I spent my Christmas cash on a Schiit Modi DAC and Vali headphone amp after reading some of the positive reviews here on Head-Fi.  They arrived at my office today, so I hooked them up, and there seems to be a lot of white noise coming out of the Vali amp.  I've read that Tube amps (even...

I've had a nice pair of Ety ER4P's for about a year and a half now, using them at least once a day on average. A couple days ago, my right earphone started cutting out on me. I realized that the part of the cord that ran to that earphone had become frayed and broken right at the point where the...

Sorry to reply to my own post, but I was hunting around the Xin site and noticed that the Super Mini appears (at least from their circuit diagram) to have a bass boost. Would that be a good choice as well?

I got a pair of ER-4P's recently, and though I like the clarity, I think they might be better when amped by something other than my iPod's built-in circuitry. I'm looking for something around $150, and I'd really like it to have a bass boost, since the Ety's are somewhat shy in that frequency...

I recently made this post here on the forum: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=217674 After using the headphones for two weeks, I've come to a few conclusions: 1) I get a better seal with the black foamy tips. I roll them between two fingers to compress the foam, pop them...

Wow! Thanks for all the responses. Seems like the best thing to do is make sure I'm getting a good seal and then give them a few weeks to see if I get used to the sound. I'll give that a try.

I received a pair of Etymotic ER-4P canalphones as a Christmas gift this year and have begun listening with them. While I really enjoy the increased clarity compared to my $50 Sony phones, they seem to have almost no bass output, even when I use the "Bass Booster" EQ setting on my iPod. While...