I have an itch to buy some new cans and amp and I am 90% sure I'll be going to CanJam but, having never attended before, I was wondering if that's the kind of show where you can actually buy things and take them home the same day - as opposed to just auditioning and, perhaps, being able to place...

I have a studio/listening room that looks great but has maddening acoustics. The only way to make it sound good is to put 4 large bass traps and AT LEAST 4 2'x4' absorption panels - which make the smallish (11x14x9) room look really ugly and uninviting. Without the acoustic treatments, on the...

Well, it's been roughly a month since the HeadFi headphone ownership mega survey (with almost 800 votes and over 100 headphones (and their pics) listed), so I thought it would be fun to do a survey of what amps we all own and use to drive our cans. I started the list with my two main amps -...

Wouldn't it be cool if we could get a better idea (with visual aids) of who owns what headphones on this forum all in one place? CLICK HERE TO ADD YOUR CANS TO THE LIST On the heels of popular "Headphone Shoot-out" picture poll, I thought it would be fun to use Flynq (something I am...

What rock band do you listen to the most (with your cans or otherwise)? What band's LPs or CDs are regulars in your turntable or CD player (or MP3 player)? For me that's Led Zeppelin. ~30 years after Physical Graffiti was released, it's still on my turntable on a regular basis (along with...

With 90 votes in (after some 300+ votes in previous rounds), the winner of the 2008 Head-Fi Headphone Shoot-out is: The Stax SR-007 with 57% of the votes over the Sennheiser HD650 (43% of the votes). Congratulations to the Stax and R E S P E C T to the other headphones in the top 3...

All right guys, it's down to the last two cans. GO HERE to see the finalists and vote for your favorite. Thank you all for participating, we had a few hundred votes over the last 4 rounds (qualifying, 16, 8, 4). Winner will be announced tomorrow. The winning headphone will earn the...

SEE AND VOTE FOR ONE OF THE FINAL FOUR We started with over 40 headphones in the qualifying round. Winnowed them down to "sweet sixteen". Then to the round of eight. And now there are only four left. If your favorite headphone did not make it to this round (90% of them did not)...

The "sweet sixteen" round is over. We now have 8 contenders and by tomorrow we'll pick the round of 4. Thank you all for participating. GO HERE TO SEE AND VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE.

Allright, the qualifying round is over (click on the previous link and then on the "Results" tab to see the vote breakdown.) We had almost 120 votes and 41 contenders (thank you to all who voted and added contenders to my original list). Now we are ready for a proper "sweet sixteen" round...

Update to the follwing thread Apparently, I screwed up royally trying to pick the top 16 headphone for the shoot-out (i.e. lots of people did not see their favorite headphones). People have already added, and started voting, for an additional 10 cans, making it a sweet 26 - and growing by the...

Inspired by the sweet 16 basketball tournament (AKA March Madness), I though it would be fun to have a headphones shoot-out. For round 1, I created an initial list of 16 popular headphones (see pic below); the top 8 vote getters make it into the next round. The top 4 from that round go to...

Even though I own an AKG K1000, my favorite headphone is by far my HD580 (Jubilee) - as I shared in a headphones you own and the one you like best poll. Since most times I mention my preference for the HD580 over the K1000 I get some "heat", I thought I'd share a thought of how my HD580 are a...

I thought it would be interesting and a lot of fun to create a photo list/poll of all the headphone we collectively own AND the one we like best. I started it HERE, and it's easy to add a picture of your cans (if not already there) and add your vote (one vote) for the can you like best. In...

What's the next headphone in your wish list? I am pretty happy with my AGK K1000 and HD580 but with summer coming (and some vacation time) I'd like a new toy to play with. Just for fun, I am experimenting with a way to create polls with pictures (see thumbnail) that also allow people to...

I've called a few dealers who sell Grados (including a couple of high-end ones) and nobody seems to stock the GS-1000. Any suggestions? I don't like the idea of spending this kind of money before listening to the headphone and seeing how it fits my head and ears. Please no mention of "you...

I am lucky enough to own both a pair of K1000s and HD580s and several sources of amplification (McIntosh solid state, Bottlehead SET, PrimaLuna tube amp). While I admire the design, sound, and craftsmanship of the K1000s, I find myself listening to the HD580s most of the time. While there...

Thanks to head-fi I am rediscovering the pleasures of listening to headphones and I have re-configured my system with permanent and separate amplification for my two main headphones: K1000 and HD580 (Jubilee edition). Since I enjoy seeing pictures of other people's set-up, I thought I'd post...

I've been experimenting with dedicated headphone amps for a while - even built a Bottlehead S.E.X. (Single-Ended eXperimenter) tube amp for my K1000. But lately I bought a used McIntosh C34V pre-amplifier on craigslist ($900) and it has quickly become my favorite and primary headphone amp...

Headphone get a bad rap for causing a lot of hearing damage. A lot of this is justified because it's very easy/tempting to go over the top with volume when wearing cans - since you don't have neighbors banging on the walls or your wife/kids/roommate asking you to "turn it DOWN!". On the other...

Headphones usually get a bad rap for being more damaging to one's hearing, but I am finding that a good headphone allows you to listen at far lower levels without sacrificing quality. Let me explain. Since I do most of my listening early AM or late at night, while the rest of my family is...

I love my K1000, but I only have one system and the following problem. In the morning I wake up earlier than all my family members and so I listen to the cans (to avoid waking people up). Later in the day, I like to listen through my regular speakers. Since I only have one system and...

I admit I am spoiled by my K1000, but ... I just bought a pair of E3s because I sometimes I want to mask outside sounds (e.g. when traveling/hotels/loud tv watching by other family members, ...) I am VERY disappointed with this product on 3 key fronts: 1) Outside noise reduction -...

I have been showing off my recently acquired K1000 to my neighbor who now wants one (new). He went online and can't seem to find a place that sells them. Some sites still have Google adwords, but when you click on them they either admit they are sold out or the cans are nowhere to be found on...