Wow, seems the R1s are really good value judging by the comments on here, very tempting...

Thanks for the replies guys. After doing some more research, I have now decided to look at getting a pair of IEMs instead - thanks for your suggestions sgrossklass and The_Terminator. What swayed me was their small size, and their good noise isolation... or so I read anyway, since I have zero...

Hey jagorev, that is exactly the situation I am in! I too have some long flights coming up, and that got me thinking about getting a good pair of noise-isolating headphones. But I'm thinking I'll also get to use them on my daily commute on the bus, so they won't be a once-off. This...

Thanks for all your input guys... I appreciate your comments. I've been reading your posts the past few days, but just haven't had time to post a reply till now. I ended up going for the Sony CD580s. Over here, the CD580s have a list price of AUD$189 (approx US$150), while the Grado SR60s...

Hi all, As I have posted about before, the cable on my Sennheiser HD-497s has recently decided to stop working. After investigating my options, I can either make my own cable, or buy a replacement from Sennheiser. Now, I've had my Senn 497s for over 2 years now, so this seems like a good...

Thanks for the link sbulack. I am actually located in Australia, and the stock cable is listed for AUS$18 on the Australian site. So to reiterate my question from before, has anyone been able to buy a quality replacement cable for these HD-497s, without having to resort to getting it...

Thanks for the link Steve. I've just had a quick look at Headphile's webpage, and I'll be emailing them shortly. But these guys will be custom-making the replacement cable - so does that mean that a replacement cable for my HD-497s is not widely available then? I was hoping I could just buy...

Hi all, I own a pair of Sennheiser HD-497s, and unfortunately the cable has recently stopped working. Now, I know that Sennheiser sells a replacement cable, but it seems the original Sennheiser cable isn't very highly-regarded by people, in terms of sound quality. (It is also rather...