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...

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...

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...

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...

The title pretty much says it all, and my last, more generic thread got no replies. I can get the first two from a DIY builder at those costs plus shipping, and then there's the ubiquitous PocketAmp2 v2. For the most part, it'll be playing predominately rock music from an AV710 to Grado SR60...

I have a thread at HardForums as well, but figured I'd get more opinions here. I'm looking for a portable amp, preferably less than $80. I was looking at the Go-Vibe v4, but it's not in production anymore, and I'd rather not buy used. I will be using it with my PC as well, so DC...

The cable on my HD-497 done broke a while ago (no sound out of left miniplug; right is fine. headphones are fine as I've tried switching the mini's), and I need a new one. sennheiserusa.com seems to be the easiest place to get them, and it comes to $10.xx shipped, which is fine by me. I'm...