Quote: Originally Posted by The Monkey Have you considered custom IEMs? Yes, I'm also thinking about upgrading from my Ety's, but I'd probably mainly use those at work... what I miss is having a nice rig at my desk at home with cans, which are much more convenient for home use...

Quote: Originally Posted by nc8000 Isolation does not seem to be a concern since he is considering Grado's I think the excessive wordiness of my initial post might have been a mistake. The main reason I'm gravitating towards closed headphones isn't necessarily for the...

Thanks for the comments / suggestions

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik Have you tried on the SR-60 to see if they're comfortable? If they are, then Grados might be the best way to go. To be honest I didn't find the SR60's to be particularly comfortable, but it looks like the SR225's have a different style pad...

Quote: Originally Posted by haloxt Ultrasones will very likely crush your jaw because it is very tight brand new but the metal strip in the middle band can be loosened. Hmm. Well I assumed the same of the HD280's but the way they clamp keeps them pressing against my head and it...

I own HD600's and AKG-K501's and basically don't use either anymore because of the way they sit right on top of my jaw joint (aggravating my TMJ and leaving me with a sore jaw). Over time I just accepted the idea that I wouldn't be wearing headphones anymore, and have been limited to just my...

So I went for it and picked up an 8gb Fuze and an 8gb expando, which cost 125 bucks shipped together and arrived 2 days after the night I ordered (amazon) Basically... only now do I know just how crappy my stolen zen vision really was. I've got a converter to get an aux in into the trunk...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr_Junesequa taffguy buy a new ipod. you will be very impressed. If ur not, return it and buy a fuze fzue is clean and flat, great usability, plays flac and ogg, expandable, lackintg in extra features that the ipod has, with load sounds great...

blahh, sounds questionable if i'd even be able to put rhapsody music in the expansion memory then. hmmmmm. I guess shuffle could work, but it spells trouble for battery life if I forget to switch the player off when I leave the car, and there's something very charming about the random album...

ok... first post in like 6 years. premise: car got broken into tonight and my 30gb zen vision is now gone, so I'm in the market for something rhapsody capable, preferably with battery life and user interface that don't suck as bad as the god awful zen. not having 3 second pauses when...

i think i can settle this; floyd, you lose. final tally--> PinkFloyd: 0 Scrypt: 72 here's a helpful hint for the future: it's way easier to pick on people who are LESS intelligent than you are. take that guy who just recommended cold play for instance. pure hate fodder right there...

no laughs huh? "whats his problem now?" "night terrors, ma'am" ..."*ahh, cobras*" "Fine, i'll take him to the bathroom... I don't even know why we HAVE a bottle! would someone please tell me!?" i'll admit the writer's are getting a little sarcastic, what with "i won't lie about being...

So this is what it feels like...when doves cry. Everything's coming up milhouse! (homer)"are you sure you don't want to come? in a civil war reinactment we need lots of indians to shoot" (apu, disgusted)"eh, i don't know which part of that sentense to correct first, but..." Why do...

what the hell?

Quote: Originally posted by slindeman Bill Evans Trio (with Lefaro) ooooh thats a good one. i'll include the "charlie parker band", and "john coltrane and the zingers". cryin' shame.