Visited Wal-Mart to pick up a few essentials around 1am this morning... and all 30 XBOX systems were sold. I'd like to get my hands on one and try it as a source... seeing as how Microsoft keeps bragging about its advanced audio capabilities.

My girlfriend recently mentioned that she would rather choose to be blind than deaf since she loves music so much. I hope nobody ever has to make this decision... but if you did, which would you pick? I'm still deciding...

Just for fun, I took my old Philips CD player (circa 1993) out of storage, dusted it off, and set it up for some hardcore A/B testing against "the rig": The Rig: $800 ART DI/O Boldercables SP-DIF and DI/O interconnects type II ART tweaks (Stancor PS & tube removed) JJ'ed X-Cans...

(Sorry if this is a repost... but I think it belongs in the DIY section) http://www.nikolai.org/misc/xcans/index.htm Includes reviews of "Uncle Ned's" Sovtek 6922's and Kevin's 6H23's.

http://www.nikolai.org/misc/xcans/index.htm

If you click the descriptions of the Stax headphones... a (much) smaller price appears. A Stax Signature II for $750?!? Can't be.

Mary Poppins is great! So is Hedwig and the Angry Inch! I like both. I'm a weirdo. Great soundtrack, though!

Dreamy, idealistic, fantastical, tweaked obsessively: Bill Laswell: Dub Chamber 3 Boards of Canada: Music Has The Right To Children Boards of Canada: Hi Scores Bola: Soup Future Sound of London: Lifeforms (2-CD set) Future Sound of London: ISDN Higher Intelligence Agency: Freefloater...

Headphone listening is great... you get quality sound that is easy to set up and costs relatively little. Plus, it's usually portable and looks cool, too. There's only one drawback: You will never sit in the sweet spot. Unless you've got a binaural recording on hand, you will have to...

I've been happily enjoying my Senns & X-Cans for a couple of weeks. However, my ears are starting to complain. The blob-head sensation is starting to bug me. I didn't notice it at first... but now I have enough experience to know the difference. It's annoying. The artists are performing...

When listening to some angsty rock .mp3's on my Sennheiser 580's plugged into an X-Cans via a Clou Cable... ...I have to admit that *some* tunes sound better with the SRS WOW effect on. Anyone else tried this? Opinions?

It seems that with all of these great headphone amplifiers (and the rise in the headphone amplifier market in general) there would be more stores carrying the higher-end gear. I realize that a lot of this stuff is DIY-type equipment or strictly small-time shops... but isn't there some sort of...

You people have ruined my bank account for the month. At least my ears are getting a serious education. I'm having fun with a Musical Fidelity X-Cans headphone amp, Creek OBH-11 w/stock PS, Sennheiser 580's, and Clou Jaspis 212 blue cable. My impressions gel with most of the other opinions...

Hello everyone! After reading for years about The World of Headphones, I took the plunge and bought a pair of Sennheiser HD-580's. I'm glad to see that many of the people here are interested and experienced with this hobby. The Beginning Ooh boy... a bid on eBay for $149 gets me a new...