I have owned the UM2's for over a year, and think they are great. Very comfortable, great sound, and great isolation. I primarily use them on plane flights, and they block out babies crying, people yammering, etc. The only downside is then the pilot is talking, you miss that, too.

Culverin-- You nailed it-- It sounds like a classic case of a bad seal.

For the last couple weeks I've been listening to my UM2's out of a 2G Nano and find I am enjoying the music as much as with my home rig (see signature). I'm not necessarily saying that the UM2/Nano combo sounds technically better or even the same, but the experience is just about as good in my...

I'll have to try the mods, too. As with everything in this hobby, the mods cost as much as the original product...

I like my marshmallows better than my Vibes, too. They aren't as refined sounding, but I like their overall sound better. The Vibes are going back to the store...

I'll check to see if it remains with disconnected leads. The noise is there with both sets of headphones. The noise decreases with increasing volume with my MG Head--when I get it to about 9:00 or 9:30 it is about gone. With my Heed, it decreases to about 8:30, and then stays present at the...

With two of my 3 amps, I hear radio noise when the volume knobs are turned all the way down. All are plugged into the same outlet bank. Is there a simple fix for this (besides trying different outlets, which is my next step)? Given the controversy over power conditioners, I'm not sure I want to...

I would like to be able to use iTunes with the Foobar passthrough so that I can send bitperfect output of my iTunes purchases to my DAC. I just downloaded the newest version of Multi-Plugin (2.5.?) and downgraded my iTunes to 7.01 so Multi-Plugin would run. The problem is that when I open...

Quote: Originally Posted by Balisarda Whatever you buy, never spend so much on cables that you could have bought a better headphone, amplifier, or source! I agree completely. Given the price of my current set up, the cord needs to be $50 or less. The Iron Lung Jellyfish fits the...

I am thinking of picking up a Rotel RCD-855 to use as a transport and use a Central Station as the DAC. I've done searches here, and don't see any comments as to the quality of the 855 as purely a transport, other than some posts that it is pretty quiet. Please let me know your opinions. Quick...

I am planning to get a PreSonus central station, and need to hook it up to my amp. It has ¼” TRS Active-Balanced outputs. Need to get it to the standard unbalanced RCA inputs on the amps. What cables/adapters are suggested for this? Also need advice on a decent optical cable between M-Audio...

FYI--Northern Sound has no k701's in stock. They expect more in April sometime. Being impatient, I just ordered a like new pair off the board's classified ads The way I look at it, I'll just have less break in time.

Lowered the tone, but raised, err, uhh, never mind.

I was quoted about 2 months wait time by Dan at Blackbird. Being impatient, i bought a Heed off the for sale forum. Should see it next week, hopefully before I go on vacation. I will try to do a comparison between it and the MG Head OTL MkIII in the next couple weeks.

Patrick82--Thanks for the detailed info. It was exactly what I needed. I'm going to start off with the Jellyfish, and see what else comes my way.

I'm really interested in the binaural stuff. Once I head the Ultrasone CD download, I was hooked.

mlarn--PM coming on "mini group buy"

Looks like Jellyfish is for me. As I said in the original post, I don't need the power cord to be the highest of the high end when my other stuff is the low end of high end. Thanks all for your thoughtful suggestions. Now, where's the cheapest place to buy one Jellyfish? The site someone...

Wow. Guess I need to hit the CD shop and plan to spend some real quality time there. Thanks.

Looks like this is working--I really like several of the suggested artists (Natalie Merchant, Sinead, Tori Amos, etc.), but many are new. I appreciate the suggestions--keep 'em coming!

I didn't even know there was a shootout. My wife would defintely roll her eyes at all this... I'll search for it. Thanks.

Quote: Originally Posted by virometal That should be some interesting sultry female vocals for you. I can't wait...

Wow--I had no idea. I could stop in and get what I need, but I really don't want to support companies with poor PR. Thanks for the heads up.

Patrick82--Can you give me some examples of what cords cause what colorations? Thanks!

I have an MG Head on the way that is set up to take a computer power cord, but isn't shipping with one. I see that a local Colorado supplier, Welborne Labs, has "fancy" ones them for about $60. Given the whole chain-weakest link idea is always present, what's an appropriate cord for the...