I need a phone I can use while exercising at my local gym.  My main criteria is toughness.  These babies need to be able to be abused, soaked in sweat, kept in the car and still keep coming back for more.  It would be a plus if they could still sound decent.   I know Sony makes some really...

I need to replace the Shure E2C's I use with my ipod. I am pretty tough on my IEM's and I am wondering which IEM's you feel are most durable in the range under about $125 and do not require a headphone amp. Thanks

I want to get a pair of headphones to wear as I go to sleep so they need to be comfortable in bed. Source is an IPOD Nano and I don't want to have to use a headphone amp. I was thinking about Beyerdynamic DT 250 80's but would like some other ideas.

Which do you think is the better choice for rock and spoken word material without an amp from an ipod nano?

Beyerdynamic DT250-80 vs. Sennheiser HD280 Which is better going direct from an ipod nano. Which one do you feel is more comfortable?

I play my guitar through a digital multi-effects box and then into my HD-580's. It sounds ok but I would like to use analog effects pedals into something like a "little dot 2" tube headphone amplifier. As many of you know tube amplifiers are prevalent in the guitar world but few have...

Should I be okay to drive a pair of Beyerdynamic DT 250 250's from a 100 wpc home receiver or would I need a dedicated headphone amp? With no headphone amp would I be better of with the DT 250-80's?

Every night when I go to bed I listen to either a hypnosis tape/cd or one of the hemi-sync tapes from the Monroe Institute. I often will switch positions and lay in different positions on the pillow with my headphones on. The best headphones comfort-wise I have found for this are the Koss...

I am interested in getting either an MZ-M10 or MZ-M100 Mini-Disc recorder for field recording. I am attempting to figure out what makes the MZ-M10 sell for $100 more. What is the difference and is it worth the money? Thank You, Dorf

I am wondering if anyone can recommend some good phones to use in conjunction with the headphone out of a guitar multi-effects box.

Is anyone using these two together?

I want to get a portable digital recording unit (mini-disc?, DAT?) unit to use to make field recordings to be processed in sound forge and turned into audio loops for use in acid and cakewalk sonar. I would like to find something decent under $100. I could probably afford $150 but $200 would...

Wikipedia's article on Post-Punk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_punk If you were to pick only 4 definitive Post-Punk albums to get a beginner started in this realm, which would they be? My 4 picks Gang of Four - "Entertainment"...

I am buying an ipod mini and I also want to get a heavy duty case and either the Sik Ram Din or the Pocketdock. Any recommendations as to good heavy duty cases that can be used with either of these? So far the case i am most interested in is the Speck Flipstand. I was wondering about the...

I've got a lot of old mix tapes I like to listen to. My Sony Sport Walkman has just broken and I am wondering if people can give recommendations on portable cassette players they think are particularly sturdy and good sounding.

I just got a pair of Shure E2C's. I read as much I could find here on head-fi and found other reviews on the web. I find that these in ear phones are really well made. I plan to carry them around with me and use them while I am exercising. Thus, build quality was a very important...

Personally I never listen to an entire album, I just listen to groups of songs I like a great deal. It's probably just megalomania but I like to think that I make the best mix tapes (mix cd's) ever heard by humanity. Wired 13.04: PLAY http://www.salon.com/ent/music/featu.../index_np.html...

Just to get started I will name a few of my favorites: Andy Gill of Gang of Four Keith Levene of Public Image Limited Robert Quine Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd of Television