I have quite a large head. Not wide, but oval shaped and quite tall. This unfortunately means that the B&W Px5’s that I used to own were a little too small. Even at the most extended, if I had the earcups on my ears, I couldn’t have the headband on the top of my head. This is a shame as they...

I currently have a pair of Sennheiser HD 660S headphones that I am very pleased with. However, their are times where I could do with a reasonably price pair of closed headphones, ideally without the need for a headphone amplifier (although I do have a Dragonfly Black and an Ifi Zen DAC I can...

I'm hoping someone can help me start again and get me back into headphone listening.   It's been a while since I've haunted these pages and to be honest, I lost interest in headphones etc for quite a while. I have been using a set of Klipsch Image X10 in-ear phones with my iPod Touch...

A lot of DAPs are made of plastic. What if you want something made of metal? Stainless steel, aluminium or something of that ilk. Perhaps something sturdy that is almost hewn from granite. Maybe something shiny? A Beosound 2 or 6 maybe? Something a little upmarket? So, your thoughts...

Isn’t it typical? I buy myself some Shure SE310s and a week later, I’m in HMV and they’re selling Klipsch Image X10s for £99.99. My better half decided to treat me to a pair on the basis that if I didn’t like them, I could always sell them. So, it’s shoot out time: the Shure 310s that cost me...

To cut to the chase, go to Listening Background Having been given a 64GB iPod Touch for Christmas, I wanted some new IEMs to use with it. Having heard on Head-Fi that the headphone output on the Touch sounded different to the 120GB iPod Classic I was used to, I decided to see how my...

Hi all Saw this picture last night and was impressed how nice (read sleek and shiny) these look. The question is, what do they sound like? Does anyone have any idea? How are they for clarity, bass, treble etc? How would they compare to the SE310? Thanks

I was lucky enough to receive a 64GB 3G iPod Touch for Christmas, which has replaced my iPod Classic. I was intending to buy some new earphones or IEMs anyway, but as the sound from the headphone out on the Touch seems to be totally different from the Classic, I have had to reconsider which ones...

My other half is kindly buying me a 64GB iPod Touch for Christmas. I would like to buy some earphones for it but do not want to use an amp. Actually, I am not bothered if they are earphones, IEM's (but not ones that go too deep) or clip ons. I have an old pair of Sennheiser MX500's, but these...

I currently use an iPod Classic 120GB, but am not able to use ALAC files on it as they tend to skip. Having read into this, I'm led to believe that the Classic only has a 32MB buffer, whereas previous iPods (the 5G for example) have a 64MB buffer and that this means older iPods are less likely...

I have a 2008 120GB iPod Classic which very occassionally will stop midway through a track and then start the next one. This will happen twice a day if I use ALAC files (recorded via dBpoweramp), but only happens once in a blue moon if I use (Lame v0) MP3 files. Does anyone know if the 2009...

I would like to buy a new pair of headphones but have absolutely no idea what to get. I have just sold my HD650's as I just wasn't using them. Whilst they had a lot of good points, I felt I need a little more upper treble (above 10KHz) and I think I was still finding them a little veiled (I...

Does anyone have any idea whether an iPod (mines a Classic) uses a different amount of processing/resources when playing the different lossless codecs (ie ALAC, AIFF and WAV). As far as I understand it, a PC plays WAV files natively and other lossless codecs have to be converted into WAV...

I would appreciate any thoughts on my current home headphone system. I currently use a Graham Slee Voyager Headphone Amp (using a 12 volt regulated psu) to feed my Sennheiser HD650s. I hadn't originally planned to purchase this portable Graham Slee, but I was able to acquire it at an...

The Sony NW-A3000 series seem to be going for reasonable prices at the mo, I presume because Sony have stopped making them. I've noticed that most stock available is the silver version. I quite like the black one but haven't yet managed to see a silver one in the flesh. Does anyone have any...

Over the last couple of days, I've been getting a message warning me that there is a problem with this site's security certificate - it seems to be associated with the amazon link on the right hand side of the homepage. Is anyone else having the same problem? Thanks Peter

I've seen a couple of older ipods for sale at a good price. They are described as iPod 20GB (Mac & PC) iPod 20GB with click wheel Which versions are these likely to be? Which one is considered better? As an aside, am I right in thinking that the iPod mini is not so well regarded (as far as...

I'm looking for a headphone amp to use with my 2 sets of headphones. They are both Sennheisers: HD555's (50 ohm) and HD540 Reference (600 ohm). I'm finding that the headphone output on my Arcam Amplifier struggles to drive the HD540's - there is a lack of bottom end, which I understand is a...

I have a spare PSU for a Dell Laptop. It's output is rated at 19.5v @ 3.34 amps. I wondered if it would be of good enough quality to be used as a PSU for a DIY headphone amp? Is it likely to be a regulated power supply, being that it's for a laptop? Thanks Peter

Well, I managed to sort out my issues with the HD595's - I replaced them with some HD555's (in Aqua Blue) and find that I actually prefer the sound - more to the point (as far a domestic bliss is concerned), they don't leak as much sound as the HD595's! I'm wondering if the very open nature of...

Is it me, or does this resemble a certain ipod nano? http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...844824-8005246 Cheers Peter

I've been experimenting with the Nero Digital Audio codec and am now able to make my own tagged .m4a files using Exact Audio Copy, Atomic Parsley and this encoder. Using the highest quality (q 1.0) I am able to generate vbr .m4a files that seem to be about 400kbps (depending on the original...

Picking up on mosi's "DT990 - How open is open" thread, I see that the concensus seems to be that the "open" DT990's leak less sound than the Grado and Sennheiser ranges). As the DT880's are described as "semi-open", how do they compare with "open" and "closed" headphones for sound leakage -...

In my quest for some closed headphones with clear and clean treble, I have come across the Sennheiser HD250 II Linears. My initial research seems to show that these have a good treble response and not too much bass. Does anyone have any experience of these? Thanks Peter

I'm considering changing from my HD595's to some SR325i's. Does anyone know if the sound leakage from the Grados is more or less than from the Senns? Thanks Peter