So i left all my stuff at home day and am stuck listening to Pandora all day, and after listening to my X1/e11K on Grado's and Monk's...this is just painful.    Would a DAC work to make Pandora sound somewhat better?   If so..what's a cheap amp to run on my work laptop?  I'll most likely go...

I have Klipsch R6, Mee M6 Pro, and VE Monk in my travel case.   The klipsch don't get used, the M6 pro's generally only get used when i NEED isolation (mowing, plane, etc..), and the VE Monk's just hurt my ears.   My issue is that I LOVE the sound of hte Monk's...they sound awesome with my X1...

So last week I had the opportunity to finally listen to some decent headphones at Stereo Design in San Diego, while out there on business.   I listened to Grado SR125e, SR225e, RS2, and RS1 headphones.   The SR225e and RS1 were amazing to me....i could turn off all EQ's on my phone (listening to...

Complete new guy to this site and all things audio.   Just want to preface everything with that!   So, the situation is that I'm about to go to San Diego for a week for work, I have to train some coworkers on autoclave use..etc...blah blah.....but, that's a long flight from here in NC.  I'm...

I'm new to the whole headphone thing.   I've had them for years, but never cared about having anything more than what came with the phone or ipod or whatever.   I've been browsing..and now i'm more curious about getting an amp to use at work and home.  I listen to pandora and have a mix from...