I got a JVC HAFX101 but it has that cheap headphone hiss when connected to my Xonar DG. It gets drowned when music is playing but I was not expecting the hiss from this headphone. 

In order to have a Audiophile-grade home set up, these are what you need:   Asus Xonar DG:   ~$30     Koss KSC-75   ~$20     Xonar Unified drivers: http://brainbit.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/     Set the headphone amp of Xonar DG to...

There was a time when the cheapest headphone amp was, well, not very cheap. Except DIY nasty amps there were no 'budget' headphone amps around. Then ASUS changed everything with Xonar STX/ST but now it seems they have even pushed the envelop further with Xonar DG -well, almost.   For $30 you...

LOL it does actually. With Nietzsche everything is extremely difficult. So, if you're looking for an easy route look at something else, like The Secret. lol

Not really, if you know your Nietzsche well, you should also know that he was strongly against any form of "idol worship".   Individualism, that's what he was all about. An individual is an state and a country onto himself, but more than that, his the moral compass for himself. We're not...

How could you stop with Nietzsche when his the prophet of our times?   Nietzsche said, "without music life is an error."

Quote: That which does not kill us makes us stronger. But have you yet come face-to-face to that, which wants to kill you?   I don't think so. To be able to enjoy the full pleasure of existence you must face its nihilation.  :)   The good news is that you can't buy that experience. :)

Quote: Perfection is an illusion. Had life been perfect we'd all kill ourselves out of boredom. Its the struggle and suffering that gives meaning to existence. Friedrich Nietzsche said, if you look into an abyss for long, the abyss will look back at you. What he meant was that sometimes...

Quote: But you have to agree that sometimes, its about more than the artist and the gear, its about our own soul. What satisfies the soul? the eternal unanswered question that an engineer like you might find absolutely superfluous.

Quote: Listen my friend, its not about mid-fi and hi-fi, its about heart and soul. The ability to stand above the misery of existence and enjoy a moment of pure bliss.

Quote: The trick is to connect emotionally with the track. This is where either the gear helps you or lets you down. In case it helps you then you experience something you cannot describe, but it has worked its way through your soul (if you believe in one). From then on you have a smile...

Listen to Diana Krall singing Temptation from the The girl in the other room album. Orgasmic!

Wow factor is temporary, while the the extended pleasure of enjoying music is eternal... Time, you need to pay attention to time, if it takes a lot of time and its still pleasurable, then its the real thing, if its immediate and wow inducing, its temporary.

Pardon the bad grammar, this wine is really good. :)

If you listen to music for "wow factor" then my friend you're in the wrong hobby.   Its all about emotions and senses. If you get the synergy then, you've arrived.

Listen to Depeche Mode with K701. You'd feel much better.

Who listen to Mozart anyway. Beethoven could beat Mozart in a knife fight any day.   Listen to  Joy Division on K70x you'll transcend time and space.

Where you come from, green is the new black.

^ exploding means, an explosion, not disassembly.   there is a difference.

Clearly that title was badly worded... maybe a coma after exploding i.e. "Exploding, a myth about headphones" would have been more indicative of the content.

Exploding?   What stereophile does not have any proof readers or they actually meant to use exploding? exploring to exploding... wawaweewa...   Subtle, don't just copy and paste, think...lol

That's what I call, the best way to burn yourself out of any hobby.

Think about it in terms of a natural disaster, it happened and there is nothing you could or can do about it. Focus on rebuilding your life. We can have a thousand pasts but only one future, in other words, dabbling on whats past and thinking about what you could have done is futile.

Quote: Originally Posted by kunalraiker I agree they were a prelude, but they were also better if AKG was thinking so highly of K1000 they wouldn't have discontinued it. Quote: Originally Posted by cAsE sEnSiTiVe Damn...and I just got rid of mine. Shameful. How...

Women are by nature ambitious, just to have a boyfriend they'll lie about a lot of things like how they like the guy's hobbies and so on but all they're doing is simply to trap the guy more firmly in their net. once his caught/married or a serious commitment then their true nature emerges, and...