My little sister needs a new pair of headphones for her iPod nano. I've got her listening to my old Sennheiser HD280 at home, and she enjoys them (and loves my DT880), so I'm slowly pushing her toward high-end audio. Unfortunately, she's asked for Skullcandy canalphones for Christmas. I'm, uh...

I'm looking at getting a DAC/amp for home use (computer-as-source), and am having a tough time deciding between these two. For the time being, my choice will be used only on a pair of DT880; it will be used for Sennheisers in the future, though, at the very least (not decided between HD600 and...

[Update: I've fixed the issue, I think. See a few posts down for details. Then again, as I was typing this update, I noticed an issue with weird channel-specific volume changes, complete with a little pop. I isolated the issue to XP, so I'm pretty sure it's driver-related more than...

Trying to decide between crimson and black for mine. I may spring for a pair of Darth Beyers in the future, in a reddish wood, so crimson may work better if I want to switch the pads onto those, but I'm not sure how bad it'd look on the stock 880s. Help?

I don't want to burn through batteries on such a regular basis with my 2MOVE. Anybody have a suggestion for a decent, rechargeable 9V battery? I see in another thread that people were pretty upset with the then-new iPower batteries. (I did a search, and can't find any really satisfactory...

Well, not just folk and prog. I'd probably describe my listening patterns as such: 40% prog (Jethro Tull, Genesis, Kansas, King Crimson, Moody Blues some prog metal) 30% folk (primarily British/Celtic -- Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Seven Nations) 15% classical (primarily baroque)...

After a fair amount of deliberation, I've decided to focus my current audio upgrades on headphones (farewell to my dreams of Polk SDA2s). My current setup is this: Computer (old SB Audigy 2 ZS w/ breakout box) S/PDIF ~~> Onkyo TX-SR605 A/V receiver ~~> Sennheiser HD280 Pro. I'll be...