This headphone was the first headphone I fell in love with. It had just the right amount of warmth in just the right frequency range, had a punchy, fun sound, and was extremely light and comfortable. To me, I will always remember it as the perfect portable headphone. However one day it broke...

I don't want to listen to my laptop speakers anymore!  Any good-value suggestions for under $150?   Some I've looked into:   Cheap Powered Monitor Pairs   Behringer MS16 $80   Akai RPM3 $115   Alesis M1 Active $85   Swan D1010 IV $140   Multimedia Speakers   Creative...

Hi guys, I'm looking for a good site like Head-fi that is well-known to audiophiles, and has a focus on speakers, home theater, surround sound, and the like.  I know there are the subforums here but I wonder if there are dedicated forums for these things.   I found AV Forums which seems to...

The venerable Fischer Audio, who exploded into the scene with the very well-reviewed FA-003, FA-004, FA-011, DBA-02, and FA-Eterna, have now put two new stylish, portable headphones on GD Audiobase:   The Fischer Audio Saturn: ($59)   and The Fischer Audio Vega: ($45)  ...

    The Saturn:     The Vega:     Excited?  I am.  If Fischer has pulled off good sound in well-styled headphones that could appeal to the audience that considers looks a factor in their purchases, they may have a big hit.

I'm talking about funky as in having that funk feel.  Whenever I hear funky breakbeats, my legs just start dancing around on their own!  I couldn't be the only one with this condition?   Unfortunately I am not too familiar with funk bands, so if you could suggest me some stuff similar to...

As you all know... Fischer has been gaining reputation recently.  I happen also to be their fan after owning the marvelous FA-003, and I've got some Eternas on the way too.   But Fischer still has a lot of products that seem never to have been heard on head-fi...

  The Fischer Audio FA-003   Recently I bought these FA-003s from a fellow Head-Fier, and I feel that it was the most worthy $175 I have ever spent.   As a college student pinching pennies to make room for headphone purchases, I do not have the liberty to buy high-end $200+...

As in places that repaint and do cosmetic changes to well-known headphones.  I don't mean the headphile kind, who specialize in woodies and $300+ headphones.  I mean something to wear on the streets.   http://www.customcans.co.uk/ is a good example, but they are not taking orders for a...

So, recently I made the transition into IEM territory from full sizes.  I read joker's review and got the Sunrise Xcape version 1.  They are currently burned in only 12 hours or so.   WOW!  So neutral, yet so engaging, so fun!  For the first time, I actually emotionally enjoyed classical...

    HD558s   Ahhh... the warmth, the soundstage... I missed them so much since I sold the HD555s and got the M50s. THESE ARE AWESOME! Only some 10 hours of burn in so far... and wow.  They are everything I expected them to be.  Immersive, lush, completely effortless and natural (on...

There are incredibly few reviews of the Roland headphone line.  Here are some of the ones I've found.   Roland RH-50 (~$50): "Simply put these are one of the most balance, flat response headphones i own bar my Stax SR-001 MKII headphones. The sound is so well balanced Bass, mid and...

Hey guys, I'm looking for a second purchase after my ATH-M50s broke.  I want to try a different headphone now. I came across this interesting mention of the Roland RH-300s, which one reviewer said was better than the very popular ATH-M50s.  That's a pretty big claim if you ask me.  Look at...

I've searched a lot on the internet and there are a few users who have the HD5X8 headphones and a great many who have the HD5X5 series, but there are not many comparisons between the two headphone series.   Can someone who has both an HD5X5 headphone and an HD5X8 headphone give an objective...

Hey guys, I have the M50s right now, and I like them a lot.  However they are broken right now (I'll be fixing them) and I am thinking about buying myself another good pair of $50~$200 headphones to complement the M50s; that is, do somethings differently while being very solid cans overall.  I...

Hi guys, I broke the plug off my ATH-M50 cable not too long ago, and spent a noobish amount of time trying to attach a new 3.5mm plug onto the cable end.   But being inexperienced at soldering and stuff I found it extremely hard to attach the ends of the cable where they're supposed to...

So far I've found the Canare F12. Any others out there that might cost a few pennies less? I'm trying to fix my ATH M50s and I kind of liked the spring attached to the plug.

I accidentally yanked the 1/8" plug off of my ATH M50's cable.  It doesn't look like it'll be easy to resolder the wires into the plug!!  What should I do?  Should I buy a new cable with plug attached and solder it to the headphone's connections?  Or should I attempt to solder the plug back on...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE PIANO MUSIC but there are so many pieces and performers out there that I don't know where to start.  So I would be SO glad if someone would give me some suggestions.   I am mainly searching for 3~15 minute pieces, but if there is anything that is too good not to...

So today I plugged in my beloved ATH M50s into my iPod and no sound came out, even at full volume.  (I plugged in some old earbuds into the iPod, and sound came out like it should.)   I am very convinced that this is because just yesterday I was moving through a row of chairs in an...