yeah, I already tried searching couldn't find anything useful...

Hello everyone, I am looking to find a good USB soundcard solution for my laptop at college. I use 2 Selah Audio speakers (SA-1) with a Parasound amp. I was wanted to stop using the onboard sound from my HP laptop and use something a little better. I was thinking about getting maybe the "EMU...

Quote: Originally Posted by tpc41 my pads started to show wear after about 2 months...i wonder if any other headphone company's pads will fit on them... yeah i was thinking the same thing...pleather sucks i was hoping maybe i could get some better material this time around so...

Quote: Originally Posted by festivus528 Mine look the same as they did two years ago when I got them. hmm how often do you use them? Once a month? I use mine everyday for a few hours a day...maybe my sweat is acidic or something and it corrodes the materials, i don't know :/

yeah these cans definitely sound better with a few months of burn-in but i think im going to keep using them until they cannot be used any longer

i can still use it fine and it still sounds good but i just sometimes need to tuck the foam pad back inside the pleather casing since its exposed....

Check out some pictures of my HD280Pros after 2 years of use....these phones have such ****ty plastic and terrible ear pads everything is literally falling apart... anyone know where I can get some replacement earpads?

how about on the topic of laptop sound quality?

hello i am going away to college soon and don't wanna have to lug my desktop with me, unless i have no choice. I will be buying a laptop in a few weeks and want to know if the soundcards that creative produces (doesn't nessesarily have to be creative since i will not be doing any gaming on the...

i would have gone with the IM 716's instead, their a bit more pricey but much better than those cheap $10 toys

has anyone here personally owned both sa5k and d2000 and can provide some insight as to isolation and sq unamped?

their not going to be driven from a laptop, the cans will be used solely on the prelude + PC. The HD280 pros were very unconfortable so i want something that is very light and easy on the ears...with that said isolation is important in some regard because I will be in a dorm and it would be nice...

i don't really know the difference between open and closed in the sense of audio qualities...i mean closed is better imo but open is fine too

Hello everyone, I will be moving off to college in a few months and need to get some new headphones. I've had the HD280 pros for 2 years now and loved them but unfortionately they are falling apart. The headband plastic is coming off day by day and the pleather earpads are pretty much...

Quote: Originally Posted by GreatDane Clean freak checking in.... I shower twice per day, 3 times on workout days. I also won't listen if I've been sweating or "dirty" from work (construction). Even if I'm clean (by my standards) , I'll still give my ears a quick two Q-tip cleaning...