As the thread title says, I made this thread for those of us who have been around for a while to give advice to those new to the hobby. I doubt that any of my advice is going to be repeated that much, if at all. I think I'm right, though, assuming the goal is to not waste money (which is...

Looking for a new headphone under $600. The most recent one I've tried out was the Denon AH-D7000 (have not sent it back yet, but will this next week; first time I've returned a headphone). What I did not like about it was: its crappy soundstage, the somewhat thin mids, and the lack of...

I know that there have been threads like this in the past, but here we go again. I personally love focusing on the negative to anger people who care too much about their toys. None of my equipment (headphones, amps, sources, etc.) is very good, and am unwilling to spend money on amp above the...

I've had the ER-4P for over a year now, and every time I try it out with the black foams or the tri-flanges, no matter how far/at what angle/etc. I put them in, they always sound stupidly thin and tinny. I need to lower ~5KHz down by 5 or more dB (obviously moving slowly up in volume to both the...

This might seem like an odd, or perhaps stupid, question, but I have my reasons to go with either setup. I want to get an X-Fi either way because I like to play PC games. Here are my questions: 1. Would most people say that the Zhaolu D2.5 with the AD1852 DAC chip (supposedly more...

I like my K701, but it's inability to be accurate due to problems in the lower-midrange is enough to make me not consider them Hi-Fi. I am not going to argue this point in this thread; people who know what instruments sound like say that the K701 is missing something in the lower-midrange...

Well, I finally bought my next pair of headphones, deciding on the K701s. Just received them about an hour ago from HeadRoom, and so far, I am not 100% sure I am going to keep them. Technically, I am pretty sure that they are superior to anything else I have. The balance of volume between the...

What do you consider to be your best and worst headphone purchases so far? WORST: Sennheiser HD-595 (50 ohm) Also my first "good" headphone purchase (early September of 2005). As a gamer and fan of all kinds of music genres, new to headphones and head-fi, I read the praise these headphones...

I am thinking about my next pair of headphones. I want characteristics that none of my current headphones offer: great, wide-open soundstage, very good imaging, and instrument separation that keeps up with complex/busy passages. I am also looking for very solid clarity and airiness (which I...

Recently I have been posting about how the only headphones I have that I like are the KSC-35s, because I don't find their sonic balance to be "flawed" compared to the HD-595s or SR225. I said that I had found the HD-595s a bit muffled, and that the SR225s lack bass and impact. I guess the...

...and perhaps if you find other fullsize Senns to be the same way, too (I just own the HD-595s). WARNING: The following is worded very poorly, and my hypothesis of why the HD-595s sound the way they do is suspect at best. Also, if this idea has been mentioned on these boards before, I...