My AH-D600s had been sitting in their original box for some time. I pulled them out today and sure enough one of the pads had started to tear away from the part that attaches to the HP as described by others. It's pretty terrible how that happened just from them sitting in the original box...

If you're having continuous hum, it's likely a ground loop issue, which would not be resolved with a power conditioner or powered usb hub. Jot uses a three pin power cable, so if you have other electronic devices like a computer with a three pin power cable sharing the same ground as Jot, you...

After spending considerable time at the Schiit and Focal CanJam NY tables auditioning Jot, I finally got around to purchasing one, in black. I am even more impressed with Jot now than I was in CanJam. Cannot say enough good things about the sounds coming out of this device. Simply A and B'ing...

Very nice, but I'll never understand why they made the sampling rate text much larger than the volume level text on the display. I might only glance at the sampling rate once, if at all, while I would likely adjust and check the volume level more frequently. Maybe that's just me.   I currently...

I am having the same problem. I tried with several coats of some wax wood cleaner but it didn't work. It may have improved the shine of the cups, but the bubble wrap marks are still clearly there. They seem to be embedded in the lacquer finish.   Believe it or not I’m contemplating using a bit...

I received number 204 today. Despite it's lengthy journey through the inane DHL system, the box was in surprisingly good shape. When held up to the light, both ear cups are littered with bubble wrap markings. I don't consider that to be a big deal and at some point I'll polish it off. There's no...

  Sorry, I know it doesn't help, but I find that funny.  I live a mere 45 minutes away from Edison, NJ but it's going to take more than a week for the cans to get here. I could walk to Edison and back. I'm not complaining or anything- just find it funny.

If it helps any, mine haven't even shipped yet and I was in the first thousand or so to order. The last I heard from Massdrop was on 8/5, with an expected update on 8/12. 8/12 came and went and I heard nothing. I gather they are going to wait until they all ship before giving an update, but the...

My first thought was a power cable seating issue as well, but it was firmly seated in the socket on the back. The issue only happens if you press lightly on the top right side, which tells me unfortunately it's something internal. Maybe a bad soldering joint creating a short circuit. Not sure.

Thanks for testing! That's pretty much what I suspected. It's going straight back then. What a letdown.

After some time I finally purchased a ud503 and it arrived today. At first, I was very satisfied with it as it has everything I want out of a DAC. Then this happened...while the unit was in playback mode, I set the remote down lightly on top of the unit. The playback immediately stopped and the...

I sent Teac a few questions about the UD 503 and never even received a response.Think I'll take my money and purchase something else. If they won't answer basic questions, I don't want to imagine what you would have to do to get it serviced should it fall apart at some point.

After 5 years my Cowon iAudio 7 gave up the ghost. The sad part is that it was completely my fault. I purchased a DX50 to replace it with low expectations, but I noticed a huge difference in sound quality immediately. The best way to describe it is that there's a greater sense of space and music...

  They absolutely sound different, but they are both closed cans in the same price range. The D600 are about $100 more new, but used/open box prices are about the same. You can get more out of the D600s IMO, provided you're not in the market for neutrality.

Overrated: Grado SR80i (ducks for cover) Underrated: Denon D600 (Comfortable, easy to power, and a pleasant frequency curve with nice detail. They give the K550 a run for the money IMO.)

I finally purchased the D600 from someone here after sampling them a month or so back at an electronics store. Coming from the Shure 940, the D600s are 1000x more comfortable. I actually ended up returning the 940s as I couldn't wear them for more than 20 minutes without feeling pain in the...

The Sony headphones that came with my Discman portable CD player back in the day.

Quote: That's a lot like saying Microsoft Windows is the most reliable operating system for your computer.

The Mars Volta - Octahedron  

Tony Levin, Justin Chancellor, and Nick Beggs

Radiohead - Amnesiac  

With so many great songs to choose from, this was difficult to impossible to create. I think these would probably be my top 5:   1.) Paranoid Android 2.) Optimistic 3.) Dollars and Cents 4.) House of Cards 5.) Just

Steven Wilson - 11/11/11 - New York, NY     Sounds quite nice through just some ordinary Sennheiser HD201s.

I'm coming up on three years of owning my IE8s and still loving them. I find myself reaching for them even when I'm at home instead of my full size headphones. I just like the way they sound and the decent isolation they provide. I know they're fairly colored and not very accurate, but I think...

Lou Reed - Live in Dayton, 1974-10-27.   Every time I listen, I can't believe what an unbelievably underrated guitarist Danny Weis is.