All of a sudden I no longer get audio on both channels if I plug in the audio cable below the left speaker, does output to both if plugged in below the right. What could this be? I've already tried swapping the audio cable.

Thanks again for this guide, successfully replaced the earpads on my a5-pro!

Bought these second hand, easy to drive and very nice sound. The earpads are starting to wear down, any tips on maintenance and replacements? Don't appear to be sold anymore.

Tried these for a couple days now on my xfi-xtremegamer soundcard to o2 amp, compared to my Sennheiser HD650 and Fidelio X1 they are a LOT better with the high tones, excellent for voices, not so much with the lower tones, they tend to fall away against the higher tones. They do get tiring...

Thanks for the tip, I'll look into that amp.

Thanks for the response, I'm not familiar with an O2 amp, what is it?

Not at all, I'm happy to get any pointers at all!

Hi, I'm looking for a soundcard replacement or amp/dac advice for the Sennheiser HD650 headphones. As it has 300Ohm impedance I will need a decent separate amp or should replace my soundcard. I'm currently using the following setup: PC with Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer soundcard and Sennheiser...

Thanks for the advice, I'll post over at the suggested topic!

Hi, I'm looking for a soundcard replacement or amp/dac advice for the Sennheiser HD650 headphones. As it has 300Ohm impedance I will need a decent separate amp or should replace my soundcard. I'm currently using the following setup: PC with Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer soundcard and Sennheiser...

@ swbf2cheater   What happened with the Fidelio L1? What's the story here?

Thanks for responding! If it's worth it I'll gladly extend my budget to 500 USD. I decided to go for these headphones: http://www.head-fi.org/t/591929/philips-fidelio-l1-review-and-appreciation-updated as I could buy them for a fairly low price. I wonder how it will do on my soundcard. How...

Hello,   I'm currently using a Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer soundcard and a Sennheiser PC150. Mic wire on the sennheiser broke, I replaced it with a zalman clipon mic, placed it on the boom, works great. Now the speaker wire(?) of the headset is starting to go bad. What should I upgrade to...