Try out the medium size first... then if it's obviously loose try on the largest, and if it hurts even a little around the sides of the hole in your ear (like it did for me), that means its too large and the rubber is folding, so try on the smallest. With the right size you should hardly be able...

Second the iRiver. Great sound, great batt life, line out (although the line out is apparently just another headphone out with optical at the back of it), readable screen, etc. Great build quality (although I did manage to drop it at the wrong angle and snap the lid off, but that`s happened with...

I have a panasonic SL-CT490, which is from about 2000 or 2001 (I forget)... basically, I was pretty happy with it till I got a decent pair of headphones and discovered a massive treble peak (sounds like someone put a ski-slope eq on it from the highs down).

General consensus for a full sized cheapy closed headphone is senn HD201 (head-fi is such a hive mind). Another option which might look less goofy is to get some in-ear phones such as JVC fx55, Pioneer CL30 (which I have and can attest to) or panasonic hje50. From what I`ve read and judging by...

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Because the seller pays ebay fees based on the cost of the item when it is sold, not on the shipping. So, this is just a very veeeerry thinly veiled method of screwing ebay. But, you`ve gotta admire how blatant it is

thanks!

no-one?

Ok, well that`s basically all I need to know, how easy it is to wear them on your neck (you know, when you`re not listening). I have hfi-650, and they`d be great portable if the cups didn`t make me keep my neck so straight...

Yep, that`s what japanese plugs look like. The adapter says 100-240V, so I think you should be able to use it in america with just a simple plug converter.

Angled drivers... I don`t see how they could work, given that 3D sound information is actually given by the CHANGES that occur when the source of a sound moves around the listener`s head, bouncing off the pinnae differently at different angles. So, a stationary angled driver just sounds pretty...

Well, I`m living in japan at the moment, so that`s where I got it. It cost 32,000 yen, so $310 usd shipped seems like a pretty good price. I didn`t get the cradle, all it does is add line-out and the ability to move files directly from a camera to the gigabeat. imo, it`s EXTREMELY overpriced...

Well, I think it looks awesome. Just gotta slap some biohazard stickers on it and you`ve got the coolest looking player around! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

Well, I just got a red x30 yesterday, and so far there haven`t been any problems. The proprietary format thing is just that the software encrypts the mp3 file when you put it on the device, and decrypts it when you take it off. This is a similar sort of antipiracy measure as sony and apple use...

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Portable Ax00 series? Actually, these look a lot like ultrasone's new portable offering...

lmao, that article is hilarious in only the way ultrasone knows how . I like the bit about buds being extremely dangerous for your hearing because they "spray cheap dirty sound directly into your eardrum".

That does help a little, but I was more interested in being able to switch the channels universally, so that I could play games with the rear channel as front.

I have the sblive! 5.1 soundcard, and when I use the kx drivers and switch the channels, the sound improves greatly. However, the kx drivers are practically useless for gaming, and I was wondering whether I would be able to keep the creative drivers and switch the front and rear somehow.

The silver and black panasonic stock earbuds beat the ipod earbuds and those black senn buds (that come with the slimX pcdp) hands down.

Hey, is there anyone here who owns the ad900? I'm choosing between which AD series can to get while I'm in Japan, and if the ad1000 is bass-light, I may even be tempted into a "downgrade" to ad900 (not to mention the wallet factor ). So far I've only seen two people here who own it, and they...

Hey inkmo, how is the AD900's freq balance now? I read you were having trouble with weak bass... what exactly is it about them that makes them bad for rock?

The other headphone I'm considering is the DT880, can any kind owner of these quickly measure the depth of the cups so I can get a good idea? Put me out of my misery!

The 20hz limit is for vinyl... and the 5hz that Beyerdynamic quotes for dt770 is at something like -50db, and as anything below 20hz is FELT rather than heard, 100-135db would be as Buster Sword said, like an earthquake. Safe to say, this is very different from the bass any headphone produces...

Yea, I've considered AT cans, but from what I've read I don't think I'd like them much. Gonna see if I can get those CD3000s that are going currently. They look so comfy