I'm listening to this song right now and I love it, I just love it. Why it's not on a best of I got a while ago I have no idea, because it's up there with 'Stairway to Heaven' for an epic song that is just brilliant. If you like soft rock and haven't heard this song, listen to it please. That's...

Some of you may have seen the thread on my closed headphone dilemma. Well I went on ebay and not only did I manage to get an Audio Technica ath-w1000 for under £140/$250, I also managed to find a new pro headphone manufacturer! I've just bought an Equation Audio made...

I'd like to buy some closed headphones under about $200/£100, preferably under $100/£50. Sound quality for less is important, which is why I'm drawn towards the AKG K26P and Sennheiser HD201. I'll be listening to mostly rock and electronic music, with a few classical symphonies. My favourite...

I bought one of those really cheap cmoy amplifiers off of ebay, and being the sceptic I am I thought there'd be little difference to most adequate headphone outputs. I was wrong, very wrong. My grado 325i's sound far less aggressive and smoother, all the un-natural brightness has gone. They also...

I currently own a videologic sirocco 2.1 system: http://www.3dsoundsurge.com/reviews/...o/sirocco.html It's nice and they're the best pc speakers I've heard, but what I'd like is more of the same, especially in the bass area where I feel my current setup is lacking. The bookshelf speakers will...

On their site they make a lot of claims about their speakers, especially the z-2300, two of which I got really annoyed with: '8-inch long-throw subwoofer driver with flared bass port pounds out powerful, distortion-free bass' No it doesn't, no subwoofer has low distortion especially one with a...

I just checked out headroom's site and it's changed completely, it looks much more fresh and modern. I haven't explored it much yet but it looks good and there are all new recommended headphones lists, etc. See if you like it: http://www.headphone.com

I just bought an audiophile usb, hooked it up, installed it, switched it on and all I get is weak distorted sound. It's a US model so I bought a UK adapter for it rated at 1200ma, more than the original adapters power and it's regulated as well. I've got no idea what's wrong even after...

Yes it's true look here: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...772508178&rd=1 It must be really good look at that spec, and all for only $34 wow! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...773838500&rd=1 A new audio technica for under $40, amazing! Sorry couldn't resist!

I'd like slightly brighter, more forward mids, but with no harshness or sibilance and keeping a similar treble/bass response to the 595s. I still don't like my sr-325i (I've got a cmoy like amp and audiophile usb coming so we'll see if they make a difference) and the only real fault with the...

I got this and it's ridiculously low-fi and over-compressed, I mean where are the real dynamics or emotions? The band have great talent (I heard them first live on Later with Jools Holland) and individual parts like drums/vocals/guitars at the beginning of a song sound ok, but as soon as the...

I don't like these and I was really looking forward to getting them. I'll tell you why; they're far too bright, don't have any warmth in the midrange and have a lightweight bass response. The Grado Rs-1s sounded warm and bassy with a sweet top end. The 325i's sound the opposite, cold, sterile...

Hi I've listened to the hd595 for a lot of time today (and been burning it in with 20-20 sweeps) and I think I can now tell you how they sound to me. Particular instruments that sound good: Pianos, Trumpets/Saxophones, Spanish/Acoustic electric guitars (you know that liquidy sound they love in...

After a cheaper alternative to the thrustmaster t510? I am and after remembering this thread : http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...light=hq-2300d I searched today and found this: http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?s...&view=detailed Basically it looks like the creative system will sell at...

I'm seriously thinking of getting a grado sr-325i with c-pads but I'm unsure about which one to go for to get the sound I'd most like. Anyone who has an rs-1/sr-325i and c-pads I'd like to know which c-pad with the 325i sounds closest to the rs-1 with reversed bowls. Thanks a lot people, I know...

Including all costs such as shipping, vat, etc these still come out cheaper than Sennheiser hd-650s in the UK and could probably be easily driven. I'd like to hear your thoughts.

I'd like them to have: punchy bass even when driven from a tv headphone output, a circumaural design, be slightly warm not analytical, a wide yet forward soundstage, smooth sounding mids, no sweet highs like my akg k240s. They'll be used with games/movies for a long time, so in a...

I've been listening to my akg k240s when a thought hit me, why don't I eq for a more gradolike frequency response? So I did, I tried to boost the frequency response of my k240s to the same level as the rs-1s according to headrooms graph. Instantly the midrange has more attack and snap and...

You know that feeling that starts in the back of your head and goes down your neck, a pleasurable relaxing flow into tingles. I've just got it a few times listening to Aphex Twin: IZ-US. Makes being an audiophile worthwhile.

The potential of this site is waiting to burst open, it's easy to use and far better than trawling through amazon, etc for similar music and movies that you might like: http://liveplasma.com/ Looked at the search and this sites been posted before when it was just for music, but that was half a...

In short these sound great for computer speakers. They look nice and are a lot bigger than I thought they'd be. The big sub is boomy when it's giving enough bass to match the sats (but it's not as boomy as logitechs), and the sats are a bit bright as standard. However tweak the sound using the...

My bro would like a new pair of headphones that are under £35, can take the occasional knock, are quite light and sound relatively detailed/exciting from a rio karma. He doesn't mind what style or type they are but no big black plastic headphones, he doesn't want the p*** taken out of him...

http://www.unbeatable.co.uk/CatalogueItem_8640.html The Sony mdr-sa1000 is under £100 and sa5000 is under £350 plus delivery. Not bad, but still significantly more expensive than in Japan and more than the US will have to pay. Still it's easier buying from your own country, and quicker to get...

I was wondering what the real differences are between mp3 bit rates and the answer is coming to me in blind tests: I identified the better quality mp3 4 out of 5 times between 128 and 320, 4 out of 5 times between 198 (alt preset standard) and 320, and I'm listening to 233 (alt preset xtreme)...

I was never going to buy Bose anyway, but for anyone who even has the slightest thought that they may in future read this: http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html I mean I could design a better system using the unique technology of my brain, a paper, pen and ten minutes.