Hey all, I just recently got a Grado Gold cartridge for my Gemini 2100 (a Technics 1200 knockoff). The difference from my original cheap Stanton cartridge is huge, now I have actual soundstage! And listening on the HF-1s, the sound is so upfront that at times it sounds like someone's singing...

Tonight's Rose Bowl with No.1 USC vs. No.2 Texas should be amazing. Personally, I'm rooting for Texas as I always love the underdog. Anyone else have a pick? It starts at 5pm Pacific on ABC tonight. Time to go out for a six pack!

My HF-1s have sure been getting on my nerves lately. The right driver keeps coming unattached from the headband. The same driver's also been intermittently failing, enough to annoy but not yet enough to warrant sending them in to get repaired, which somehow makes it even worse. And now it seems...

In the musical spectrum of experiences, it's hard to beat the immediacy of a great live show. Name your favorite concert(s) of '05 and why you liked them so much! For myself, seeing the Boredoms play was in such a different league than all the other shows I went to this year that it's all...

It's been awfully windy around here lately, and last night my phone line got cut off from high winds...Before I'd put in my serious head-fi time that night! I had to resort to writing a letter to a friend. Every fifteen minutes or so I'd check to see if head-fi was back, until 4 am when I...

I've been using the stock bowls on my HF-1s for about a month now, but on a whim decided to reverse them tonight. The impact on Metallica's "Master of Puppets" is just crazy with the reversed bowls. There's a bit less treble energy as well, so I'd think the reversed bowls might not be as...

First off, let me preface this by saying I'm a huge candy fan. I'll try almost anything out if it's packed with sugar. So I went to the convenience store last night and found two new candy bars sitting right next to each other: Orange Creme Kit Kat, and Rasberry Creme Hershey's bars. Couldn't...

So I got Lightning Bolt's new album, "Hypermagic Mountain" the other day and I love it. Never have I found an album so good for headbanging. Makes me feel ten years younger! I'm not into growly scary metal as much, so I think the playful feel of the album is great. But now I want more to...

Well, Sunday my iAudio 1GB G3 flash player got lost/stolen/mysteriously vanished into thin air, so I'm suddenly in the market for a new mp3 player. I'll be using it with my HF-1s and won't be changing that, ever, I'm very happy with the HF-1s. I was relatively happy with my G3 as well...

Well, just picked up this record (Apologies to The Queen Mary) today and I'm thoroughly impressed. Usually I go for stuff with less vocals, less like a conventional rock band, but these guys are definitely on to something. I've noticed how much lately reviewers have been namechecking albums...

My co-worker just got a 2-gig ipod nano and he thinks the stock buds are good, so I've made it my mission to set him up with some decent headphones. All he's ever used before are whatever cans came with his CD player, and he originally said he'd like to spend $50 but I convinced him to raise his...

I'm thinking of investing in the fine RS-1 as my first (and hopefully last) taste of the Grado sound. After reading up on them a lot here on head-fi, I'm pretty confident their warm, lush midrange, high resolution, and superior dynamics are exactly what I'm looking for. What worries me is...

I've had my hd555's for about a month, and I've gotten used to how they sound with my Gilmore Lite...the GL definitely makes them sound a lot better, but it also exposes all their weaknesses. Hence my newfound "need" for another set of headphones! I'm looking for something with tighter...

Well, I think it's time for me to take the plunge...my first amp! Mostly I'm looking at the Gilmore Lite or a Pimeta, although a big part of me is still saying, "why spend so much when you could get a go-vibe for under $100??" For my setup I'm direct kernel streaming w/Foobar2k on a Chaintech...

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So yesterday I went to visit my friend who has a pretty decent Sony receiver. Don't remember the exact model number, but it struck me as being pretty homogenized yet still solidly good. I've had my hd555's for a good couple weeks and I've been hooking them up to my computer's soundcard or the...

My sennheiser 457's recently died on me, so I'm looking for a new pair. The 457's were a lot better than any ones I'd had before, but the low end was a bit muddy and overpronounced. I'll mostly be using my new pair with my portable mp3 player, but also at home with my computer (soundblaster live...