My cousin has a beats laptop. If I have a chance ill try that out.  

Quote:   This is what I plan to do. After all they are mine, I'm going to do whatever I want with them. But like i said I don't plan to sell these any time soon; I can imagine if I did sell I'd miss the sound and buy another pair.    But I made this thread just to get a feel for...

Quote:   I didn't expect to get my money back, I just don't want to get less money for my gear than I would if it was stock. And I bet there's a lot of other people that would not buy modded headphones.

  I have a pair of Alessandro MS2 headphones and I love the sound. One of my biggest complaints about these is the cable, its thick and heavy. I've thrown around the idea of putting in a new cable myself (I'm not a master but I have soldered many times before). My concern with doing this is, how...

I think that if someone is so concerned about sq and was educated enough on the subject to know the benefits of custom molded tips,  they would just buy a new headphone. Investing time and money into ibuds is kinda ridiculous. But the idea of one custom tip that can fit multiple headphones is...

I'm confused about how turbines line up. Supposedly the coppers are the top model. But, they are cheaper (at least on Amazon) than both the golds well as the MD. I'm thinking of buying some soon and I'm considering all three. Its hard to make my mind up. I guess I cant go wrong either way, they...

Update: I've decided that I don't want to keep these, assuming BB will let me return them, what should I get in the same price range? These have a nice sound aside from the sibilance. After more listening I realized that the slightest movement changes their sound, so I find it hard to position...

Quote: the only tips I've tried are the stock ones, Which seal amazingly and are super comfortable. Maybe ill try different ones sometime, but for now I don't want to spend anymore money. These were emergency replacements for my old IEMs that are finally too worn out to use.

I haven't tried to take them back yet, but if I don't like the sound of them after a week or so I'll try to exchange them. Other than the sibilance they sound great to me, I really like everything else about them. So, if BB wont take them back Ill be okay with it.    

Well, I just checked the back of my receipt and it looks like IEMs are not returnable at Best Buy.  Anyways, I'm happy to read that the sibilance should go down after more listening. So I'll listen for that to happen.  I've only got about ten hours on them so far, maybe tomorrow I will try...

A couple days ago I decided to go ahead and upgrade my IEMs and decided to get the Klipsch Image S4s.  I do like the clarity, the bass is pretty nice; although a little more bass would be perfect. The only thing that I don't like is in the upper vocal range is a little too pronounced for me...

I was just about to make a thread like this. Its nice to find one with replies already in it. I love falling asleep with headphones in. But the tip on my JVCs keeps falling off and getting stuck way down in my ear. And that's not fun to deal with when your half asleep at 3 AM. So in addition...

Well, I'm definitely more of a music listener. But I got the surround sound because I had it before and liked it then also, I didn't want to loose the option to use it. For now I want to save a little $$$ but in a few months I may get two more front speakers that I will use primarily in stereo...

Quote: Awesome! Mine showed up today and I'm in the process of learning how to use it, lol. It sounds great so far. I cant wait to watch a movie now that I have surround sound again. Thanks again for your help Mark. Avforum is addicting, much like this one.  

Just as an update if anybody is paying attention.  Last night I decided to buy a Yamaha RX-V667 and Harman Kardon HKTS 20bq 5.1 speakers. I don't know much about Harmon Kardon speakers but on amazon if you buy both of those items you get about $550 off the price. So basically the receiver was...

Thanks for the responses, avforum has a lot of information I'm sure it will be a great resource of knowledge for me. Ive had this JVC receiver for well over 10 years so it never occurred to me how un popular it is. But come to think of it wasn't JVC and RCA once the same company?(or something...

Bump. Also is this the best section for this question? Or can someone refer me to another website to gain knowledge on home theater equipment.   

I'm in the market for some new speakers and maybe a new 5.1 receiver. First of all my current setup sounds terrible and I know my speakers are rattling but I don't know how good my receiver will sound with better speakers, that's why I'm not sure if I should upgrade both. This is my current...

I have a similar setup to what you describe. My sound card has a splitter going out to my receiver and to my MS2s. At first I was worried about using a splitter but now I have been using it for a couple months and may be able to help you. I determined that the splitter does have an effect on...

I think the y-splitter does affect the sound quality. When I'm using my stereo I unplug my headphones and I can hear my speakers get slightly louder. So I think the output is weakened with a splitter. I just took the splitter off and tomorrow i am going to get a longer RCA cable to plug into...

I have the same card, and I was quite disappointed when i realized there was no good way of switching from speakers to headphones. I have a y-splitter coming out of the headphone jack going to my receiver and to my headphones.  For now, when I don't want to listen on my stereo i just turn it...

Thanks for the input so far. One thing I would like to add is would there be and sound degradation using a 3.5 trs to rca adapter? Such as this one..http://www.amazon.com/Monster-THXIMINI8-THX-Certified-Adapter/dp/B00006YZ3Y/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp_T2 If there would be no audio quality...

Thanks for the response I knew it sounded weird but I was afraid to mess something up. It's better to be safe than sorry. Right?

I hate to start a thread over this seemingly simple question but I cant find the answer, although i'm sure its staring me in the face. My question is do I need to keep my headphones plugged in on my headphone amp while i'm using the AUX output to listen thru my stereo? I have a Little Dot...

Thanks for the input, I'm definitely going to keep that in mind. I wonder if I should run that into my Little Dot or use the amp thats on the Maverick, something to play around with for sure.