I also purchased these same ones for my Hifiman HE-400i and they do fit and sound great (Thanks for the link). They also came with the mounting rings. I do believe they are authentic lambskin. My previous angled pleather ones lasted about 150 hrs before the shell started peeling off.

I can only give you my personal input based on owning a pair of Koss ESP950 and Audeze LCD-2. I own the Koss version, ESP950, same package as the Drop 95x, but with pleather pads and leather case. My Audeze is an LCD-2 (Fazer version w/ vegan pads), not the LCD-2c (non-Fazer). What I prefer...

You can also try different pads. I have the AKG Stock, AKG Velvet (from another series), Brainwavz XL Sheepskin Leather, Branwavz XL Perforated Pleather. I'll be ordering the Branwavz XL Hybrids and I'll report back with my impressions and some pics.

What you could do is go on eBay and find another Seiko with the 8223 movement that is working and have a watch shop swap out the movements. Unless it's the same dial and hands, the watch shop can also swap the dial and hands. On Seiko watches, on the back of the case, the first 4 digits is the...

Completely agree. The few times I almost pulled the trigger on a 2nd hand Rolex I held back since there was no way to tell if the watch had serviced with aftermarket parts, pieced together, etc. Easily viewed parts on the movement can be spotted with a loupe, but what about the mainspring inside...

Entertaining for sure. Though, I came across TickTocking on YT and he does some really nice hands on reviews on expensive watches like DeBethune, Gruebel Forsey, MB&F, Urwerk, as well as Patek, Lange, FP Journe. It's worth checking out some of his vids just for the eye candy alone. I also find...

As of lately, I'm back to wearing my Hamilton GMT Auto as a daily.

I found this a couple years ago locally on CL. Complete impulse purchase. I got a pretty good deal on it. Android Virtuoso Tourbillon. One of the affordable tourbys. So far it's been good, just don't drop it.

I went through several inexpensive units that lasted 6 months to a year, then I went ahead and purchased a Swiss Made "Swiss Kubik". A bit pricey, but well made, quiet and you can program the rotation direction and number of daily rotations. I ran this almost 24/7 for several years. Here's...

You could try to do some similar mods to your HP-2 headphones as they take damping mods fairly well. I had really good results changing the damping on my YH-1s. I basically did the following: I dampened my YH-1 with a disc of 1mm felt behind the drivers and swapped some Australian wool noil...

I think I found the the proper period correct headphone / preamp match. I'm gonna pair it with my 7-tubed Luxman CL-35 Mk3 preamp from around 1977, which took me about 5 years of convincing a friend to sell to me. I happened to be staring at it and forgot it has a pretty good sounding output...

So far I have been enjoying the Fostex T10 the most. I prefer the mids of the T10 out of these 3. It also seems to be cleaner sounding (maybe less resonant casing?). Build quality seems to be better than the Yamahas. Bass and treble are a bit rolled off. As most members posted, the T10 sounds...

After reading several pages on the very long Orthodynamic Roundup post. I decided to purchase a couple vintage orthos. Here's my additions from the past month. Yamaha YH-3, YH-1 and Fostex T10.

That is one awesome looking lamp. It's like an art piece.

I second cheungbe recommending the X2's. To add to my previous reply... I've tried a few higher end headphones (including my Audeze LCD2, Audioquest Nightowl Carbon, HE-400i, HD600 etc) for gaming and movies but I keep going back to my Philips Fidelio X2 for this application. Good bass, wide...

You can also look at Longines. Check out their Heritage Collection. Another brand to look at is Hamilton. I have a couple of their automatics and they are well made for the money. They have 2 nice looking chronographs for about 1,750 and $2,600 (if you can push your budget).

Thanks for the comparison. I might lean towards the YH-1 as my next purchase, since I rather have a bit more mids and less of a treble spike relative to the Fostex. I did have my eyes on a T10v1 and T20v1 with round drivers recently. Not sure how they compare to the T20v2.

I did instantly spot a blue SS Sky Dweller on a wrist a couple days ago. I does look really nice and has good wrist presence. Great choice on a lovely watch.

I agree with SeaWolf. You don't really need more than 8 watches. I probably had about 10 watches 3 years ago, which was more than I needed, then I ended up visiting watch forums and my purchasing got out of control. Luckily they don't take much storage space. I recently bought 4 watches, but...

I knew that the mid tier Japanese Domestic Market Seikos are supposed to have better fit and finish, but I did not know that it also holds true for the GS since it is their high end line. I do appreciate that info and I will look into buying a JDM one when it happens. Now I got to see what...

Not sure if we are allowed to post external links, so I'm playing it safe. On youtube, there are some pretty awesome watches being reviewed by the user TickTocking (Steve Hallock). Just check out his uploads page. His latest video contains several complicated Greubel Forsey watches. The De...

I got some other watches in hiding. I've been considering for months purchasing a GS Snow Flake Spring Drive. I just wanted to wait to see what the reliability is. So far they are looking really good. For many years, I only bought Swiss watches, then I expended to Seiko and Citizen. I've also...

I still have the old D300 and a D2x... and a D200 in a bag somewhere. I'm Ok with them being 12mp. These have been so reliable, solid feeling and focus so nicely that I just never got rid of them. I've purchased and sold many of my other DSLRs, but these are keepers. I've gotten used to the...

This month's additions to my growing hoard, I mean collection. Seiko Auto Diver, Seiko Quartz Diver, Gruen Auto (ETA 2824), Seiko Chrono Date w/ 7A38 movement. Shown next to my AKG K340 and Hifiman HE-4xx (also purchased this month). Been going for vintage watches recently.