Quote: Ah, now that clears things up  So I plugged in my SR60i into my laptop. I put in my Dire Straits album, listen to some Tunnel Of Love and Sultans Of Swing, the cymbals and drums is perfect. The vocals is pretty clear too. The guitar solos feels like it was played in a studio...

Quote: May I ask, why you guys call headphones as "cans"?

Wow, I downloaded the FLAC and MP3. And I REALLY can listen the differences. The instruments sounds alive. The stringed instrument have that buzzing crystal clear. I guess I should start considering FLAC from now on. Thank you.

Thank you for the replies! I think most of my MP3s are 326kbps. And btw, you stated that "The biggest/most important factor in an audio system is the output device (headphones, speakers, etc)" So I'm doing the right thing buying the output device first before worrying about the audio system?

Hello there, I'm pretty new in the audiophille stuff (new to the forums too) and I want to venture into this new hobby. First of all, my Grado SR60i will be arriving soon because I wanted to try a good headphone because I'm tired listening music using 10$ headphones. So here's my question...