Today I bought a pair of Phillips HS490 headphones. These are like a clip type of headphone but the phones actually hang on your ears. Light and comfortable. These are open circumaural type. For the $10 I paid new, I thought what the hell if they sound bad I won't be too disappointed. Well...

I have been asking myself this question and cannot think of a reason why I would spend lots of money on a headphone amp when I can use the Behringer 602 mixer as a high end headphone amp. The specs are impressive. I own this model and works great as a heaphone amp. Very quiet, has lots of...

I own several headphones. I really like to have variety especially in my recording studio. The problem is how to store them and have easy access to them. I decided to use a vertical CD stand from IKEA and added limbs to attach headphones. More limbs can be added when needed and the phones are...

I own several earphones: Shure 110E, Sennheiser CX300, various Koss, Sony and Phillips earphones. Ranging in price from $20-$120. I just bought a pair of earphones called the iSecureFit Metallic Earphone Model MK-650-B and I have to say these sound better than any of the earphones I own. The...

Has anyone tried the XMOD with their headphones? I've read a lot of positive reviews for PC magazine etc. but wondering if anyone here has one and if they think it really makes a big difference as claimed. The premise is that it converts the MP3 to 24bit so to make the sound fuller...

Well I'm going to design my own headphones. I have several excellent headphones in my collection and decided I would design my own pair and compare them to headphones that I have. Firstly I'm in the process of making a pair of wood enclosures for the headphone elements. Much like the Sony...

I am really trying to like these headphones but they sound canned. Anyone know of any mods for these headphones? They have potential but gotta find a way to let it out!

Just finished my Headphone amplifier. It's my own design and runs on either a 9V battery or adapter. Not really for carrying around as can be seen by the way I designed the enclosure, but it is portable. I built this amp for under $20 (NOT A CMOY) and it sounds fantastic. I mainly made it to...

OK so I understand why some people use headphones amps. Some devices do not provide enough drive to run certain headphones requiring more drive than a device can provide. How can a headphone amp improve fidelity of a set of headphones if they are being driven properly? What makes one amp...

OK not an offical kit but with a few simple mods, this small amplifier kit really sounds great. Here is the link to the kit: http://store.qkits.com/moreinfo.cfm/QK87 Change a few caps to better quality and a few precision resistors and you have one hell of a nice headphone amp. I built...

I just bought a pair of Grado iGrado headphones. I did an A/B test with my favorite portable headphones Koss Portapro. Here is what I discovered: Both headphones are incredibly comfortable with the iGrados weighing in a little more. The iGrados have lots of leakage but that is Grado's...

I have had this pair of headphones for a few years now. Bought them at a thrift store and am quite impressed with the fit and sound. Not terribly bassy but mids and highs are very nice. I should say I own several other headphones: Sony MDR-7506 MDR-V600 Fostex T-7 Grado SR-80 Sennheiser...