Dear Headfi, I've been ramping up and working on a ton of improvements at my dental office. We've had good returns, but it's honestly really stressful. My parents want to "help"---and talk about my business incessantly all hour of the day. Being Cantonese--it means talking very, very...

I'd like to get my buddy some speakers for his office.   A few weeks ago, my buddy told me that he just became a dental director for a non-profit in Sacramento. His one wish is that he can have some good background music when he's doing admin work. He specifically requested a bluetooth...

Dear Headfiers,   I'm thinking of buying some iems to replace the nuforce ne-6's that I lost. I'm fairly rough on my stuff, so I'm really attracted to Koss' lifetime warrentee.   Any thoughts on the Koss kdx 300 vs the kdx 200?   The kdx 200 looks better made and is cheaper...

Dear Headfiers,   I'm thinking of buying some iems to replace the nuforce ne-6's that I lost. I'm fairly rough on my stuff, so I'm really attracted to Koss' lifetime warrentee.   Any thoughts on the Koss kdx 300 vs the kdx 200?   The kdx 200 looks better made and is cheaper...

I'm thinking of getting a better set of headphones around the $100-150 range. After getting duped buy some ebay guy on fake es9's, I'd like to get something nice--but where I won't get too ripped off. I'm considering between the AudioTechnica A-50 and the Ultrasone HFI-700. I'm using a...

About a month ago, I posted about making IEMs that looked pretty, but don't suck. I started by looking at Skullcandy, and doing the exact opposite: Skullcandy: tasteless, flashy, cheaply made. Bloated sound, lacking in detail. For people that don't know better. I started with Soundmagic...

It may just be me... But I'm unsatisfied with the headphone cable organizers that I've seen. When I was in Japan, I bought a nice-looking headphone cable organizer from Audio Technica. It was handsome leather strap that attached to a spring metal clip that securely clips the chord. On...

While I was in Japan, I saw a niche of earphone/IEMs that's totally missing in the US market: the vanity earphone. Examples include the Maxell HP-CN11 Crystal Jewelry Earphones and the Elecom EHP-AIN90 Ear Drops. In person they look decent, but the build quality is pretty bad, but not as bad...

After following everyone's advice, I focussed on mainly enjoying the listening of headphones instead of buying (I did buy a set of ATH-ONTO's for a friend, and Maxell sound jewel earbuds). Yodobashi Akihabara was amazing. I got to try a lot of Audio Technica's, Beyer Dynamics, some Grado's...

Firstly, I'm an idiot. I just found out the ESW 9's that I bought on ebay were fakes. They still sounded pretty decent all things considering (sorta like my nuForce ne7 with worse sound staging). Second, I'm going to Japan in mid August. Any places where you recommend buying headphones...