I've just discovered (to my surprise) that the line-out of my Sony CD player is the perfect volume through my HD-595s. I switched over to it on a whim (after taking the headphones off just to be safe) and noticed that the volume was almost exactly the same as I had been listening to before...

Well, I got my HD-595 delivered here at the office and had my best day of work ever. This is my first pair of good headphones, and I found that I didn't want to take them off, even when I needed to leave and drive home. But when I got home and plugged them into my computer, the difference was...

I started out determined to buy the E3. I thought "I don't want to look like an idiot walking around with giant headphones and these canals are supposed to sound really great." So I came very close to getting a pair--actually too close--before I had to back down and just say they were too bloody...

Okay, here's my situation. I'm leaving to go live in Europe for a year, and just cannot bring any audio equipment with me. I am going to be reduced to just my Zen Touch, a Sony MP3/CD player, and anotebook PC and am going to have to survive with nothing else. So, to not just feel depressed all...

The only headphones I've ever experienced in my life were the cheap crap I've gotten with devices. I guess I always assumed that better headphones existed, but I was picturing the giant things that guys in recording studios have consuming half their head. It wasn't until I got my new MP3 player...