Sup. My mother does not seem to understand investing quality amounts of money in products, especially headphones. At the moment I own the DT770pro and an etymotic ER4P (which I won for free). I have enough money to pay for the costs, but will need to use her credit card. She will not like...

Curious if anyone has secrets to try and make themselves dial into music without abusing a substance. For me it all starts with closing my eyes and laying down. For me this has the most impact on soundstage (and I can vividly bounce around inside my head where each note is going). Being tired...

Share with us CDs you loved as a child and have come back to. I just found my Savage Garden CDs and still like it....

Hey. Trying to get started on DIY. I've opened a DT770 before, but I have never really had a problem I need to fix with it... My brother was using phillips SHP805s for a while and he stood on the cable and got up (resulting in a hard pull that seems to have snapped the connection). I cant...

thinking of learning an instrument out of left field. Already play piano, sax, clarinet, bass guitar and drums. Thinking something along shakuhachi or a theremin... Need to be able to get a beginner (but nto awful) one for under 250 aud. I could reach up to 700$ but to be fair thats a bit...

Any analogue signal (assuming the amp is not clipping). Eg. plugging a headphone amp into the headphone jack on my PSP or into my guitar amplifiers output. Just curious because people keep telling me that its not, even though by logic electrical energy flows only one way in a circuit

Is there a part of the headphone (lets take a beyer DT770 for example just for my ease since its the oldest phone I own @ 2 years or so) that needs replacing other than the pads and the black disc that comes with them?

Trying to keep it short. I have damaged hearing. I was deaf at the age of 5 and had surgery which restored my hearing and it will improve if I take care of my ears (and it has done). I've spent about a week away from my rig and have been having a short ring in my ears (both) for about 2...

Curious if they still perform well today and which will be a better investment in the long-term (since I intend to stop spending money soon). also how do they compare to something like the dacMAGIC? semi-interested in hearing alternatives that will sound better for a similar price provided...

Wanted to be a musician since i was 3, and had a bout with RSI at 19. I am still 19, but currently not wanting to get back into music (due to performance related injury). Current career options are: Law, Vet Science, Primary school teacher. I like animals, law will give me some money (i need...

Price no object. Must be dry sounding (no flabby mids like the stock STX, please). Overall the most important things are musicality, smoothness and neutrality.

Hey guys... before I get started listing what I am interested in, is it pointless getting a $$$ DAC/CD player (would prefer not to go vinyl atm and would prefer if it can be used from a PS3 and a Computer) with at best mid-fi cans? (low fi for 770 pro and mid-fi for the upcoming 880/600)...

Hi. Curious if batteries inside daps will last longer if you keep them charged (as much as possible), or deplete them every time and then charge them up.

Okay, so heres my story. I have an essence STX, a xonar DX and a sansa clip. Out of these, I consider the clip to be the best sounding (i know, right?). To me the midrange on the STX sounds echo-ey even on dry tracks. When it comes to commercial music (whenever I listen to it) I find it...

Well, I'm 19, and blatantly going bald. At first I thought it was just my hair moving back a little like you see in most men, but my hair is getting thinner and thinner (It's not so apparent atm, but I am sure I will be bald by the time I am 21). My voice changed when I was 17, so this is a bit...

Okay, so I've had the clip for a week and I was expecting it to be a lot worse than my essence (considering the huge gap in price). Currently it sounds more musical, more clean. Midrange is far more liquid. Smaller soundstage (fairly significantly). Slightly *more* detailed and better...

What's it mean? How does it affect how well a headphone can be driven by an amp. For some reason things easy to drive have a higher power handling, which seems odd to me. Can someone explain it?

Looking for pictures of rigs from people outside of head-fi? I know I am... andaudio.com example... The picture of the dudes on page 1 is too funny.. Anyone got some good threads they want to share with me?

Simple enough. I'm a fan of the members lounge. Good relax when the headphone boards get too busy. I also like looking at pics in the high-end of course.

You read it right. 139 AUD (seems to be their new fixed price for headphonic). Great deal locally! Especially since Head-direct is selling them on sale for 169 USD(!) Thanks for the great deal, marcus. Although, i will mention the shipment sold out, and the next shipment will take a week or...

Looking for a portable amp to go with a sansa clip and an ER-4P (and KSC-75 or slightly less portable phone in the future). My real limit is probably 100 USD not including shipping, but I'd like to leave $120 open considering I can probably stretch that far - especially if it has two...

Anyone here got know-how regarding the human brain? What changes when you close your eyes with regards to music listening? If possible, I'd like to keep it as scientific as possible (even metascience and pseudoscience, etc). If possible, an opinion free thread. Looking forward to hopefully an...

What did you get for your birthday? What did you give someone else? My sister's birthday is coming up this Wednesday. She is a doctor who fan so I got her a blank card (slightly psychic) and some doctor who figurines (she likes retro barbie, so I guess doctor who wouldnt be so bad :P). I...

Hey mates! Seeing mixed responses between 4 gb and 8 gb sansa clip in terms of playback features. Some 8gb sources cite "# Plays MP3, WMA, secure WMA, OGG, FLAC and Audible audio file formats " whereas 4gb sources cite the above minus ogg and flac. Can someone clear this up?

I figure this is a cable thing (I suspect a splitter is the best option if I want to run two headphones from a DAP at any time). I've only experienced splitters that sound awful. Are there any good sounding splitters or are they universally bad? What is the best way SQ wise short of having a...