Quote: Originally Posted by 4ki It'd help if she sampled your gear, and gave a more specific round of what kind of sound that she enjoys. But as far as the suggestions go, you can't go wrong with most of them unless she's a total basshead To be honest, I'm really not sure she'd...

After me bothering her for some time for being content with her stuck iBuds, my girlfriend has now (through her own free will) decided to upgrade. She wants closed cans and IEMs. Music taste is everywhere, price requirements sorta flexible. For the cans, pretty much in order of importance...

Around June of last year my HD-280 headband broke after about a year and a half of faithful service. I had them replaced under warranty. But... my newer set has never sounded quite the same as my last set. They sounded ... drier. After I blue tak modded them, a friend of mine (who got his a...

The XtremeGamer and the XtremeMusic are practically identical. The difference are in the extra connections: Gamer has a standard connector for computer cases with front headphone/mic jacks, while Music doesn't. Music has connections for the X-Fi breakout box which can be bought separately, but...

I'm in!

When I was blue-tak modding my HD280s and was looking for changes in bass/impact, I used a lot of Coheed and Cambria tracks from "Good Apollo, I'm a Burning Star." "The Suffering" especially is a good bass/impact test track.

I'd love to see a final date on this, as depending on how big it gets I may try to make it down.

Quote: Originally Posted by kilkil If ya'll willing to drive 3.5 hours east to Pasco I could put up my place for a meeting location. Another Tri-City headfier. Crazy!

You might try simply calling Sennheiser... I've heard they have parts that aren't all listed on the site.

I opened up the return authorization today, and I reprinted the invoice from the online vendor I ordered them from (newegg.com). I'll also be shipping them back in their original packaging, and I will be taking the blue-tak out... better safe than sorry. I appreciate all the input, guys...

Oh man... I wonder what the price will be? $50ish?

Ah! My wallet may yet be saved! I'll definitely check into the warranty repair, and the DT770/80 has gone back to the top of my list of cans to check out in the future. I may upgrade even if I get my HD280s fixed... we'll see. Thanks, guys, and more recommendations are still welcome!

Thanks! I was really hoping to get some opinions from people with experience on the cans at hand. I've heard people have been getting the old-model DT770 80ohm for ~$140-150 from guitarinsider on eBay (puts them up for buy-it-now $200, but has a Make An Offer button through which people are...

I'd read about it but never would've believed the complaints of the HD280's headband cracking, but now I'm experiencing it full out. I like these headphones and wish they would've stuck around longer (got them 11/04), but alas! I am not so lucky. Granted, these things have spent more than their...

1. KSC75 2. PX100 3. ... Senn buds? EDIT: A full top five might include some low-end IEMs? As in, E2c or below.

Quote: Originally Posted by brn80 They are considerably more expensive if you buy 'Manufaktur'. I think 235 plus, as opposed to the 130-180 range for the older model from Ebay. I beleive the 2006 come only in 32,250 and 600 ohm flavors. I'm pretty sure there's 32, 80, 250, and...

I agree completely, and that's why I'm using such a modest setup - all things totaled for my main listening is about $155. I get the upgrade bug, sure, but then I just settle in more and focus on the music. My previous and next music/audio-related purchases will be more CDs.

Those look incredible. I was playing around with the Manufacture a while ago and my one wish is that the engraveable silver things on the headbands could be removed or made black, because totally blacked-out DT770s would be outstanding. And 4.5 months to get them?? That seems pretty ridiculous.

Me and a friend of mine are looking to attend a meet... we're just getting into this stuff and really want to broaden our horizons. Personally I really want to hear the A900s and DT770s. But we're in the Tri-Cities, so it'd have to be a bigger meet for us to justify attending, and on a weekend.

Recently I got back into action gaming (FEAR, COD2, etc) at LANs, and I'm finding sound is very important (I forgot how much so!). Right now I'm on a Chaintech AV710, which I love for the stereo audio, but it has no support for game features. So, I'm considering getting the bottom-end X-Fi...

Man, one night and already on page three? This place really moves. Anyone else have any input?

Quote: Originally Posted by smeggy Bleh, I figure that if my co-workers are happy listening to crappy headphones, who am I to interfere. So true. A lot of the data entry clerks where I work wear headphones to keep from going insane, and they're all horrid. I haven't seen any...

Well, lately I've been unsatisfied with my headphones. All of them. The KSC75 I'm content with, since it only gets used when I'm walking around campus and spending more would be wasteful, but my home cans... eh. I think it was buying a dedicated amp that caused this upgradeitus - the sorry...

I'm almost in a similar predicament - I want to upgrade but don't know where to upgrade to. But I'm not as brash as you are, spending $400 on a ton of cans to find the right sound. What I'm waiting for is another big Head-Fi meet to happen in the Portland or Seattle areas, so I can roadtrip...

Precious Opteron machine -> AV710 -> some cheap mini-mini I found -> MisterX MINT -> HD497. I need to do some more listening, but I'm thinking that my honeymoon period on the SR60 is over, and the HD497 never gets used, so I might keep only the HD280 or perhaps just buy something new. Cursed...