What a phenomenal product. Thank you, iFi. I’ve been dying for something like this for my twice daily dog walks as I had given up on finding half decent sounding Bluetooth IEMs that didn’t drop out every 30 seconds (a search that ultimately ended with the B&W PI7s which are so absolutely...

Mine arrived on Friday!   Haven't had much of a chance to give them a good listen yet (just 10 minutes a day here and there), but I will make a couple of comments about the fit and artwork.   On the fit front, the fit with my left ear is absolutely perfect. Couldn't be better. As for the...

I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum. I love iTunes. I've got a music library of 18,000+ tracks in Apple Lossless, yet I've never found the program to be slow or sluggish.

Quote: Originally Posted by omg 128 kbps is considered by profesionalls to be one of the bitrates available. Fixed!

Quote: Originally Posted by punkaroo BTW guys...does iTunes imbed the cover art into the song file? Or is it somewhere else? The only thing worse than re-ripping was getting cover art... ARGH! Sorry to hear about your files lost. Hate to read when that happens. - iTunes...

I actually did the exact same thing a couple of months ago. Originally I was streaming my music from my iMac to an AE. The AE then connected to my DacMagic which then connected to the speakers in our living room. While I loved the setup (I did this for about three years), the dropouts were...

Quote: Originally Posted by BoardC3 Quick update: Upon further listening, letting my DAC warm up ( MH 25.2, still not broken in ) I am completely blown away by the set up. I've been AB testing both the headphone outs between the gilmore lite and the MH 25.2 and found that so far there...

As a fan of their speakers, I'm very excited about this announcement. Here's a link, but it's light on details: iPod & MP3 Headphones | Noise Cancelling Head phones - Bowers & Wilkins | B&W Speakers

Put me down for #222.

Thanks!! My new wallpaper for my office laptop.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens Remember, not everybody has the values of a headphone enthusiast. Well put. Certainly something I get reminded of when I hear: "you bought another pair of headphones?!?"

Thanks for the advice everyone. Right now I'm leaning towards getting my hands on the HF2's.

Thanks for sharing your opinions with me everyone - looks like I've got some reading to do. Senns or Beyers or Ultrasones or H2s or sit tight...... I had an easier time picking names for my kids!

Quote: Originally Posted by sampson_smith The HF-2 would be a great way to go if you can find one at an affordable price. However, how long have you burned in the 325is's for? I found that after approx. 100 hours of burn-n, they DID become more mellow, the bass tightened up a bit, and...

Quote: Originally Posted by maguire Why not try HF-2? plenty of bass nice mids not as hot as 325i and a few for sale although you may find comfort an issue simmilar to what you have now? Definitely was strongly considering the HF2 based on what I'd read - descriptions sound like...

I'm having a tough time find my ideal headphones. I've had a pair of AKG-K501s for a couple of years and while I was pretty happy with them, they lacked the bass oomph that I wanted. Regardless, I went through a few different headphones to get to the "close enough" status - and to stop my wife...

Quote: Originally Posted by Desk Monkey when shipping from V-moda you have to pay all kinds of import fee's, taxes and such do you not? I've never had anything shipped in from the US I ordered mine on Nov 13th directly from V-Moda and received them today (I'm in Calgary). There...

Quote: Originally Posted by valkolton FYI we sold out of Gunmetal Black and are almost sold out of Flashblack Chrome for at least a few weeks, but Apple.com has them in stock (though it says late November it is shipping now they will fix soon) and earphonesolutions.com will have some...

I don't have a photo to post, but mine look just like yours. I also got mine on ebay from a guy in Edmonton who said that he bought them at an Audio-Technica store in Japan (so he assures me they are not fake).

Quote: Originally Posted by skyline889 You should be able to tell by how much you paid, where they came from, and what they sound like. I made the mistake of buying the ATH-CM7s on ebay to compare with the real one's I bought in Japan and they were horrid, they looked nice but the build...

Quote: Originally Posted by nsjong Bluetin is cheap because they sell it below retail price; nothing's fake. There are 2 fake AT earphones on eBay; the EC7 and the CM7. While the CM7's are a bit hard to tell if they're fake, there's an easy way to see if the EC7's are fake. See...

First of all I'd like to thanks to all of you who provide such great, detailed information here. This is easily the most helpful forum I have ever been to when researching a purchase. I though I'd share my journey, as I imagine some of you will nod your head remembering when you went through the...