The other day, the I finally got round to recabling my ATH-ES7's.  The reason for this, the cable was getting too short, after being breaking a about 20cm away from the plug.  There was nothing fancy used in this, as it is a temporary measure (although will be keeping the headphones still, I am...

Hi Is it possible to use the comply foam tips, that have the integrated wax gaurd with the IM716 canalphones, and not use the proper filters. The reason for asking this is I am needing new tips, and filters, and would rather not get stung for shipping twice, (to NZ, costing way more than the...

For me its a Gerber (the 600 series needle nose). Was only bought as I could get that cheapish through my boss. Build quality is good, and really good to use single handed. Had it 2 years, only had one problem with it, (a rivet near the hinge came out), and that was caused due to it falling...

Quote: Originally Posted by cobaltmute http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f6/tri...argers-185377/ What he has in that link you provided is 7.4v @ 230mAH. Not much better that a standard 9v (which would be about 7.4v @ 250mAh depending upon internal cell configuration) Most use NiMH as...

Quote: Originally Posted by cobaltmute Most stay away from Li-Ion due to the complexity of charging, not having it catch on fire, etc. I don't see why you couldn't do it though if you have enough experience with Li-Ion to ensure you don't have issues. My experience in Li-Ion is...

Has this been done before, and if so, was it successful. I am thinking of using 2 to avoid the problems with the virtual ground circuit (and building up a charging circuit, most likely using one of the TI solutions). Just as I thinking of using an amplifier, but will need it to be very portable...

Quote: Originally Posted by Squirsier Sorry about your misfortune with the ES7 from yet another fraudulent eBay seller. Thanks for sharing your experience, that hopefully will prevent more of these fakes from being sold! No problem, hopefully before too much longer ebay will...

I have just ended up with (purchased them thinking they were the real deal) what appears to be an identical set of fakes. Just a couple of extra points regarding them. The lead is long (claims to be 1.2m, but it is more like 6 feet, or 1.8m, just by comparing it to my height). The box has no...