Right now I own 2 pairs of headphones and I want to find that sweet spot listening to music.   I love the Sennheiser HD 558s, but the sound is too clinical, laid back, and not 'exciting' enough. This could be due to the open nature and lack of deeper bass on the headphones. The Denon...

Any audio engineers here? I use a Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 to drive my headphones, and they go loud enough for my tastes. My question is: how good does this work as a headphone amp? I've never tried any high quality headphone amps, so I'm wondering what the equivalent value would be? Would...

So I turned on my system and heard a loud high pitched noise coming out of the speakers. After some googling, I found out that the answer was to change the capacitors. However, me being a noob at soldering, I "fixed" it up, plugged it in, and heard crackling, popping, and fireworks. Suffice to...

Hey guys, I have a JDS cmoyBB, and whenever I turn up the volume even to 50%, I get horrible distortion. This is without the bass boost. With the bass boost engaged, it is unlistenable. I think I might have damaged the opamp or some component. I remember plugging it in when it was on/unplugging...

Hey guys, I have a set of Promedia Ultra 5.1s. Some of you may know that since they are old, they do not support optical or HDMI, which means no DTS. I did not want the Logitech z5500s because I know Logitech just focuses on loud bass, and I like some subtlety and detail in my sound too. After...

Hey guys, I have a PS3 and I want to play games late at night and not disturb everyone who's sleeping. I want a good set of headphones that can reproduce the experience of a 5.1 setup. Note: Microphone quality does not matter at all. I used to have Tritton AX360's but voices sounded...