Does anyone else remember the ES7s from audio technica ? These were great portable cans, quite thin so blended in and wide sound compared to most in-ear options. I had two pairs - one in white and one in black , but both fallen apart and no life left after years of travelling with them since...

I hope Audio Technica bring back the ES7's with an in-line mic/volume control ! what is the closest thing to the ES7's these days from Audio Technica these days anyway ? those were great...

I had the same issue. With the medium flange, my X10's sounded fine but they kept falling out of the ear a sometimes (one more than the other too!), so I thought I would try a smaller flange and was surpsied that felt and sounded alot worse which didn't make much sense, then I realised my ear...

yeah from what i've read about the S4 they have that "darker" sound or "Klipsch" sound to them.

Recently got some ES7's and they certainly beat the grado SR-225s I had for portability...about same weight but the thinner and shorter cable makes life easy and they don't fall off your head so much. Sound quality wise, even from a computers line level they're completely different. The...

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i'm suprised there is not much mention of the Mullard EF92s. I didn't like the Chinese EF92's mine came with. Excellent bass impact but the highs were just pericing and static sounding. One valve looked much older than the other and it was audibly quieter. I got a 2 pairs of NOS Mullard...

I must say I chuck my HD650's around quite a bit and they never break, but I would not recommend these headphones for monitoring audio - I can't even stand them to listen to music with. Maybe get your preferred DJ headphones like the Senn' HD25-II and attach a more flexible or rigid...

This is an interesting discussion. I voted "I prefer to buy" because I prefer to own the CD, sense of supporting the band/artist and have a physical item to say so. Bit like buying a t-shirt at a gig and just hanging it up (not wear it), and just like buying a t-shirt at a gig - I may not...

I bought some RS-1's second hand, they were vintage and look much nicer than the new version. Arguably sound better too, hand made?

While the SR225 has a great sound signature, due to it's feeble housing I found the higher frequencies uncontrolled and grainy on some recordings. But for the price and overall sound quality I just lived with it. The RS-1's sound very much the same but more controlled across the whole frequency...

Apple do have their own proprietary lossless format (Apple Lossless) but last time I checked you could not buy the songs from the iTunes music store in this format. Chill, MP3 is a very good lossy format, a blind test between a 320kbps MP3 and a Free Lossless Audio (FLAC) file will keep you...

the Grado's definitely offer the cleanest and possibly deepest bass but not the loudness in comparison to the highest frequencies.

I'd say over all the Grado's are more sonically capable without spending over the edge on an amplifier. * The HD600's offer a dark sound which tends to be better for processed/digital/enhanced sound. If you are simply after a strong definate bass then go for these. * The 325i's offer a...

was a big discussion about this a while back, went into a bit of depth where some suggested it was Grado letting this happen and some suggesting it was the UK Distributor and some suggested it was to give the "exclusive" effect. No one really knows why but as much as I love Grado headphones they...

yes. most importantly, make sure you still ground it.

i prefer the flats on me rs1's but I prefer the bowls on me SR225's. To me the rs1's don't project the sound so much (bit more controlled) so you can have them closer to the ears. The SR225's sound like stone on your ears with flats and the RS1's sound way to far away with bowls. -J

The SR60 & SR80 are fine without an amp IMO, when you get to SR225 and RS1 you will start considering it to make them shine but they still sound great without! Grado's are portable size wise but the way the cans rotate can be a real pain so I'd say they are only transportable (not walking or...

that looks like a speaker design; I think to get a clearer sound on headphones you need to leak quite a lot of resonant vibrations (like the Grado design). I could be wrong but I think the only reason for dual drivers is if you can't source a driver to truly deliver the desired frequency...

I got mine for a similar price...£12.99 inc. delivery from that place with free delivery on everything For the price they are great but don't expect anything amazing from them, they do sound nice with the iPod + Rockbox EQ though - bass is a bit muddy otherwise. There are 2 or 3 other active...

the CX300's work quite nicely with the iPod's op-amps; especially with a rockbox EQ. -J

I don't think anything improves with them over time. I think the treble sorts itself out after 4 hours of listening and that's it (bit sharp and uncontrolled out the packet). The CX300 are good for the price and at what they do (assuming you paid the right price for them) but that's it, they are...

You get used to Grado's. Basically they sit on your ears rather than around so expect to get used to them. I can wear them for hours now an feel fine. -Jonathan

Contrast to popular belief, foobar2000 itself doesn't offer better SQ at all. foobar simply offers the extensible functionality to potentially offer better SQ, for example: up-sampling; ASIO; equalisation; ReplayGain and a variety of advanced audio codec plug-ins (Musepack, Wavepack, FLAC, a...

I think the answers to all your questions can be found somewhere in here: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f46/ho...no-56k-226975/ But in summary the x-fi's op-amps are known to be unreliable (not sure how?) and not the most musical for their specifiactions. I'm interested in the 3rd mod on...