I have a set of HP-1 headphones that are in need of a new cable. A few weeks ago I contacted Grado Labs, who eventually got back to me and gave me Joe Grado's number. So today I gave the man a call. He was quite helpful - he told me to ship the headphones to him, and he'll check them out...

I have a pair of HP-1's that need a new cable. I tried e-mailing Grado using the address listed on their web site, which is "info@gradolabs.com", but the mail was returned to me as undeliverable (apparently aliased to "gradoinfo1@aol.com"). Does anyone know the current e-mail address for...

I finally finished upgrading my XTC collection from the old Geffen CDs to the remastered versions on Virgin that came out a few years ago. As a consequence, I've listened to this underrated album three times over the past few days: once in my auto, once at work using a mid-fi Klipsch 2.1 system...

I decided to branch out a bit and got a pair of Beyer DT-880's. They arrived yesterday - once again fast delivery from Todd the Vinyl Junkie. What's this? A metal case? A free extension cable? I paid nearly five times as much for a Grado PS-1 and got a thin cardboard box! Kudos to...

Maybe it was a weird day at work today (intense debugging of a phase-lock loop), but I couldn't stop listening to Tom Waits' "Hoist that Rag," over and over and over. It may be the best 4 minutes and 20 seconds to date in the what is already perhaps the finest discography in the history of...

Well, I finally pulled the trigger this week and ordered the PS-1 from Todd. ("Sorry about the wallet," indeed.) The shipping was as fast as usual: the headphones arrived today. It is a rainy day in southern Cal, and to my horror, I arrived home to find a soaking wet Priority Mail box waiting on...

Some people assert that the stock Sennheiser HD 650 cable has shortcomings, and that there is an audible difference associated with switching to an aftermarket cable. What, specifically, are the complaints about the stock cable? If the third-party cables sound different, is it because they...

These people are selling Sennheiser HD 650 for $299 plus $15 shipping. They only accept money orders, cashier's checks, or Paypal. I am accordingly wary. Has anyone done business with these guys? If so, did you get what you ordered, non-refurbished, non-gray-market...

I just received a pair of flats from Todd the Vinyl Junkie. (Thanks, Todd! The shipping was astonishingly fast.) I've spent the evening listening to my RS-1's with the flats, and I'm (no pun intended) bowled over by the difference! Gone is the intolerable harshness in the upper midrange/treble...