Quote: Thanks for the input!  Is there a difference between the 990 and the 880 other than the open vs. semi-open design?  Everything else seems exactly the same and they both cost the same from the BD website.   Anyone know of a place I could demo these or other phones?  I'm in Las...

Let's try this again, my last post didn't get any love.   I'm looking for: Closed, circumaural cans for listening to 90% prog metal, prog rock, classic rock, (Symphony X, Kamelot, Dream Theater, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Judas Priest, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Etc...) and 10% other...

Hey gang,   I'm in the market for something to use at work and was looking into circumaural, closed cans and amp that would be best for progressive rock and metal (mostly).  I'll be playing music from an iPod classic or from my PC (which has the most basic sound card)   After reading the...

Would love to give them a listen.

Quote: Originally Posted by alysony Also note those are from a third part seller not from amazon themselves. Electronica Direct is who actually sells them. Now the person above me is correct. Usually when amazon allows a thrid party to use amazons services and is not an auction, then...

Amazon.com: Shure SE530PTH Sound Isolating Earphones with Push-To-Hear Control: Electronics Can anyone verify whether or not these are legit? Seems like a pretty good deal. I'm a bit wary after reading the Shure counterfeit sticky thread and all.

Update: Just found out a friend of mine has some older Shure E500's that he's going to let me try out for a few days. If I like them he said he would give me a deal on them... If not I'm thinking of picking up the UE Triple.fi 10's as a first purchase, based mostly on reviews and recommendations...

Well.. looks like the Droid doesn't support FLAC files. Seems to me that the format that works best for both the IPod and Droid is MP3 @ 320kbps. I tested out a few songs and could definitely tell the difference between 128 and 320, even with my current Sony phones. Background vocals were much...

Quote: Originally Posted by theKraken11 I recommend using a dedicated ripper instead of iTunes. dBpoweramp is a good program, and pretty easy to use. You can test out different quality levels to see what's transparent for you. (Transparency means no discernible difference between the...

Hey gang. First post here. I've been doing a lot of reading and researching and these forums have been a great help. I'm looking at finally making the leap into some quality portable audio gear and would love some opinions. I currently have an 8gb 2nd gen Nano and a Droid mobile phone as...