I recently found my K81DJ earpads were degrading rapidly from years in my bag. I needed a replacement set quickly because I use these on the bus all the time, and short of in-ears, which I can't wear, I've found these to be a great compromise of sound quality, isolation, comfort, and...

Many, many thanks to Andrew for arranging another great meet. Once again it was fun to meet new people, and to see old faces. It was a lot of fun, and though I may not have been terribly conversational this time around, it was still nice to chat and hear some great equipment. I continue to be...

Thought I'd get started on the impression thread with a big thank you to Andrew/Maximo for arranging and sponsoring this meet. It was a lot of fun, the snacks were great, and once again there were a lot of great new people and new gear. It's about time we lured Seattle folks down to our lovely...

Upcoming Meet information: Quote: Originally Posted by Andrew H Sat Aug 18th, from 11:30am to 4pm, at the RiverPlace Athletic Club (therac.com) __________ It's been a while since we've met, and I know there are a couple newer members who have asked... Is there any interest in...

Woot, my avatar made it into the top 10 in Engadget's photo contest. Even though it's not going to actually win me anything, thanks to head-fi for giving me the motivation to take photos of headphone gear, and buy the gear to take photos of.

So, it turned out to be smaller than expected (too many people enjoying the weather unlike us dorks ), but it was still a fun meet, with several new and welcome faces. Also a nice selection of gear that have been strangers to our meets thus far... After waiting so long to listen to K1000s, I...

Friend of a friend found this headset, which appears to be an aviation headset. It is generally in very good condition and probably fairly new. The cable however is unterminated, end was cut off. There's the connector and boom for a mic, but no mic. It comes with cloth covers to put over the...

Meet Details: Date: August 19 Time: 10AM till last man standing (usually 6-7PM) Place: The Pacific Conference - 18121 SE River Rd, Milwaukie, OR 97267 - Map Guidelines: Basically identical to last time (quoted below). We didn't end up doing dinner last time because people had plans...

Now that the beast is complete, I figure I should post some archive photos so that proof of its existence may be provided in a simple link to this thread rather than frequently repeating its dark history. I give to you my bastardization of headgear, the infamous Frankensenns: For...

The purpose of this discussion is to evaluate the performance of the Silverstone EB01 as compared to the popular MicroDAC. This was requested in the EB01 thread and I decided to post it as a new thread for reference. The MicroDAC is three times as expensive, and it is also a more versatile...

I'm sure some of you, like me, rarely look at the Ascend forums/site since you are already busy enjoying your speakers (or headphones ). So I just wanted to go ahead and point out here that Ascend has recently released an upgrade to their line - "Signature Edition" versions of both the 170 and...

An acquaintance of mine mentioned he had an old pair of senns he hadn't listened to in some time. The only thing he knew was that they came in a wooden box, and I couldn't think of what that could be at the time. The other night he dropped them off for me to take a look at. Lo and behold...

rockin' along.... Well, seems we managed a good showing this time, and we have our pseudo-quiet room. I've listened to Muse's Hysteria far too many times now with different cans, have to switch to some David Gray... First impressions of the K701s vs Beyers, I definitely like the K701...

I have a need to stack some components and possibly some misc. gear within a fairly tight space constraint: max 17" depth external measurement (I know, that's the one that hurts), min 18" width internal measurement (for components), and max 23" height. I would actually prefer no bottom shelf...

Hey, I've got a few days in Vancouver coming up in December as the extended portion of a business trip, and I was wondering if I could get any suggestions from the audience on upcoming activities or eats. I did this last year too, walked the park, Robson and random places around downtown. Took...

I was a bit disoriented when I went to Gizmodo and went, "hey, I know that picture"... Looks like headphile's getting some attention for being considered at the front end of the wood-everything fad - though we know the real story http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/perip...nes-111618.php...

Thought I'd get this party rollin' early. So for today's meet, not only to we actually have cameras, but we're also going to provide live updates from time to time throughout the meet. Stay tuned for the good stuff... ...so like, where's all the gear?

Maybe it's been mentioned but I hadn't noticed... A new version of the PocketDock is out with Line out and USB. I had specifically been waiting for this one because USB ports/cables are much easier to come by than IEEE1394 Mine just arrived, looks/sounds great so far!

I was wondering if anyone has actually made the attempt to recable their HD595s. I've thought about it for ages, but I've been waiting for sennheiserusa to get the replacement part in stock so I don't have to use my own cable or try to make a connector like theirs (they told me it would be in...

I need an alternate mp3/aac audio player for OSX that doesn't resample my audio. I've tried the bit-perfect suggestions for iTunes OSX, but they don't seem to work with the M-Audio Revo, it still resamples to 48k. I've been using vlc off and on, and while it does output 44.1 and sound notably...

Based on my apartment setup, I was thinking about getting a dedicated CD-player to use for Headphone listening. That would not only make for easier and more flexible placement, but also make it easier for swapping headphones, amps, and cables at will for experimentation and such. Optimally...

Are there any simple and small solutions for optical digital out via a firewire/ieee1394 port? I would highly prefer something along the design of the Transit. I need something more capable than the onboard out on my shuttle HTPC (proper asio/sampling rate support), but I don't have the slots or...

Part 1: http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=98406 Addendum 1: A700 vs A900 Duh, Where did he go… OK, ok, so I'm really, really late with this. I didn't say which Friday for those pictures did I? Sorry, life got in the way, yadda yadda… On the bright side, a couple...

I've been looking at buying some extensions lately, and running into the same ol' gap between crap and very expensive. I've grown curious about DIY cable, seeing as how the cost falls somewhere in the magical middle area in price, without sacrificing quality (assuming my skills with a soldering...

Recently (as of the time I'm starting this, some 9 hours ago), I managed to receive a well beaten box in an envelope from audiocubes containing my most recent purchase of curiosity inspired largely by this bloody forum. I know I don't have the thousands of dollars of source material...