Hi folks, I'm steeling myself to get flamed into oblivion here, but just had to post. The headline is that I'm shocked to say that the Skullcandy Grind Wireless have an even-ness of tone nearly on par with the venerable HD600. No, this is not a troll-post, I'm serious. I was looking for a...

Hi folks,   Before you say it, yes I know these two don't compete on price. I'm posting just to add data points for others considering either of these two amps since I've just upgraded from one to the other.   I've owned a Matrix m-stage for nearly two years now, paired initially with an...

Hi all,   I've been looking back on how I got to where I am now (and where to go next) and wondered if others have traveled a similar path.   My first dive into headphone audiophilia was with the HD650. I naively assumed that all headphones would be equally as involving and musical as it is...

Hi folks,   I recently spent two solid hours comparing HiFiMan's production HE-560 against my own HD800 to which I've applied the Anaxilus 2 mod. I thought this comparison might be interesting to others out there, since previous such comparisons appear to have been against the stock HD800.  ...

Hi folks,   I'm considering buying myself a <$500 tube headphone amp to tame the signature sound of my Sennheiser HD800s, and the problem I'm hitting is that all the usual suspects (Schiit, Bottlehead, Woo) are of the buy-them-online variety and naturally I'd prefer to listen to them before I...

Hi all,   Got my new HD800s today and read something curious in the user manual that I've not seen mentioned on here before:     This seems a somewhat odd statement to make - like an admission that the headphones don't handle high volumes well? Okay it's demonstrably true that the HD 800...

Hi all,   I've a Matrix m-Stage desktop amp that I've used for a year or so with a pair of HD650s and have found the 18dB gain setting to be the one that prevents me hitting the stop on the volume pot.   I'll soon have a pair of HD800s, which seem to be moderately easier to drive than the...

Hi folks,   As the somewhat modified phrase has it, "long time lurker, first-time poster".   I'm an audiophile from the 80s who has recently rediscovered the passion, thanks to modern headphones and headphone amps. Currently running a Matrix m-Stage and a pair of Sennheiser HD650s, and am...