Thanks, appreciate the input. I think he wanted circumaural rather than supraaural and the ESW9 is out of his price range. I haven't auditioned one since last summer in Japan, and it was amid a whirlwind, but I'll definitely discuss it with him as an option.

I've auditioned the SRH440 and SRH840 before and I use SRH-840 Pads on my T50RPs, but it has been a while since I auditioned a pair of the Shures. I was A/B comparing them in a shop in Seoul at the time but if my memory serves, I was using the Beach Boys "Girls on the Beach" as one of my...

I've got a real puzzle here. A friend of mine is looking for a pair of headphones that is portable, durable, and well isolating and I have no shortage of usual recommendations for people who prioritize those aspects, but he's really resistant to the idea of IEMs and the Sennheiser HD-280 PROs...

$890 / 121 posts = $7.4/post   additionally, i don't remember what day in january '10 i created my account but if we assume it is the 1st, then i'm at 705 days which is $1.26/day margin of error of thirty days since i could very well have created it on the 31st that bumps it up to $1.32/day...

björk - biophilia  

I always say the manufacturer and model of every headphone i see in movies and on tv out loud. I could be watching a movie with a small group of friends and even in a really tense scene I don't have the self restraint not to blurt out, "That cop is wearing Sony MDR-V6s."

sleep ∞ over - outer limits in the interest of keeping head-fi family friendly i chose the censored album jacket face. i know that people have posted the cover of electric ladyland for example and that it's probably not a big deal, but i spoilered the original cover for the curious.

lord huron -  mighty ep

Casiokids - Topp stemning på lokal bar

ochre - like dust of the balance

tanlines - settings ep

the field - looping state of mind

Quote: A couple of the younger male teachers did. Their generation is more tech savvy, and they've graduated more recently from university, so they haven't forgotten all of their English yet.

oriol - night & day

My coworkers (Elementary school teachers here in Korea) were all very curious about my wood grados, but also very enthusiastic when I let them try them out with the cmoy and my rockbox'd gen5 flacpod. One of the teachers in particular was a little bit too impressed, especially after learning...