These headphones, while they are the best-sounded closed full size headphones I've ever owned, have one of the worst cables I've ever seen. I don't exactly treat my headphones badly, but this cable has gotten inextricably tangled, and is fraying at a few different points, after just a few months...

Haven't posted in this forum for a long time, but just thought I should share my ordeal with the rest of you: I've been using the Shure SE210 for a couple of months without any problems. Today, I popped them in a little while after taking a shower (though I took care to dry out my ears...

Looking for a good headphone shop that I can browse around in, preferably in Manhattan. Online shopping is great, but I'd love to take my SO to a store and give her the ability to see it in person before buying. The big brands in this area (Sennheiser, Shure, Sony, Grado) are easy to find, but a...

Simple question, vote away IEMs, discontinued models, and electrostats excluded because, well, I'm only really interested in full-size dynamic headphones that are in production right now. Sorry.

I haven't posted on Head-Fi in quite a while, mostly cause I'm very happy with the headphones I currently own. But I have a really long international flight coming up, and I need a headphone which I can use with my Sony PCDP (D-NE920) and to play some games on the Nintendo DS Lite with. I'm...

On the whole, if we were to compare amps at equal prices, do you head-fiers prefer to listen to the HD 580/600/650 headphones on solid-state or tube amps?

Hey guys... I need to figure out a solution to make my CD collection more transportable. The most important features for me are: 1. Does not scratch or damage the discs. 2. Overall sturdy and well-built. 3. Easily transportable So far, the Slappa cases seem to be the most popular...

On a more positive note than Welly's recent regrets, here are the decisions I'm glad I made: 1. Cables - Never went in for the high-end cables. Saved myself a lot of money. Tried as hard as I could to tell the difference between a well-made Belkin cable and a Cardas golden reference, and...

Looking through my CD shelves, the following appear to dominate: 1. Leonard Bernstein 2. George Szell 3. Neville Marriner 4. Wilhelm Furtwangler 5. Sergiu Celibidache Purchasing decisions are often dictated by price and availability more than anything else, which I think explains...

1. Since the K501 is an older European headphone model, was it designed to work with the old standard of 120 ohm output impedance on headphone jacks? 2. Would adding a 120 ohm (or similar) inline resistor do anything to improve the 501's sound? What effect would it have?

what headphone would that be? Yeah, it's a weird question, but that would just about describe my perfect headphone. Basically, a 580/600 with a little more in the upper midrange, and with a more coherent image (not the three blobs), or a K501 with a little more body in the low end. I...

Piano Masters - Maryla Jonas (Amazon link) ArkivMusic link This CD contains recordings of Maryla Jonas playing 13 of Chopin's mazurkas, a couple of nocturnes and waltzes, Schumann's Kinderszenen, and a few filler pieces from Handel, Rossi, and Schubert. Jonas's life story is...

1. When yourmusic.com sends you the monthly subscription CD from your queue, what method of shipment do they use (within continental US)? 2. The free shipment method at the checkout says it takes 10-14 days. Does it usually take this long for US customers? I can't imagine a shipping method...

I've been listening to a great deal of Beethoven's 3rd "Eroica" symphony lately. I have a number of fairly well-known recordings at hand: Szell/Cleveland, Bernstein/NYPO, Bernstein/VPO, Karajan/BPO, Harnoncourt/COE, Erich Kleiber/Concertgebouw, Furtwangler/BPO (wartime), and Toscanini/NBC...

I have to say, these have by far the most irritating headband-fitting mechanism of any headphone I've tried. While almost all other headphones let you push the headband a certain number of notches and keep it fixed there, the 501 headband cannot maintain a fixed setting. They use a sort of...

Here's how I would describe the sound of baroque (examples: Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, Monteverdi, etc.) Lots of focus on treble...violins, sopranos, etc...presentation of treble can't be harsh or grating, nor recessed and veiled. Polyphony. Necessary to resolve multiple different lines...

Ok, this might be a really stupid question...but: I have a bunch of CD remasterings of old recordings from the pre-stereo era. These are in mono sound. Since mono only has one channel, shouldn't there be half as much data in mono as in stereo? If so, why aren't mono CD releases twice as...

So I recently sold off my beloved HD600 and ordered a HD595 in its place...unfortunately, shipping will take 2-4 weeks. In the meantime, I picked up a cheap KSC75 to tide me over. I had another KSC75 in the past, and I thought it was a great budget headphone, but not nearly as good as a...

Just wondering about high-end headphones that deliver their full potential from headphone jacks on good portable CD players or home receivers. (IEMs excluded for obvious reasons.) I've often heard of the A500/A900, HD555/HD595, and the Grado series mentioned in this context...which of these...

My current CD setup is a Sony PCDP (D-NE920) line-out into a home PIMETA w/TREAD. I've recently been using full-size component Denon and Tascam players in a studio, and realize that these sound considerably better. If I sold off my current gear, I could realize close to $400. Just wondering...

I've long been used to hearing about the DT 880 as one of the best dynamic headphones around. It seems to be taken much more seriously than the DT 990...which I think of as a "fun" mid-level headphone, but not really a serious hi-fi device. But Beyer now claims that the 2005 model 990 is...

Just wondering what headphone or other gear people are lusting after, or trying to save up the money and courage to buy. What do you hope your next purchase will be? I personally am trying to work up the guts to pull the trigger on the DT880, since it seems like the perfect compliment to my...

Time to rave about these beauties! Hard to believe such great sound coming out of something so tiny. I am rocking out with these at work right now, and the only thing visible is two white cables which look like they go straight to my brain. The price is nice, very nice. These are an...

Since she has very different musical tastes than me, I thought I'd turn to you guys for advice. Source: Dell Latitude laptop with Turtle Beach Audio Advantage Micro, possibly an iPod shuffle or Nano in the future. It doesn't have to isolate, and leaking is fine. Music: Lots of...

What are some headphones you could wear in a social setting and still look fashionable? My nominee: the stunning Audio-Technica ATH-EW9 Any other suggestions? Do post pics if you can.