First Impression   When I first listened to these headphones, my initial two thoughts in this order were: 1. Wow these sound pretty fast and also fairly even - 15 seconds later - 2. Wow something is wrong with the upper mids     Packaging See Unboxing...

I'm looking for a preamp for my powered speakers.  I like the idea of something passive, simple, neutral or slightly warm (just not bright/sterile/cold ie not the Nwavdeuche/Gilmore/Benchmark sound).  Someone I trust recommended this NHT Passive Volume Control (and is has one to offer me used)...

It's easy to find or stay informed about new releases via websites like rottentomatoes and metacritic.  If it's better than 60% I consider it and sometimes below that but I read the reviews carefully.  I can often tell by the nature of the reviews whether it is being disliked for reasons I would...

Nusrat is amazing.  Both the quality of the musicianship and the feel, which is deeply spiritual, but not cheezy-happy at all.  It reminds me of India more so then any other music I have heard (yes, even though he is from Pakistan).    Can yall recommend some similar artists?    This is...

I was just reading about Joe Grado's new microphones and thought it would be interesting to hear what they sound like (or how little they sound like anything .  I have yet to hear a headphone that is as true to life as his HP1000 and some of the reviews of the mics sound the same way.   Like...

I don't have a TV, and I'm trying to watch all the baseball games leading up to the series, esp since the Giants are doing fairly well.    I've spent a lot of time staring at Fox and TBS websites, but can't find anything.  The best thing I've found is postseason.tv on mlb.com, but it's not...

It's great that Fang has changed these in hopes of making the best headphone he can.  But I spent a considerable amount of time making these pictures, and since they're not useful to him anymore, I figured I'd post them here so everyone could check them out. Enjoy!      ...

Anyone else have fit issues with the K340?  I love how they sound, but they seem to have a pretty serious design flaw (or I have a weirdly shaped head ).  The cups won't swivel/angle up enough to match the angle of my head, so the bottom of the pads don't seal under my ears, they just kind of...

I get two of them everyday and I'm getting sick of deleting them.  They don't tell me anything I can't see by just loading the head-fi homepage, which is honestly quicker and easier than looking at the email.    I checked "web only" in the subscriptions preferences, but I still get them. 

I'm looking at a few different cars right now and I'm wondering if a turbo charged engine will last as long as one without turbo charge.  I've done some research online and it seems that a lot of people say the modern turbos, if well maintained, don't affect the life of the engine.  But I'm...

Anyone know a good resource for figuring out how it all really works together?    I had to erase my itunes organizational files and re-import my music library because of a corruption in the file pathways between the the library and actual file locations.    Now my phone thinks this is a...

Just got these in the mail today.  Supposedly, they were never even taken out of the box (except by the seller to make sure they still worked before selling them).  Couldn't resist   I wonder what made the big hole in the box.  Too bad because the headphone box isn't mint anymore.  But it didn't...

I wanted to post this as a heads up to everyone.  I just spent a long time talking to apple technical support about it.    I had a strange bug in my itunes library where itunes changed the file pathways for random songs throughout my entire library.  The actual files were there, in my itunes...

you know, when you can't just hit menu and get on to the movie.  I just rented the new Harry Potter and there's so many previews!  There's a 10 minute harry potter video game preview and I don't even own any game machines.  And now there's this interview thing with the actors in the movie I...

Hey, Not a big problem because there's the head-fi image hosting.  But I like using imageshack because it puts the big image right into the post.  When I tried using the imageshack links, it just posts the code.    I could be doing something wrong though.  Again, not a big deal, just...

Anyone heard it yet?  I'm really excited about this one going to the record store as soon as I can.  Post your impressions!!!!

I do all my work on a computer these days unfortunately, from photography to video to all the networking and business, etc. Recently, my eyes start burning really bad after just 20 minutes or so on the computer and I can't really work. I thought it was just a phase, but it's been a few weeks...

Tenor Joseph Grado flyer Lincoln Center 1981 - eBay (item 390181021960 end time May-09-10 14:29:21 PDT) Kind of interesting. Someone from head-fi should claim this one.

I have noticed that there seems to be more agreement in the IEM world as to sound signature, then there is in full size headphones. Just take a look at the fun vs. reference thread if you don't know what I mean. It seems that both people who say the K701 is neutral, and people who say the...

Just curious. It seems like they do similar things, and headphone amps often have preamps, which I assume use the same amp components. But is there some reason why an amp would better at one than the other?

They are so cheap, but they appear to be built well. I'm just curious if anyone has had any bad experiences with them or compared them to other budget cables. I'll be using them with a DAC and my powered Mackie Monitors. A 6 foot monoprice pro cable is 7 bucks, and the blue jeans cable is...

I've been thinking lately about how people often say that the HD650, K701, etc weren't designed with ipods or computer sources in mind, and the general opinion is that to show their full potential, you need the very best source and amp. From my experience, this is true, one of the best setups...

I'm surprised there isn't a thread on this one yet. I was a little dissapointed with the album at first to be honest. I of course missed that beautiful sound of Van Occupanther, especially the unique and gorgeous way they use keyboards in their two previous albums, and that rolling, classic...

I need to rig up a way to print on DVD's for work. Back in the day when I collected phish bootlegs, I had hundreds of CD's that I made covers for using sticker print outs, and a stamp device. It was gorgeous, flipping through the 500 page book full of colorful CD's I made. But it took forever...

I like washing dishes with headphones, but when I'm rinsing at the end, the hot water creates some steam, and sometimes I take the phones off cause it seems like it would be pretty bad for the drivers. Or when I'm cooking, pouring boiling water, etc. Anyone else work in the kitchen with phones?