Hello everyone. I am interested in my first even amp/dac stack. I am not an audiophile but rather interested in bang for the buck/value for the money. I have two headphones. Sony MDR7506 which I bought in high school decades a go, and new Grado SR325x. I do not listen to classical or jazz. My...

Hello everyone. I am in the market for my first dedicated budget DAP. This will be replacing an old iPod 3 64GB model. I am interested in value for the money. Name brand does not matter. I have three headphones I would use. Sony MDRV6 from the 90s, Grado SR225 twenty years old, and six year old...

Hello everyone. It seems that these days anything under $100 is a budget headphone. I know that both of these models have been around over 25 years. What are the differences between them? In their $70-$80 price range, what is their compitition?

Hello everyone. My wife is interested in some everyday use headphones. She is not an audiophile but does want something better than the Apple earbuds that come with an iPhone. Full size headphones are too big for her and slide off of her head. In ear monitors are not comfy to her and hurt her...

Hello everyone. I have a question or two. We all know about the big headphone makes and mainstream brands. I would like to know about the small headphone companies. Compared to Bose or Beats, Grado is a rather small and family owned company. What other headphones companies are small and still...

I want to say up front that I do not own any major high end gear. What I do have is budget but quality gear, nothing too special really. I was in a local thrift shop and found a broken set of Grado SR225 headphones. I bought them very cheap. I contacted Grado and I was told that they would...

Hello everyone. I recently got my hands on a used pair of Grado SR225 headphones from a thrift store. I sent them off to Grado for repair. I got them back with new drivers and a new cable for $60 in repair cost. In total I have $70 invested in the headphones. I read about this so called "Grado...

Hello everyone. I bought some Grado SR225 headphones from a thrift store. They need ear pads as the headphones do not have them at all. Do you put a stock pair of Grado L pads on them, or get aftermarket ear pads? I would like your thoughts please.

hello everyone. I am/was in the market for a quality set of headphones. I am on a fixed income and was saving for something under $100. I was thinking Grado SR60 or SR80. I was in a thrift store today with my mom and aunt. I was in there looking at vinyl as I have a very small collection and a...

Hello everyone. I am legally blind and live on a fixed income. I am in the market for a full size headphone for use at home. Here is what I am trying to do. $100 or less for headphones Will use an older iPod Touch or six year old computer to listen to music I have a Headroom Total BitHead as a...

Hello everyone. I have a set of Shure SE215 IEMs. I use them daily. The stock O EM cable broke at the ear where the hard plastic and soft plastic on the cord meet. It was replaced under warranty. Now the OEM cable is broken in the same spit again. This is a design defect that Shure needs to...

     Hello everyone. I was born legally blind with Optic Atrophy and my eyes are getting worse. I mention this because it plays a roll in what I am trying to do. I would like to learn the basics of listening to classical music but do not know where to start. I live on a fixed income. I have slow...

Hello everyone. My wife and I are going through our storage unit trying to clean it out and get from under the payment. Well today we found my Grado SR225 headphones. In a nylon pouch were the headphones, two Grado extension cables, the Grado 1/4 to 1/8 adapter, and a bunch of powder where the...

Hello everyone. I am starting to enjoy classical music. I am a classical music newbie. My music files are in Apple Lossless format. I will be playing them on an iMac using iTunes or an iPod Touch. My three headphones that I own are the Audio Technica M50, Shure SE215 IEMs, and Sony MDR V6. My...

     Hello everyone. As I become older I am starting to enjoy music even more than I used to. What I mean is that I am opening up to more styles rather than staying in the same box like I have for so long. I am pretty much a budget audiophile and I would like some advice. I own three sets of...

     Hello everyone. I was listening to music on my iMac via iTunes when the sound from my Fiio E7/E9 combo went mono. What is going on here? When I hook my headphones back up to the iMac using the stock headphone jack I have stereo. Help please. :) If I take the E7 off the E9 amp/dock and hook...

     Hello everyone. I was born legally blind but two weeks a go my eye site took a turn for the worse and I am now pretty much blind. I can see light but can not make out detail. I am having to relearn how to do basic daily tasks and also relearn how to use a computer via Apple's VoiceOver and...

Hello everyone. I use my computer for a lot from college work, to music, to lecture videos, and light gaming. I use a set of Sony MDR-V6 closed headphones. I would like a quality headphone amp/dec to add to my system. I am not looking for increased volume, but rather cleaner sound on a budget. I...

Hello everyone. My birthday is coming up and I have been asked to make a list of both inexpensive and more costly items that my wife and mother can pick from. I would like a set of open full size headphones but I am not sure what to pick based on my setup that I now have. My main music type is...

Hello everyone. It is like XMAS all over again in April. I got my first set of IEMs ever....the Shure SE215. I also got my first iPod in 9 years and my first ever iPad. I also bought the Griffin Survivor cases for them. Well guess what, my Shure SE215s will not plug into the jack because of the...

Hello everyone. I just bought my first set of IEMs....Shure SE215 in clear. I plan to use them with my iPod Touch, iPad3, iPod Shuffle. They will be used both from the units themselves and also with a Headroom Total BitHead amp/dac. First off, what is burn in? Do I need it? I listen to mainly...

Hello everyone. I love music. I am legally blind so I use my headphones for a lot of things. Here is a little info about me and what I do. My main headphone setup is a Headroom TotalBitHead amp connected to my laptop via a usb cable with Sony MDR-V6 headphones. I use them a lot and use them for...

Hello everyone.  I am leagally blind and was born that way and have lived with it all my life.  Back in the 90s when I was single I owned Sennheiser HD580, Grado SR225, and a Headroom Supreme headphone amp.  Life moves on, I am married and have a two year old daughter.      I now only own...

Hello everyone. I have been using headphones for about 20 years now. It has been 20 years since I purchased my first new set of "quality" headphones. I guess I will get to my question and leave the "what I have owned" part for later. Here is what I am trying to do. I read the sticky post with...