Just got my HD580! How much breakin time is required with these? Even right out of the box it blows off HD280 big time. Cables look pretty cheap and low quality though...might need to upgrade heh.

I find patchmix confusing. Can anyone please tell me what settings I need to use for bypassing every filters and stuff..completely clean output? #1 for spidif and #2 for analog. Also, I've been trying to search...for the mod to bypass caps to improve SQ. Can anyone please point me to...

I just got my 1212m like a few days ago and had audiophile firewire since a long time...upon hooking it up to my mid-fi ( supposedly hifi ) system including nice tower speakers, an amplifier and preamp. I noticed that 1212m does sound having more fidelity and more neutral ( maybe?) but...

Which is the best headphone without disturbing others..budget being a couple hundreds or so? I like neutral sound with good bass midrange highs and everything . Accurate reproduction ..big soundstage and what not.

Hey guys.. I need some advice. I need a closed headphone which I can use everywhere without getting bad looks..you know what I mean. Also, I have to buy from amazon at reasonable price or a used cheap as I have credit at amazon and not much cash in hands atm. I would save for HD650 and...