I have now sent it back for a replacement. Hopefully the new one wont have these problems. The hissing and noises were manageable, but i played several songs with deep bass, with the zo turned up around red, and the bass distorted and just sounded plain wrong and out of place, blocking some of...

*the headphones were switched to mono

I mean that music played, the hiss was still there, and odd sounds as well. But anyway, update: My headphones have a mono/stereo switch, and I unknowingly plugged the zo into them and played music. Also, the bass produced by the zo now sounds distorted and weaker. Is this connected to the mono...

Oh, I thought the power of the source wasnt an issue with the zo, but yeah, so do I exchange it for the revision at the digizoid website?

So I just got a ZO2 for christmas and I decided to try it out. I plugged it directly into my phone (a droid charge, if it matters) and into my headphones(pioneer hdj 2000's). I immediately hear a significant amount of hissing/white noise and strange distortion sounds. Also, whenever I did things...

Pure audial bliss. But much more. Music is woven into our society on a myriad of levels; we depend on music. For entertainment, comfort, an escape, joy, and it reflects itself in the mirror of our world. Music is an entity. An ever growing one that feeds on human emotion. Music is and always...

i wont be listening to just dubstep, but are you saying the shures wont be good for electronic music like dubstep? It was my idea that the shures would be the best all-around headphones for portable use.

Ok thanks i had worries about their leakage but heard mixed opinons here on headfi. I think ill go with the shures, btw thanks again for the site botbyte!

what makes them 'not portable'? I thought if i used an amp everything would be cool

sweeeeet thanks :]   but any other opinions?

Hey im new here, and im kinda new to hifi headphones in general, although ive done a lot of research. I'm looking for some good, closed headphones for around 300$. I have a pretty eclectic taste in music, but i am really into house/dubstep/electro, but also a lot of indie stuff. Here are the...