I guess I'm going to just reinforce everyone: my SR325s work great with my Corda Move and iPod. The difference for me is mainly in how "real" the music sounds, and though without the amp the combo is fine, I prefer to use the amp when I can. That's my preferred around-the-house setup when I...

The bowls eventually get comfortable after you've developed calluses on your ears. :-) It took me about three weeks for the tenderness to wear off. I didn't like the heat of the flats and 414 pads much more than I didn't like the feel of the bowls. And my ears complained constantly about having...

I put Ed 9s because that's true, but in bang for the buck, it's my SR80s. The SR325s don't have the moxie of the 80s, and the 80s don't have the bass of the 9s, but who can complain about less than $100 phones sounding great? Maybe it's better to think of it in the other direction: when it's the...

I'm totally with that. My 80s and 325s are fine directly out of my iPod, but adding an amp moves them up a couple of big notches. I listen without the amp a lot, because it's a bother and the sound is adequate, but I'm always surprised at the difference with the amp added. If you really care...

Quote: Originally Posted by Matteman . . . I just wanted a second opinion on Ultrasone's claim about safe listening levels as I am very concerned about my hearing after getting tinnitus about half a year ago.= When I switch from my SR325s (which I do like a lot) to the Ed9s, I do...

Quote: Originally Posted by vcoheda how long does it take to adapt to that horribly isolating, closed-off feeling that you get when you first try on the Ed.9. My immediate response was "Oh, neat; I'm in the hall, not in my living room!" The adaptation time was zero seconds.

I don't hear any difference, either. I have one of these: Head-Direct.com If you want to try it, and/or buy it, I'm sure we can work something out.

The Ed9 scales just fine. What it does is scale backwards. That is, it sounds good with good equipment, and then continues to sound good with worse equipment. I can't understand why "scales well: sounds like crap with bad amps but really blossoms with good amps" is regarded as a compliment...

Well, if you really, truly are looking for The Ultimate, as you indicate, I see a lot of people walking around Chicago and riding public transportation are using full-size Sony and AT cans, so size isn't an issue to lots of people. In that vein, I'll mention that my Ultrasone Edition 9s are...

I would say that it's a bad idea to choose a phone based on ease of insertion. My experience is that they all seem initially more difficult than what you had previously, for the first week, after which they all become easy. That is, once you get used to any and learn how they work, there's no...

I guess it's like it is in the violin world--the guys who are deaf think that everyone else should be like them.

They won't leak any less than the ksc75s, so save your money.

I've got pretty sharp ears: hearing and diagnosing what I'm hearing, especially the tonal analysis part of it, is the most important part of how I make a living. I might be more inclined to allow that as I got used to the fit of the earplugs I started putting them in differently, changing the...

I know this is contrary to the dogma, but mine really changed a lot, in one small way. When I got them, there was something to the sound that I didn't like at all that made them very hard to listen to. In fact, that was why I bought an amp, thinking that would help, which it did, slightly...

I'll toss this question out again.... by now at least one person (and perhaps more) has bought the HFi450. One or two initial posts indicated it was pretty good, but then all word on this has been dead, since. Does anyone have any experience with this phone and a comment to make about how it is?