Going to improve the quality of my sound from my iMac/iTunes.  I currently using some $30 Sennheiser's, which are great but looking for a little more quality.   I think I'm going with AKG Q701's, Fiio E7, Fiio E9, and Audio Engine A5+ for the speakers when I'm not using my headphones.  My...

Well a friend of mine asked me to get him into jazz last week and I finally got around to getting him some suggestions.  I put them into 3 sets of 10 albums each, trying not to repeat an artist within the same set.  I tried to get albums that as he progressed through the sets, he wouldn't lose...

Looking for some suggestions in this genre since this site is geared more to other genres. Thoughts?

I'm love the headphones guys. My only issue is the comfort of the pads and that they hurt my ears after a while. What do you recommend I do to soften the pads or what would you recommend I purchase as pad replacements?

Can you guys provide me with something that will enable even better sound from my Macbook Pro? Right now, I simply plug my Grado 225's into it and that's it. Main source is iTunes with high bit rate mp3/aac files. Thanks.

Uses: For listening at my desk at work Out in the field when practicing my photography. Criteria: <$150 Sound great meaning: not bass heavy but have good bass; great mid-range, nice trebles Lightweight, but durable On ear, or in ear. Not too much noise cancelling since I'll need to be...

The track is "Edith & The Kingpin" by Herbie Hancock featuring Tina Turner off of the "Rivers - The Joni Letters" album. Have a LAME ripped 256k VBR mp3, but the sound is distorted (I borrowed a friends CD). Not heavily distorted, but you can tell something is going on here. Is it suppose to...

Going to test these babies out tonight. Unfortunately, I didn't do enough research need to be an adapter to be able to connect to my Macbook Pro. What kind of adapter do I need? Also, how do these sound with Jazz (ala Davis, Coltrane, etc.), hip-hop, R&B, and today's "Smooth Jazz" (ala...