Quote: Nice.   I spent another hour or so reading reviews elsewhere, and noticed quite a few mentioned these have High SPL. Which is exactly what I'm looking for.   I'm beginning to see that monitor or reference headphones considered 10/10 sound quality are not what I'm looking...

I'm looking for headphones that will "wow" me. I'm new to the world of "head-fi", and just recently bought a Cowon S9 (based on the fact it's deemed an audiophile's portable player).   After several hours of research, I came across the thread here reviewing 44 portable headphones...

Quote: I do very little music listening from my computer. I really only need something to get powerful sound from a portable A/V device, while at work.   Quote: That's what I read about the FIO's, and another amplifier as well (iSimple?). Seems like they're just an active EQ...

I recently bought my first portable audio device, a Cowon S9. (Based on its sound quality)   I have some very old Ultimate Ears, I believe they are now called the SuperFi 3 Studio (IEM). They sound good, mainly in how well they reproduce transients in music. The bass is tight with lots of...