Hi Dan, I recently bought the ether c's, and I noticed for my ears that they just barely touch the inner padding with the stock tuning. It ends up causing some slight discomfort. Does the lack of stuffing in the new ear pads mean that this problem might be exacerbated? Thanks!

So, my current main setup is: FLAC -> S/PDIF -> gamma2 -> m^3 -> LCD-2. I also have these other headphones that I sometimes drive with this setup, in descending order of use: K702, SRH-750dj, MS-1.   I'm debating what my next step is in upgrading my setup. I think I'm mainly focusing on...

How important is bass to you? I'm going to assume you want err towards more bass, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. In that case, then I've got these suggestions (ordered by descending price):   Denon AH-D5000 Ultrasone Pro 750 Beyerdynamic DT-770 Sony MDR-XB700 Audiotechnica...

I'm just wondering why it is that the most expensive headphones appear to be electrostatics? Is it due to its sonic value, manufacturing cost, demand and hype, or a combination of these factors?   I understand that the thinness of the diaphragm allows for higher frequencies to be reproduced...

Well the frames to my glasses are pretty thick - around 1/4". So I can move them up, but it causes my eyes to become tired much more easily due to minor distortion in viewing. The reason why I thought of bowls is because I find other circumaural designs extremely comfortable. I haven't tried the...

So I'm looking for alternative pads for my MS-1. Right now I just have the Grado comfies, but the comfies cause discomfort after prolonged use (~30-45min) due to them pushing on my glasses. So I'm looking at switching over to either Grado bowls or the HD414 pads. Are there any other...

So, I'm not looking to upgrade anytime soon, but if I do, I'd like to know what I should upgrade first. Here's my current setup:   foobar2000 -> Toslink Optical -> Valab NOS DAC (2009 rendition I believe) -> Unbalanced RCA -> Matrix M-Stage (Second Edition) w/ Class-A biasing mod and...

I'm not saying that all songs that do this are bad. In fact, I appreciate the effect when it's used in short periods. When a song is imbalanced for the duration of the song though (i.e. one instrument playing in the left channel), it gets kind of annoying. I actually didn't experience this...

Mine just got cancelled (as expected).

Hmm, the Mac compatibility is a real issue for me. Anyone have final word on that, or was that one reviewer just unlucky?

I had hissing (low level of noise) as well; however, I resolved this by getting an external DAC. Not sure if it was necessarily the DAC that fixed it, but immediately afterwords, the noise was gone.

Wrong choice of words on my part. I meant along the lines of minimalistic UI (I do love me some big screens). Quote:  

Anyone know why Amazon pulled the pre-order listing?

Yeah, iOS automatically downgrades video quality if you're using 3G. The same limitation is applied for some other applications. If you jailbreak your iPhone, there is an application called My3G, which enables you to watch high quality videos over YouTube; it also lets you use FaceTime and other...

Quote: The X7 seems to fit the bill quite nicely.   For the Clip+ recommendation, I'm not sure if I can justify the purchase; the Clip+ itself is pretty cheap (~40-50), but a sufficiently sized MicroSD card is pretty costly. So for about $200, I'm getting 40 GB of storage, with a...

So, I've currently got a Zune HDD 120 GB, which is working fine for me, but... I've got a computer with multiple OS's (7 64-bit, OS X 10.6, and Ubuntu 10.10), and I really don't like having to boot into Windows every time I want to load music onto my player. Actually, I don't even have the Zune...

Also, as much as I love open headphones, I'm could also be looking into getting a pair of closed headphones (so I don't bother my roommate too much). If I do go with closed though, I'd probably keep the K702s and just have another pair lying around.

I haven't really had a chance to audition many headphones, so I really can't make any comparisons from experience. That being said, I don't think I can describe what kind of sound signature I like to an accurate extent. If I had to make my best guess: moderate bass (slightly more than the...

I was considering the 600 Ohm impedance for the more balanced (or so I hear) sound; however, my one concern would be if the M-stage is enough to drive it (or rather, a good pairing). FWIR, tube amps fit the high impedance of the DT880-600 Ohm better. Oh, and did you do the soldering of the...

  Quote: It's got a Class-A Biasing mod, but other than that it's stock (stock opamp).   Edit: Yeah, I was going to give these a week or two before making any decisions. Perhaps I'll even do some opamp rolling between now and then. With regard to the HD650's is there a noticeable...

So here's my setup: Azalia HDA -> Valab NOS DAC (via TOSLINK) -> Matrix M-stage -> K702 I got all this stuff pretty recently (within the last month). Everything was new aside from the DAC which I bought off a member here. I've given the K702's about 145 hours of playback. The flaws that I...

Quote: sin(2*pi*f*t) and sin(2*pi*f*t+pi) Better? :P. It's late, well early now (7:13 am).

I'm speaking completely from my ass here: I have never owned noise canceling headphones or listened to them extensively. The theory of active noise cancellation is most easily explained with a pure tone. If you have a, say, 50 Hz sinusoid [y(t)=sin(100*pi*t)], you can cancel the noise out by...

Quote: Me too; the cynic in my would say he's already reached the epitome of good posts though haha.   Edit: By the way, did anyone try to get in on the Best Buy 52" HDTV misprice 2 summers ago?

Tried to order, but someone snagged the last ones :/. Had 2 in my cart, but when I went to pay, they were gone.