Hi all, i'll clarify: I bought some upgrade pads for the 400i 2020 and stupidly didnt realize that there was a special mounting bracket glued to the pads. The Ether C pads I bought didnt have them glued on Are these brackets sold separately anywhere? Any ideas are much appreciated! Thank you...

Hi all, thank your for taking the time to comment! As for the topic, I think I really mean "non-sealaed" e.g. appe wired earbuds circa late 2010s, current standard issue apple iem's (30 bucks ish). The question: is there a formal category here? what are the wortwhile iem's of this "fit"...

Hi All, i’m looking to purge various audio gear for a good balanced amp upgrade (for hd 650 mainly) NOT portable amp. I’m looking for nice desktop headphone amp i have a 4.4 mm balanced cord for the 650 but i dont usually see amps with this port any exist? Good ones? (i got the 4.4 mm cord...

Hi All, I'm running the shure 1540 on a heresy modi combo through audirvana with waves q10 equilizer plug in and it's heaven for anything needing a nice low end and good bass texture, but not ideal for fast double bass parts and intricate passages that require an open back design to really let...

Hi All, Anyone have any suggestions for phones that sound like the srh 1540? Thanks!

Hi All, Looking for recs on short cables for smart phone portable use with srh 1540. Maybe even one with a lightning end/dac built in but that’s probably a reach thanks!

Hi all, wonderinh ^^ thanks!

I realize this is an all too common question but i’m getting tired trying to search forums for my particular situation i have schitt heresy, just bought loki, using with srh 1540, sundara, 6xx (etc ;) streaming through iphone se2020 with apple dongle (dac) i dont hear much background noise if...

...that’s not the schitt loki...i need more bands! 16 would be nice but i need at least 8 any suggestions? 100-200 bucks

Hi All, i’m doing some research for my brother who just got a nice loudpeaker set up. Looking for a forum to figure out what subwoofer I should recommend for his martin logan 4i speakers with peachtree decco 125 integrated amp. These sound amazing btw at a very nice price, gotta say Thanks!

If mixing with headphones, why not have mixing headphones tuned to Harman Target? I dont get it

I basically want to bring vocals forward more on the hifiman sundara, is this possible with any mods?

Hello all, Wondering if anyone can comment on the shure srh 1840’s eq-ability, particularly it’s low end boost. Could i add like 12 db to sub region without clipping? Thanks!

Hi All, I think I might take the plunge into tube amps (for the 6xx) but I’m just trying to understand what i’d be getting myself into here. what is the general price range of replacement / upgrade tubes? and how hard is rolling them? Do i need tools? Thanks!

Hi All I’m looking to get an amp for my sundaras to give them body. I figure a graphic eq amp combo would be a nice fun way to do this. Can anyone recommend a powerful headphone amp eq combo? i dont mind if it’s on the bigger side I’m looking for an immersive soundstage experience I need more...

Hi All, can anyone think of a headphone with ~ harman 2018 bass but a could amount of air in the highs? i love my shure 1540’s but sometimes i wish they had a bit more air. open backs welcome! Thanks!

Hi All, i’m confused, what’s a pre-amp for anyway? background: currently deciding between magni 3, heresy and atom amp to drive my incoming 58x’s. I want to run the source via a lightning to rca (for iphone) straight to the amp for simplicity sake but wondering how the pre-amp figures into all...

Any recs for a good parametric eq on the apple app store? thanks!

Hi All, i was comparing my hifiman sundaras to my akg k553 mkii’s the other day and noticed that the akg’s had a more textured bass, a little more grumble gravel if you while. Is this distortion maybe or something with closed backs in general vs open backs? Planar vs dynamic? or their tuning...

Hi All i thought i’d be fun to pass around recs for very very low and tactile bass tracks that one would use to loosen the glue of the diaphrams for burn in (i think this is real enough, at least in theory). I may be using glue a little loosely here, forgive me :) Demons by Joanna (so tactile)

Hi All, I just stole a set of akg k533 mkii’s for 100 bucks and now i’m a believer, but they arent the most comfy for me. Too heavy, loose fitting. Can anyone recommend other closed backs that are surprisingly open sounding? Not really too concerned with good isolation. I hear srh 1540s are...

Hi All, i recently got the hd 650’s (well, the 6xx’s) and really really like them paired with my fiio q5s and a balanced 4.4 mm cable (didnt even need it but it’s niceee) but as expected it’s severely lacking on the bass extension. I dont want more bass, just more range. When I tried to boost...

Hi All, I’m excited to be getting my ifi hip dac in the mail today to use with my dt 880 32 ohms but I am also looking to get a higher impedance set as well now that i have an amp of sorts, but does anyone know if the Hip Dac is powerful enough to work with the dt 1770 / 1990 or the hd 650...

Hi All, i was shopping around for a dac amp and noticed some bluetooth options but wasnt clear on whether the bluetooth is for the phone-dac or dac-headphone or both anyone have any experience with this or know? Q5sis what i was looking at fyi thanks!

So I just read that the newer iphones i.e. all the ones without a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack i.e. almost all the ones in circulation don’t have a DAC or at least it’s not using one when I plug my headphones in through the loghtning adapter! Is this really true? Is the DAC in that crappy...