I listened to those Smyth Realiser demos thru a DAC-cable and FiiO E11 amp using my old Shure E5c. The cash register sound on Pink Floyd's Money was way overhead. I want more songs that sound like that for my older earphones.   Headquake for Apple DAPs created some extra depth but not much...

There's a lot of headphones and earphones out these days. It wouldn't hurt to branch off this section into more categories.   Portable Headphones   Universal Earphones under $500   Universal Earphones $500 and over   Custom IEMs   Right now inactive recent threads can be 5-8...

I bought the AKG K26P (some 7 or so years ago) from Headroom for $30. I believe ( a few years later) it was renamed the AKG K414P and was still selling for around $30. A friend of mine really likes the sound so I was looking for a new pair for her. I was wondering if anyone here knows what “AKG”...

I had a sneaking suspicion that any change to my portable sound would spell disaster for me. That suspicion was confirmed when I developed problems with both my earphones (Shure SE535s) and my DAP (Samsung Galaxy SII).   The 535s developed a short in the cable/earpiece connection causing the...

Just a minor observation.   I was just playing a rap song titled Put On by Young Jeezy and Kanye West from 2008 (or so, I think). It came up randomly on Poweramp in my newly acquired Samsung Galaxy SI (the Vibrant) that a friend just handed to me when he got a Galaxy Note recently. I, of...

Has anyone done this using Unique Melody's reshelling or another reshelling upgrade service?   I'm also considering doing the upgrade to my old Shure E5cs with an added driver. Has anyone done that? If so, how did it (does it) sound? How was the customer service?

The Headquake app for Apple devices (Android coming soon) creates a nice (Poweramp-like) sound stage. It's better than that SRS iWOW 3D “enhancer” (that I promptly returned last year).   I've only had this app installed for one day now, but it makes for interesting listening on my iPod Touch...