I have given up recommending any kind of headphone because everybody perceives sound differently since their ears and head are uniquely shaped. (Let alone the effects of different sources in varying environments.) Headphone shopping is a crap shoot and you just have to piss away a lot of...

Based on my own experience and all the user comments here and on "audiocubes.com" , SONY has quality control/material quality problems on most of its buds/plugs (J20, EX51, EX71, EX81, E888 etc.) that have a neck loop wire. The common problem is that the insulation on the neck loop wire is...

To get the E10's fantastic sound, position the SONY E10 drivers so that they are angled outwards as much as possible (similar to the angle of the drivers on the Sennheiser headband bud PX10). They should be facing away from the ear canal as much as possible, the LOOSER the seal the better...

The SONY MDR-E10 has the clarity of the K14 and it also has bass and comfort. Its smaller size and shape enable it to derive some of the benefits of a plug style bud. In Canada they're half the price of the K14 and MX400/500/450/550. MX400/500: full sound but uncomfortable and not as...

Are the new white px100's bright (alluminum clad voice coil) or warm (old copper voice coil)?

The AKG k26p's break easily; they are NOT durable. The k26p ear cups swivel on VERY thin pieces of brittle cheap plastic. The plastic pivet "rod" will snap if pressure is applied to it and is difficult if not impossible to repair. Mine lasted a couple of weaks before they broke...

Koss drivers with titanium coated polymer and neodymium magnets (brighter sound): ksc-75, ksc-55, ur40, and possibly ktxpro1 (according to one headfier). Koss drivers with non-coated polymer and neodymium magnets (warm sound): Portapro, Portapro2, Sportapro. Koss drivers with non-coated...

Koss seems to be constructing a new feature on their website called "Build Your Own". Does this feature mean we will be able to specify to Koss eactly what we want in our headphone orders? Wlll be be able to choose (mix and match) drivers, colors, circumaural or supra-aural, styles, etc...