Thanks for the thanks, Jason! While I'm now a few weeks out of the 60% of your customer age bracket, I always watch what you guys are up to and will happily jump on something new when the need arises. The fact that you do try to do everything here in the US is commendable and appreciated. I got...

That amp is gorgeous Red71rum! I recently got a SX-1280 and think it looks pretty nifty, but I really love the styling of those old Sonys! (Still wanna sneak in Marantz at some point too...)

Sorry for my delayed reply! Thank you so much to everyone who replied. Definitely good food for thought. T

I'll make this short and to the point: I listen to a lot of metal (all varieties, but mainly black and doom) and want headphones that will make that type of music sing. I currently have HD650s, M-50xs, and Westone UM10s and am considering some Grados (prolly SR80es) as I've heard that their...

Hello everyone, Thank you so much for you advice and recommendations!   I'm still looking at each of them, but I'll be back with questions!

So, wow... I follow this thread for over a year. I hope that now that I finally post I don't get buried by this brewing incident waiting to happen...   Anyhow, hi everyone! Like I mentioned, I started following this thread over a year ago while looking for information about the SA-5800 I had...

UM 10's came in today, (Along with Kishi Bashi's Lighght!), so I thought I'd give my thoughts. I don't really have the vocabulary or experience yet to write up something too good, but in a word, I'm extremely impressed. Pretty much everything that I was hoping these would be, are and more...

Sounds good! I'll see what I think of the Um10's and report back if anyone's interested!

Thank you again billybob! I actually meant the UM10 vs the W10. I can definitely afford $30 more (Amazon's current going rate) if they offer better sound. What kind of has me worried is that the UM10s are studio monitors while the W10s seem to be for music listening, but it don't know if that...

Thank you both very much for the reply. I did a lot of soul-searching and decided that I didn't really want to go as high as $300 since these are primarily for environments not really conducive to critical listening. I actually went with Westone UM Pro10 and got them for $150 from Amazon...

Hello,   I've lurked on here for over a year now and have finally created an account. Hopefully, I can share my (very) limited experience with the community and receive some advice in return.   I listen to pretty much everything, but my general go to's are heavy metal and prog. Specifically...