My pair of headphones is looking for a good home. :) These cost $500 new (+ tax). I am willing to let them go for $299, shipping is free within the US. Con: you will need to get a new pair of earpads. The foam held up just fine, but the lining on the cloth is pretty weak. You can buy a...

Go to https://en-us.sennheiser.com/service-support-contact-center, or email <contactcenter-crm@sennheiser.com>. I am wondering the same thing. I measured the headband, and the dimensions appear to be rather close. It's less than $10, so I may give it a try. I would be also interested in a...

Hi all,   thanks for the list. My laptop comes with a built-in amp (no, seriously...), and it is unusable with pretty much all IEMs I own due to constant hissing noise.   I am looking to reduce it using an impedance adapter. My IEMs are 32 Ohm, I tried 250 Ohm headphones and the noise is...

Quote: Shameless bump. Anyone?

Quote: Nope, still nothing. Using it at 100% for now.

A question for those who have experience with X-Fi Titanium HD.   What should I set my system volume to (Win 7) to achieve unity gain of 0.0 dB? Is it 100%? 50%? Some other value? Creative seems to recommend 100% volume for RMAA testing (source). However, I am not sure, and some people...

Good day, everyone!   Us audiophiles like to obsess over things, it seems. One thing that is bothering me recently (after reading about Asgard and AKG) is the procedure of powering off and on my setup, and the possible damage it may inflict to my gear.   I have my amplifier connected to...

Quote: You guys forgot to replace the magnifying glass icon.

Quote: Nice! Considering Class A biasing it?

Get DarkOne skin for Foobar. Makes the player look amazing, imo.

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I got 75% from the first try and I thought I would score really bad, lol. Quote: Agreed. It was really confusing at first.

Quote: Whatever you are sitting / lying on is too comfortable. Try something which keeps you in a more upright position.

Quote: Pretty amazing stuff, actually. Thanks for sharing.   Quote: Why so?

Quote: No good for gaming, no gaming sound tech support (EAX, CMSS / DH, etc).   OP, either of these cards will do fine, depends on your preferences. X-Fi is still the best for gaming, though.

Thanks for your feedback!   Might be a stupid question, but... Can all of the op-amps be installed in pairs (using something like this). Just wondering whether it's going to work with 2x LM4562NAs, or if I can only use one of these on a single socket biasing adapter.

Quote: What about opa637? Seems like it's an improved version of opa627.   Quote: Please post a link.

I have one of these units coming in a couple of weeks. Looking into better OP-AMPs right now. Is anything objectively more resolving than Class A Biased LM4562?   Thanks!

Quote: From what I've read, definitely at least doable. Quote: I think it has to do with post count, I have the same issue. Quote: Glad to hear that, thank you. My HD 800s are still on their way, so not sure how they will react to different amps, but I haven't been very...

Out of more affordable amps, what would work better: Little Dot MK IV SE, or Matrix M-Stage? Or maybe O2 amp? Has anyone owned both to compare?   These look like the best amps at sub 300 USD price point to couple with HD 800, but maybe I missed something. I am willing to look at...

They are discontinued, keep that in mind. Hard to get them back if you do miss them.

Quote: Might not be enough to save you!

Quote: You can probably cut the packaging up a bit to make headphones fit better. Looks nice, though.   Quote: Could it be that this mod is unnecessary for certain units?

Quote: Good thinking. At least you will know for sure what you want your headphones to sound like. HD598 sounds really good, is comfortable, and is also good value for the money. Nice starting point.

Quote: Yeah, rushed decisions are no good. You can't even get a minimal scope of all the frequences in 10 seconds. But the rest of the post I can also agree on.   I think carefully choosing test tracks and trying to pay close attention to them, and also not taking long breaks between...