I need some advice. I am considering buying a DAC to hopefully improve my HiFiMAN EF2A -> Sennheiser HD 650 setup. From what I read the DAC on this thing isn't very good, although I'm pretty satisfied with it, I am looking for an improvement. The DAC on the EF2A is called Burr-Brown PCM2702. I...

I just thought I would share, for anyone who cares.   First, a story: When I first got my HD 650s they had a strong clamping force and over time the pads bent outwards and became squished, ruining the soundstage. After this happened I was able to carefully bend the pads back into shape...

. . . in Foobar2k or via a VST bridge.   I did a search for similar terms but the results were nonsense or really old threads, maybe I just suck at searching. I'm surprised Foobar doesn't seem to have an option to pan L/R like my DAP does, can I download something to do that? The reason...

I've had these IEMs for years so It's not the end of the world, but it is annoying because I'm going to college in 2 days, and the only other pair of IEMs I have are the Sennheiser CX300s which are OK but not as good. . .   The right channel has no sound. I actually had the same problem with...

I've been given lots of money from relatives for x-mas, and honestly, I don't think there is anything else I'd rather spend the money on than headphones. I'm looking for a full sized pair of open cans that aren't too hard to power. I've been looking at the Sennheiser HD 595's and the...

I had a pair of Sennheiser CX300's until they broke recently and now I'm thinking about getting a pair of CX500's for about $40 to replace them (they were once $130). I don't use in-ear phones as much as full-sized ones so I don't want to spend too much. I liked the CX300's and I got them for...