Doubt that many people will have missed me as I made a rather hasty and unannounced exit- I decided to join the Air Force and was whirlwinded out of my previous place of residence on short notice. So, after basic training, I was at my technical training for about 9 months, and spent my time...

I've always read about this headphone consistantly being three things: Underwhelming at meets, requiring some special amp-voodoo, and the pride and joy of anyone who owns them. Items one and three are a bit contradicting, but after my K-1000 have come in, I can understand why. First things...

1) This thread is not meant to be a rehash of the "skeptic's challenge" wherein someone says "cable upgrades are useless lol" That out of the way, what is the technical explanation for why a cable upgrade can improve the sound? For instance, there are many who would laugh you out of the room...

Inquiring minds want to know It has an immense amount of gain, I can't turn it up past 7:00 or so without risking ear damage on my HD650. Otherwise, I just sold my t-amp... guess I'll have to find another one

Everyone knows that the KSC-75 is a great headphone for the price. But combine it with a PAV2 and it becomes an almost unbeatably fun walking around/portable combo. I definitely don't get the detail of my Shure E4 out of the KSC-75, but the tone is warm but precise. Lacking in the midrange, but...

When I click the contributing member link at the top of every page it goes to the national head-fi meet thread... where do I go to find out about the different levels of contributing?

I'm interested in trying a balanced setup, and I know that balanced and inexpensive don't go together since there is twice as much amp to put together, but bear with me. I have a budget of maybe $500, probably less. Is it possible or should I just pinch my pennies until I hit the $1000 or so...

Or are they just inherant? Has to be from static in some way, is there a way to de-static-fy a record previous to playing? I'm really enjoying my new vinyl rig, and I suppose I could get used to it, but I don't want to if I don't have to.

I have recently found a perfect Dual 1229 in my uncle's basement. He lives a bit away from me, so I had him ship it here. It was well packaged and arrived unscathed, but I can't figure out how to put it together! This is an overview of what I am looking at: here is the platter...

I ask because I'm thinking about getting my girlfriend a pair of headphones for her birthday. Being of the fairer sex, she thinks that closed headphones make her look like a dork. Her words. However, for her uses (studying in the school library), it needs to provide a seal. She's not interested...

I got a T-amp as a gift from someone who doesn't even know that I'm into audio, my grandma saw one in a bargain bin somewhere and the extent that she knew was that it was electronic and that I occasionally have electronic stuff when I come to visit. It's one of the Sonic Impact portable models...

This is my first foray into vinyl. I have on their way: Dual 1229 Has a NOS Shure M91ed cartridge. Marantz 2252b My plan is to run my RS-1 directly out of the headphone out of the receiver, as I hear the older Marantz recievers have quite good headphone circuits. I don't have the...

These headphones have all the great forward presentation of the Grado RS-1, the lush midrange of the of the Audio-Technica W1000, and the superb detail of the Sony MDR-SA5000! An unbelievable value with many desireable characteristics in a headphone, dare I say that the mighty Orpheus has met...

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with the website in any way. They will allow you to use the service free of charge for 10 hours and then request $3 a month for continued use. Basically it's a music matcher. You pick an artist, a song, an album, and it plays similar stuff. It's very thorough...

Let me preface this whole thing by saying that I own and enjoy my RS-1 greatly. Jazz or blues through them is a thing of magic, something that transcends mere music, you just sit back and smile. However, for rock, they are simply painful! The extremely forward and bright Grado presentation makes...

What are the good ones? I'm looking at getting into vinyl and have found an old Dual 1228 for a steal at a local pawn shop ($25 and it looks mint, it isn't even dusty) but want a receiver with an integrated phono preamp to plug it into. A friend who is moderately knowledgeable about such things...

This amplifier just continues to amaze me. Previous to this amplifier, I far preferred my RS-1 to my HD-650. They just sounded much better, more natural, and the Sennheiser "veil of evil" was readily apparent to me. While purchasing the PPX3 SLAM, the previous owner told me that the HD650 would...

Anyone have a decent Foobar EQ setting/guide? I would have thought that "zero all" would have been good, but it sounds awful! I keep fiddling around with it but it just doesn't sound good at all.

The good news: well, in a word, They have terrific detail and a very in-your-face presentation, which I also enjoy. The bad news: I'm going to have to rerip all my music that I use on my portable player, as even 160 is a little hissy in the treble. Also, I find that I like the stock bowls...

First, I hope this is not too inflammatory, and I'm sure it has been discussed at length before, but I have a great need to toss a little frustration out! I wish to be courteous to all head-fi members, but this one particular pet peeve is really jerking my chain of late, and so, I vent here...

First off, let me say that I am confounded that I'm even posting this thread. I had always heard that the HD280 Pro was one of the more durable cans out there. That said, I've had mine for about 8 months. I use them exclusively at home, and they hang on my chair arm when I'm not using them. I...

I'm about to get these and thought I would check and see if there is anywhere that does custom impressions for them yet. I'm tired of fiddling with tips to try and get the right fit and I'm ready to just spend the money to get custom impressions, but with so new an IEM, does anyone do custom...

Having pretty much decided to bite the bullet on a nice pair of cans, a thread in the headphone forum made up my mind between the HD650, SA5000, and RS-1, and the RS-1 is The One (TM). I had thought about purchasing an amp to go with them, but where's the fun in that? With a little extra cash on...

I doubt many of you remember me (unless you were at the head-fi meet in January in Chicago) but I had an unfortunate employment situation that dictated that I had to sell my growing collection of cans, amps, and sources. I'm down to a pair of HD280 Pro, my KSC-75, and my ER-6, and my NAD C521BEE...

I won't provide linkage, but the resourceful should be able to use their google-fu to find the appropriate sites. For those not following it, Suprnova was voluntarily taken down by its creator (not sued out of existance like many reported) because he was hired by a software dev to code eXeem. It...