In another post I mentioned I've been using Koss Porta Pros for listening to (mainly) talk radio in bed. Their headband is a bit scratchy at times, but I can use both ear pads when laying back, or individual pads when laying on my side. I'm just wondering - what other headphones\earphones...

I've broken a couple of sets of Porta Pros, and was just about to buy another pair when I began to wonder if there were any alternatives. I have other headphones and earphones, but the Porta Pros are quite handy at times - I mainly use them when listening to the radio in bed. They're a bit...

Is the Sonorous III a 'monitor' type headphone? I'm looking for something suitable for music production (some recording and mixing). I've had HD600 for years, but I've found they don't suit me for anything other than general listening - there's something about their underlying sound which make...

After many years I eventually got round to buying a pair of Etymotics. I went with the ER2SE for now, with the intention of buying a pair of ER4SR if I liked them. When I bought them the dealer suggested trying the standard triple flange tips. I've tried them a handful of times since I got...

I've got a headphone amp with a couple of headphone outputs, but only a master volume control. I'm using it with a pair of HD600, and I'd like to buy a different pair of headphones which would give the same, or slightly lower, volume level as the HD600. I've tried some other headphones, but...

I'm looking for headphones with an accurate sound for mixing - I'm not sure if the Grado GR10e I have give me that. How would you describe the GR10e? How do the full-sized Grados compare, and which ones are considered equivalent to the GR10e? Would I need the RS1e or the PS2000e, for example...

I'm really looking for headphones for music production (mixing). Music is generally clean electric guitar-based. Sort of old-style country, some bluegrass, up to Dire Straits type of stuff, with some ZZ Top blues thrown in. I don't need closed back (isolation) phones. I started with HD600...

It looks like Sennheiser have stopped making the MX585 earbuds. Are there are any alternative earbuds which are at least as good - preferably better?

Looking to spend a maximum of £350. I'd prefer a fairly neutral sound, and I mainly listen to guitar-based music - old-style country, bluegrass, with ZZ Top probably being the heaviest. I also listen to speech based FM radio. I'd be using them on a variety of sources from a quality DAC and...

I'm thinking about buying a pair of in-ears - probably Etymotic ER4 or one of the Grado models. However, I think my ear canals must be small or a funny shape, because I've tried some cheaper Sony and Sennheiser in-ears in the past and never managed to get them to fit. A few years ago I had...

My experience of headphones is limited (currently have HD600 and Ultimate Ears Reference Monitors). I'm looking for a good headphone for mixing, so probably something which has a sound which translates well to other systems. Some headphones were recommended in another thread, but I've come...

I've currently got HD600, but wouldn't mind something better. I've always thought the HD600 was a bit warm and woolly - nice for listening to music, but for whatever reason recordings I make with them don't sound that great on other systems. However, I'm reading that the HD600 is supposed to...

I'm trying to remember the make of a portable player I'd been thinking about buying a few years ago, but I'm not having any success. As far as I can remember, it was made in somewhere like Taiwan or China, and might have been available through an eBay store. It was a bit larger than a typical...

Other than a customer pair of UERMs, I'd given up with in-ears because I couldn't get them to fit. I think my ear canals must be an usual shape or size! I'm interested in some of the higher end Shure models (maybe even the KSE1500). However, I'd really need to know if they were going to fit...

Having just bought a pair of Ultimate Ears Reference Monitors, I could do with a portable music player.  I’ve been using the FM radio on an old Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone, and the earphones sound great, but I’m keen to try a player with top notch sound quality (I’m assuming that the Nokia...

I'm thinking about buying a C4, but would like to have a read through the manual to see what the user interface is like.  Is there a manual available for download?  The only one I've come across is on the Colorfly Europe site, and it's in German.

I’m doing a bit of tracking and mixing at home, and have been using my HD-600 headphones. Everything I read states that using headphones for this task isn’t ideal, and I think I can agree with that now. I would say that the HD600s give me a cosy sound, and when I take the subsequent recording...