I bought these on Amazon and they just arrived today. The IEMs feel cheap. The housing is not the frosted clear I see on the website but a clear plastic. The lettering doesn’t seem sharp and the sound quality is so so. I used to own Shure IEMs a long time ago and you can see the drivers inside...

I am in Chicago for a week to help my girlfriend settle down for a 4 month internship. Before coming here, I decided to take one for the team and do a review between the stock Denon D5000 and the Markl modded Denon D5000. Since I could not bring my home setup with me to Chicago, I decided to...

Very little is know about "the world's thinnest" portable cd player. In fact, a quick search only reviews 1-2 reviews on this wonderful device. I have personally fell in love with this CD player. Since getting this player 18 months ago, I have ditched both my video iPod and my ZVM. I am...

This is officially my 1500th posts. It's been quite a journey for me here at Headfi. I remember first starting out and seeing some Supremus members with 1500+ post and I thought these people were nuts. I also remember seeing Jahn's post count at 18000+ and thought he was insane. :P Well, after a...

Hi guys, What is the advantage of having the CMOY powered by two 9V battery in series (18V total) versus a single 9V battery? The only advantage I can think of is having power in the unit for a longer period of time. Are there any other differences?

Does anyone know where to get K701 replacements pads in Canada for a fair price? I seem to have trouble locating these. The only source I found online is ALO Audio, which has it for $38 + $15 shipping (all USD). That's ~$60 CDN dollars for earpads. :/ Thanks for the help!

Hi guys, Need some help from the guitar gurus of head-fi. It's my girlfriend's birthday coming up, and I would really like to get her something nice. I was thinking of getting her a guitar since she mentioned that her current one "sucks". Anyway, I don't know the first thing about guitars...

I recently purchased the Zen Aurvana but find the stock tips to be very uncomfortable. Anyone know other tips that fit the Aurvana?

Hey guys, Need some help with my system. So right now I have a CE595 -> Zhaolu D2.5 -> Mapletree Ear+(will arrive soon) -> Headphones. I also have quite a few songs on my computer that I would like to listen to. So I'm using an optical cable to feed the Zhaolu from the CE595 transport...

This should be in the Accessories section but I figured more people will respond if I had it in the Headphones section. Anyway, feel free to move... So I just received my Grados bowls from TTVJ and using them with my SR60s. I really prefer the bowls over the stock comfies in terms of sound...

Hi guys, I'm a complete beginner for using my computer as source. So need some help from the experts here. Does the following setup work? I'm not worried about getting better sound for my money, just wanted to know if this setup actually works without me having to buy more hardware...

I just called up Sennheiser Canada and got a price quote of $4.67 CDN for each grill and a shipping cost of $11.50 CDN. So that's around $21 CDN + 14% tax which comes out to be around $20 USD. I don't even know why they charged me tax since I'm buying from Ontario and they are located in Quebec...

Hi, I'm building a CMOY out of an Altoid tin. I'm not sure on how I'm supposed to do the case work. Do I need a drilling tool or can I simply burn a hole in the altoid tin with my soldering iron? Thanks for all who respond.

Hi guys, I have just finished soldering the op-amp to my board and was trying to hook up the +V and -V terminals when I got confused. According to Tangent's tutorial, the +V is located pin 8. However, according to my circuit book, pin 8 is not used and +V is located at pin 7. So where do I...

Hi guys, http://tangentsoft.net/audio/cmoy-tu...angent-sch.pdf I need some more insight into the CMOY posted at tangent. The R5 in the above schematic is supposed to cut back on noise. How does it do this? Thanks!

I'm new at DIY and electronics in general. I was looking at the schematic from tangentsoft and figured out the voltage gain is Vo = (R3+R4)/R3*Vin. So I know what the resistors are for. Now I have no idea what the capacitors are there for. Under DC conditions, aren't capacitors open circuits? So...

Well, in my attempt to start DIY projects, I was practicing soldering wires together and ended up burning myself. I held the metal part of the gun instead of the insulated part. How smart. -_-; Now I've got these two big water bubbles forming on my hands. Guess I'll pop them tomorrow morning...

Hmmm, I'm sure I'm not the only person who has felt annoyed at the discrimination of trying to buy headphones outside the USA. For example, I just saw a thread where the HD580s were going for $125 USD on Amazon.com. I was very excited but not without pessimism. I proceeded to order and check out...

As the name implies, where do I get these "best bang for the buck" headphones in Canada? I tried ordering them from Amazon.com but the site tells me that they cannot ship to Canada. So where is the cheapest place to order these from when I'm situated in Canada? Thanks!

Just curious if any of you have trouble convincing your significant other that you need another pair of headphones? I mean, that person might not be happy about all the money you're pouring into this expensive habit. Perhaps she/he wants you to save money for something else? How do you guys get...

Hi guys, Okay, I'm somewhat confused on how impedance works in a pair of headphones. How does impedance help the sound quality for a pair of headphones? For example, a HD650 with its 600 ohm impedance takes a lot of voltage to drive, and thus we need to crank up the volume control knob on our...

Hi guys, I would like some help in picking out a pair of headphones mainly for winter use. It gets really cold up here in Canada during the winter and I use my headphones as earmuffs. I've gone through the past winter wearing my Bose Triports, which worked pretty well but I'm looking for an...

Hey guys, I'm wondering what do you guys recommend for easy listening? My favorite artist is Kenny G for easy listening. Are there other artists you guys recommend that I try out? Thanks!

Hey guys. Just wanted to know what headphones you guys bought that really disappointed you? For me, it was the Bose Triports. I got them because I fell for the Bose marketting and the sales person at the store. I picked them up right before I was leaving for Canada from the States so didn't even...

I don't know about you guys, but I am personally very short on money these days. I barely have enough to cover my tuition for next month, let alone my living expenses. That being said, I don't have any enough left over to buy luxury items such as headphones. And don't tell me that headphones are...