I guess I'm going to just reinforce everyone: my SR325s work great with my Corda Move and iPod. The difference for me is mainly in how "real" the music sounds, and though without the amp the combo is fine, I prefer to use the amp when I can. That's my preferred around-the-house setup when I...

The bowls eventually get comfortable after you've developed calluses on your ears. :-) It took me about three weeks for the tenderness to wear off. I didn't like the heat of the flats and 414 pads much more than I didn't like the feel of the bowls. And my ears complained constantly about having...

I put Ed 9s because that's true, but in bang for the buck, it's my SR80s. The SR325s don't have the moxie of the 80s, and the 80s don't have the bass of the 9s, but who can complain about less than $100 phones sounding great? Maybe it's better to think of it in the other direction: when it's the...

I'm totally with that. My 80s and 325s are fine directly out of my iPod, but adding an amp moves them up a couple of big notches. I listen without the amp a lot, because it's a bother and the sound is adequate, but I'm always surprised at the difference with the amp added. If you really care...

Quote: Originally Posted by Matteman . . . I just wanted a second opinion on Ultrasone's claim about safe listening levels as I am very concerned about my hearing after getting tinnitus about half a year ago.= When I switch from my SR325s (which I do like a lot) to the Ed9s, I do...

Quote: Originally Posted by vcoheda how long does it take to adapt to that horribly isolating, closed-off feeling that you get when you first try on the Ed.9. My immediate response was "Oh, neat; I'm in the hall, not in my living room!" The adaptation time was zero seconds.

I don't hear any difference, either. I have one of these: Head-Direct.com If you want to try it, and/or buy it, I'm sure we can work something out.

The Ed9 scales just fine. What it does is scale backwards. That is, it sounds good with good equipment, and then continues to sound good with worse equipment. I can't understand why "scales well: sounds like crap with bad amps but really blossoms with good amps" is regarded as a compliment...

Well, if you really, truly are looking for The Ultimate, as you indicate, I see a lot of people walking around Chicago and riding public transportation are using full-size Sony and AT cans, so size isn't an issue to lots of people. In that vein, I'll mention that my Ultrasone Edition 9s are...

I would say that it's a bad idea to choose a phone based on ease of insertion. My experience is that they all seem initially more difficult than what you had previously, for the first week, after which they all become easy. That is, once you get used to any and learn how they work, there's no...

I guess it's like it is in the violin world--the guys who are deaf think that everyone else should be like them.

They won't leak any less than the ksc75s, so save your money.

I've got pretty sharp ears: hearing and diagnosing what I'm hearing, especially the tonal analysis part of it, is the most important part of how I make a living. I might be more inclined to allow that as I got used to the fit of the earplugs I started putting them in differently, changing the...

I know this is contrary to the dogma, but mine really changed a lot, in one small way. When I got them, there was something to the sound that I didn't like at all that made them very hard to listen to. In fact, that was why I bought an amp, thinking that would help, which it did, slightly...

I'll toss this question out again.... by now at least one person (and perhaps more) has bought the HFi450. One or two initial posts indicated it was pretty good, but then all word on this has been dead, since. Does anyone have any experience with this phone and a comment to make about how it is?

I had E2Cs simultaneously with Ety ER6s, and chose to upgrade in the Ety line to the ER4Ps, but I do understand why you would like the Shures. I found them very easy to listen to, and often preferred them, but in the end I gave up the warmth of the Shures for the detail of Etys. In your...

I can't really hear the difference among the higher rates, so I do everything at 320 on the theory that it really doesn't take much more space, but if I do get better ears at some point in the future, I won't have to re-rip everything. Space is cheap; time is money.

Well, I like my Ed9s + Opera just fine, but I don't have enough other experience to make that suggestion over anything else. If you like listening at low volume with the GS1000s, though I don't think the 9s work as well low as they do high.

How about spending the thousand bucks on a decent CD spinner, instead? If I pour more money down this rathole, that's my next move, anyway.

Canon was the first to make high-quality lens mounts of plastic. People complained and complained, but the reason they did it were many. Plastic casts more accurately than metal machines, in the thin sections used in lenses; it's self-lubricating when the lube dries out (metal hurts itself)...

Based on my 80s tired with both flats and the stock pads, I'd say you want 80s. Anything like flat pads, including comfies, mushes up the low end, and subtracts detail, in my experience.

Quote: Originally Posted by DoomzDayz you prefer the grados to the ed9? No, but I think I prefer the 80s to the 325s. I took my Ed9s to work yesterday, and everyone gave them a strong vote. One co-worker, who's got about $20K of stereo stuff in his living room said he has never...

In response to Fitz' idea, johnanderson might notice the SR80s in my stash--those are some of my favorite phones, which I wouldn't dream of getting rid of. The 325s would go before the 80s, even though they're 1/3 the price.

I've got two for home, one open (SR325), one closed (Ed9), and the same at work (SR80, E4P). I prefer open phones, but use closed when others are around. I'd like to upgrade the 325s at some point, and then I think I'll be covered. I'm trying to prevent the idea that I can just keep buying...

People are mysteriously reluctant to bend their headbands, which I don't understand. My phones and I sat down and had a little talk, and I rebent them to fit the contour of my head better, and to cant the cans properly, and they work and feel great. I don't know why people don't like the...