I'm trying to get a warmer sound with my HD580's. Any recommendations of tubes to try? 

Wow, that was a completey impulsive purchase!  For the past week I've been contemplating getting IE8s, M-50 or ESW9 and all of a sudden I have the X5 coming my way. 10 minutes from discovery to purchase, never researched them before.   Thanks, internet! Sure hope they're good :-)

Also, is ATH-ESW9A and ATH-ESW9 the same thing?

Wow, some serious heavyweights in this thread, thanks a lot! To sum up, here are the options according to you guys: HD-265 - a little sceptical about their comfort, just based on how monolithic is looks KH-K1000 - never tried any kenwood headphones Ultrasone Pro-550 - sceptical about the...

Hello head-fiers, A few years ago I've spent a lot of time reading the forums, and of course ended up trying a few pairs of headphones after buying them on the forums too. When I got my hands on the HD-580's, now probably 3 years ago, I've stopped. As far as open cans go, I don't see how...

I'm not sure why the prices are being removed after the item is sold, but from my experience you can know what something goes at just by following the sales over a week or so, no?

I also did not like the 280's. The sound was very tinny in my opinion. In terms of isolation, however, it's very good. Maybe too good at times because the clamp is very strong. Despite that they're fairly comfortable on my relatively small head. Haven't tried any alternatives in the same...

I'm in the same situation! Very used to my HD-580 at home, but have been using e2c and others at work and now trying to figure out what the best closed can option would be. Previously owned HD-280's and really wasn't impressed with them, sounded all tinny.