i have a very old (10 years) pair of HD600's and i'd like to clean the earpads but i can't figure out how they come off.   can someone make a simple diagram in ms paint to show what i need to push where?   thanks

thanks marlene and steve.   i will try the unified drivers first and if that doesn't work i'll try uninstalling drivers and moving to a new slot. and if THAT doesn't work i'll try the new drivers AND the new slot!   makes me feel better to have some helpful replies. i've been really...

Based on what i read here at head-fi, the ST and STX were the same thing except the ST was more expensive and theoretically had better fidelity if you used optical SPDIF output.   since my motherboard is short on PCI slots and i use coax instead of optical, i got the STX.   BIG MISTAKE...

i downloaded the official 24bit (USB limited edition) versions of the beatles discography but about half of them give me an error in winamp 5 and the flac tester. i have 3 options: figure out how to adjust winamp to ignore the error figure out how to re-encode them so they don't have errors...

seems like a simple double-blind test could settle the issue

i bought several of the "best" gaming headsets looking for one that sounded good. i bought the sennheiser PC350, $90 creative fatality professional, and $140 medusa progamer V2   all of them sounded like garbage compared to my sennheiser HD600s   i would strongly recommend you buy a good...

i'm looking forward to it!

source is auzentech forte sound card, FLAC audio files   i do not have an external DAC. the auzentech forte has a built-in dedicated headphone amp. i have 3 options: use the forte DAC and amp (buy nothing) use the forte line-out and buy a headphone amp buy a dac/amp combo (or one of...

Quote: that seems to be the popular sentiment here but i have to disagree. i have never owned a headphone amp and i've been using HD600's for ten years and they sound amazing plugged into anything. in fact i just bought HD800s and when they arrive next week i'm going to see how they sound...

bump   any new developments? this is probably one of the main questions people have who are new to the site - "what amp is best for my new hd800s"

a USB DAC replaces a soundcard, right? so how would i use a microphone? and wouldn't it suffer from being dependent largely on the driver software? if they stop making drivers for it or make a bad driver, i'm out of luck? i'm hesitant to do this because I like some of the features of a discrete...

  having decided to upgrade my soundcard and skip cable upgrades, i'm focusing only on DAC and amp, and at my budget it's probably more feasible to get a good combination unit. so based on that here's what i have to consider so far:   (Cankin) Pico DAC/amp (specific to IEM's or suitable...

tons of good info in this thread, thanks very much to everyone taking the time to help me!   feel free to add more info, i plan to start buying stuff next week. but i wanted to say thanks :)   another problem i'm having is that all these parts are so esoteric, it's non-trivial just to...

Quote:   yeah this is what i've decided to do - now just trying to find a good one! any suggestions in the $200-$400 range? SS preferable, tubes make me nervous because i don't know anything about them

im trying to do the research but every time i find a good candidate, i find someone who thinks it sucks :(   for example I read a post recommending the combined DAC/AMP Fubar IV for $250. sounded perfect until i read a review on amazon that said the DAC was great but the amp had a lot of...