Maybe its not "nostalgia" so much as hearing the song on a piece of gear for the first time and never fully enjoying it on any other gear. To this date I still prefer listening to my e2cs with a bass heavy "V" equalization for some songs. Its not a real sonic "preference", but thats how I...

I've taken a look at a few diagrams on the internet, and it looks like a DIY planar magnetic headphone might be do able with some mylar, bar magnets, and carefully cut aluminum foil. My understanding is that the current passes from one end of a "ribbon" to another and creates an electric field...

With some luck I'll have dragged a few of the more "sciency" head-fi'ers in with the title for this post.   I want to propose a project to the more scientifically inclined crowd on head-fi, the "absolute fidelity index" project, as I'm calling it for now. I'm kind of frustrated that when I'm...

I have an ibasso d4 and I was hoping that I might be able to use it to record some audio tracks. How would I go about doing this?

I plan to build some electrostats and an amplifier, I understand how to build the electrostats, but I need some help with the amp, I plan to use this schematic here - http://www.tubecad.com/november99/page8.html could someone please identify where the DC current from the power supply enters the...

I guess a better question is, how many women, or individuals under 30 take this hobby seriously? I consider myself "serious" about this hobby as a principle, but sadly can not afford the high end gear / can not rationalize it for my parents (I have difficulty justifying a 1,400 dollar purchase...

Whats the worst things that you've ever seen happen to a good pair of headphones? I've never seen anything terrible happen myself, but I just had the thought of some hd800s going out in the trash, in the rain, and getting soaked and utterly destroyed. I just got that sinking feeling in my stomach.

I know discussions like this have been on the forum before, but is the Denon seriously that much better than the Sennheiser? As it turned out, the Denon was just in my price bracket (when used), so I'm kind of bummed that I didn't go with the Denons, seeing as they generally measure better, and...

I'm giving a friend of mine an old 35 mm camera with some random photo equipment that I don't want. Irritatingly enough, it doesn't have a hot shoe, just a PC female I believe. Does anyone know of adapters that I could give her along with the camera stuff so she can actually use my two good...

After nixing a previous design for a pair of single ended headphones after the cost of materials, as well as the laws of physics, proved prohibitive, I've decided to do a DIY project based on a design that has been done before, and has been shown to work, Electrostatic headphones and a KGSS...

If you'll excuse the lengthly post, I need some assistance finishing the design on a pair of headphones so I can buy parts, if I will be able to afford them.    The principle is to effectively create a pair of electrostats that use magnetic rings rather than stators, and have a floating...

I'm casting a vote for bass outlaws.

Title says it all. I've worked out a driver design that is magnetically and conventionally damped and effectively splits the difference between electrostats and dynamics using a ring design. I'm going to try and build and pair and tune them to a point where I'm comfortable letting a handful of...

I need a speaker spider with a hole in the center smaller than 75 mm, and the total diameter needs to be greater than 85 mm. Preferably a soft one. Anyone that fits this bill works for me because I'm going to be cutting it down.

so lets say we've got a sine wave that looks like this /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ aside from the fact that that is triangular, what "shape" are the electrical currents coming out of the amplifier? does the amp output only positive current when the pressure increases, so it'd look like...

So I've been listening to my 595s on my d4, and I'm finding that even though the sound stage is bigger than on my integrated card, it sounds like the musicians are all really small (if that makes sense). Rather than full sized bands and instruments at long range, it sounds like elfs playing 18...

Are there any devices that exist that I could use to temporarily close off my headphones? I like the open sound 90% of the time, but i'd love to be able to seal them off temporarily the other 10%.

I've been thinking about the topic of audio compression, and if sound waves are really just sine waves, would it be practical to have the studio record music with a "vector graphics" system reformatted for audio? The end result would look something like this for 12 seconds y = 44.3sin(x) + y =...

I am trying to find the best bang for my buck that I can for an ambiguous price range (changed based on the function of the device). So now that I'm on the verge of breaking 16 gigs of music, I am going to need a new PMP if I want to take all of my music with me. I also want something that...

I like stuff like CC's evisceration plague, bloodbath, misery index, gorefest, nile, and morbid angel. Any recommendations for this sort of music?

My objective with this thread is to create a a list for the newer members that details the "full name" and price of all of the headphones targeted at a more head-fi like audience (so well skip the cheap / no name headphones that are just that for a reason). When i first made my way over here to...

Would there be any tangible change in sound quality / weight if i were to remove the grille and mesh from my hd595? I was hoping that i could make them "breathe" a little more, weigh a little less, and sound a little more open, potentially after my warranty runs out and i upgrade to a new pair...

Hey, i'd like to be able to go to sleep with my headphones on, but i can't figure out how to do it well. First, how do you sleep on your stomach with a air of giant circumaurul headphones preventing you from turning you head slightly to breathe? How do you prevent the headphones from slipping...

Okay, when i picked my username it was just a username i was familiar with from signing up for online games, and i figured i wouldnt be using the sight that much, i would find one magic bullet pair of iems, and everything would be done and over with, didnt turn out like that. Honestly, my...

If harmonic response distortion is the driver producing frequencies in multiples of the desired tone, couldnt a pair of headphones, or a speaker setup be designed to eliminate this by making it physically impossible for the driver to produce anything above a specified tone, and then incorporate...