be opposed to...

My Nuforce u-DAC 2 literally just crapped out today (right channel went out) so I just ordered the Nuforce u-DAC 3 on sale at Amazon. I was a big fan of the 2 so I'm glad to read good things about the Nuforce 3.   It was so weird. Left channel went out, but the headphone output worked fine...

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Question: If I plug a TRRS balanced plug into a TRS adapter and stick it into a non-balanced output, will that affect/destroy anything or will it work normally out of both channels with no adverse effects? The reason being is I have Senn 600 headphones with a balanced cable going into a 3.5 mm...

Are these no longer in production? The only site I can find that sells them is this:   http://www.music-sanctuary.com/collections/earwerkz

Ah, that could be it. I'd like to compare them again to some other closed back models.

Got this for 8 bucks on Amazon, on sale from $40. Ouch. 8 bucks, I cannot complain, it works great! (middle pic is mine) I got this one instead of The Anchor because this appeared easier to put on/take off the rack (without the lip that The Anchor provides). Thinking about getting another one...

I don't know about "overrated" but apparently "highly rated" is a definite answer. I recently got my friend a pair of the XS headphones and he and his boss's son were blown away. "Love them" "awesome" "literally amazing" "so clear" "you can hear everything" etc. etc. I listened to them and liked...

Just curious to know how many here use headphone splitters so others can listen to what you're listening to at the same time. I know V-Moda has that capability built-in. Is this a thing that people use a lot or almost/never? Are people really interested to hear what you're hearing? Or do you...

Gave myself Senn 600s with balanced cable. Gave my best friend V-Moda XS for his first serious headphone set.

NuForce u-DAC 2 into the Vali. Then out through Senn 558 or 600. Just rearranged the room and desk and transformed the desk into a listening station. Also have the Geek Out 450 DAC on hand (pictured) for swapping. The Geek Out V2 will be added in the mix too.

  OK, these things look sick. But are they truly portable? (full disclosure: never had experience with Yamaha headphones, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE their stereo receivers) Was trying to find something that could fold up so I can toss it into a backpack. Also, it claims the headphone cable is not...