I'm looking for a decent pair of headphones for a 4 year old girl. Here are the parameters: -Volume limit (to protect the little ears) -It needs to be pretty tough and not easy to tear apart. -Over-ears preferred to in-ears, but need to snugly fit a small head. -Decent sound isolation in...

While I enjoy my ATH-A900X a lot, they aren't always the best for all types of music. Now that I've upgraded my source, I feel like I'm getting the very best from these cans, but I know the music well enough to know what I'm missing. Basically, the A900X lack depth in bass, I really like their...

So I moved from California to Tokyo, which has had a heat wave of 4˚C (7˚F) higher than normal temperatures sustained for 2 months without breaking, not a single day of relief! I've lived in places previously that experienced severe heat waves, but they only lasted for 2-3 weeks, at most. A heat...

Anyone ever listen through one of these?   http://www.luxman.co.jp/global/product/aa_da100.html   I checked one out today in Akihabara and was offered a reasonable price (~$400-500 USD equivalent), but I didn't get to run it under conditions I'd like, and the headphones weren't all that...

There is so much garbage and misinformation out there in the e-world, but head-fi has consistently been the one source where following advice has been rewarded time and time again. So many cool surprises that I'd never have figured out on my own. Thanks to all of you who have made this an...