Hey guys- My birthday is coming up, and I was thinking of getting myself a new soldering iron. I've been using a 15$ ratshack iron, and it just isnt cutting it anymore, after I used a good one. Can anyone reccomend me a good soldering iron thats in the 60$ range, and is good for building amps...

Hey everyone- I currently have have a Headroom Airhead hooked up to my HD 600's, and I'm looking for a little bit of improvement. What kind of amp would I get to get some better sound? Either DIY or commerical, I dont have a preference, although I would prefer for it to be atleast semi portable.

Hey guys- I think my next headphone upgrade is going to be to the HD 600's, and while they seem great, I have a hard time justifying spending 300$ on them. However, 230-250 is not so bad, for a refurbished pair. Now, I have no problem buying refurb computer stuff, but I was wondering if with...

But what bag do I need? Essentially, heres my needs: -Needs to hold -my iPod and headroom bithead amp -my e2c's -Some books -my cellphone and just misc day to day stuff I would like it to be fairly stylish and functional. Any recomendations? I was looking at the laptop messenger...

I was taking apart my HD 555's to check them out for re-cabling today, and I found that (obviously) each driver had going to it 2 wires. Now, one of them has to act as the positive and one has to act as the negative, but how does that work? If someone could give me an explanation of the polarity...

Hey everyone- I've lurked this forum a lot, and in my time I've done quite a bit of DIY stuff, and among that I built a cmoy for my father to use with his headphones. Its just what most (on this forum) would consider a standard cmoy amp, with a battery in an altoids case. However, when he was...

Hey guys, this is my first post at the head fi, though I've lurked for a while I have two pairs of headphones, the 555's and the 595's, both of which I absolutely love. However, their cables bother me. I would like to shorten them slightly and change the end jack from a 1/4 inch to a 1/8 inch...