If anyone didn't notice it yet, hisound is having a promotional offer on their Popular iems   http://www.head-fi.org/t/625100/hisound-s-popular-iems-80-off-for-supporting-our-dealer-s-new-ebay-store   I kno some of you have ordered a pair of these earphones and I want to hear your...

hey guys, i'm making a trip to nyc next week and was wandering if anyone could direct me to a place that sells grado flat pads and what price should i expect. i have recently purchased a used pair of ms1 that came with comfies and modded senn pads, i found the senn pads too bright since the...

hey all i'm trying to get more bass out of my newly acquired beyer dt250 80 i noticed that on the back of the velour pads, there is a layer of leather with many holes or indentations in it, like a kind of cheese texture. i'm wandering if taping the back of the pad to create a smoother...

i have a friend who's going to hong kong for the summer so here's my chance to get a set of new cans. i'm looking for some portable closed cans that are circumaural. i wear glasses and cannot handle superaural cans as they hurt my ears (i used to own ath fc7 and a couple other phones that just...

i want to kno because i honestly don't think that shure, ue, or westone are earning much from them, apart from musicians, i don't think that many ppl are buying them, many ppl already find it hard to spend even 200 dollars on an iem. so are satisfying audiophiles enough to cover the costs of...

hey all, i am fortunate enough to live in toronto, where gary is known to make pa2v2 amps. i am just curious as to whether or not anyone knows if he is coming up with a new portable amp because i think the pa2v2 will be too thick to put in my jeans pocket.

are balanced armatures a new type of headphone technology? Or are they used for people with hearing loss and other applications? I'm just curious to know how this technology came about especially for listening to music.

i think ppl have posted this before but i'll just bring it up again. i'm using single flange tips on my um 1 (from my jvc fx55 (canalphone tips) and also turning shure tri flange into one large flange ( i cut off the top two since my ear hole is big)) i rotate between the two but i find with...

hey fellow head fiers, this is my first post even tho i've been coming here for years first of all thanx to all of you who have responded to the westone's um1 they are my first set of iems and i'm very pleased thanx to veggie musician for the canalphone tip mod on the westones. It...