So you guys suggested I re-rip my music collection to MP3 160kbps or variable bitrate. I was using 64 kbps wma's on my old MP3 player, and I didn't really have a problem with it, using my Grado sr80s, blasphemer that I am. Now, people have said I should use itunes or LAME to rip my music...

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/5...2006time14.jpg What kind of relation is there between "160 kbps" and having variable bitrate at "Highest". Is there ANY relation between the two? Maybe the "160 kbps" doesn't mean anything when you have variable bitrate selected. Otherwise there would be...

Is there supposed to be more than one skin in the envelope? One for the front, and one for the back, for instance? Mine only comes with one for the front of the Vision, and I'm not sure if it's supposed to be like that. Maybe the back is intended to be left open... hmm.

I currently own a pair of Grado sr80s, and I'm now the winning bidder on a pair of Etymotic er4p's. I'll be using these with the Vision:M I bought online, which should arrive soon. My music library is all in 64 kbps. I was wondering if I should change those to something with better sound...

I've heard that I can buy the pads from the Sennheiser HD-414 for the Grado SR-80s... Tell me more about this, and where I can buy them. Will they improve both sound and comfort? If sound, in what way? Also, that cloth mesh protecting the drivers is abbrasive to my ears(It's either that or...

I ordered them off Amazon yesterday, reading that they where the same headphone, but with better base... Now, hearing all about the SR-60s and nothing about the SR-80s, I'm getting worried. Can someone who's used both on an ipod, or any protable(I have a Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra), ease my fears?

To start off, I'm a musician. I listen to music from many genres, but play jazz piano, more than anything else. I have a good ear for music, and tone, but I don't know how much that has to do with having "trained ears" goes, headphone wise. The first real headphones I ever owned was the...

I ordered the 590s at Amazon and they should be here in a few days. I read that they work well without an amp. Is this true? If they will work on my Nomad (like an Ipod) with no amp, will I get the full sound potential of out of the headphones?