I've read somewhere that if you have something like HD650s then there's no need for something like Dolby Headphone, and I'd like to get opinions on that from here. Judging from the impressions on smyth virtual surround, I'm guessing simply having a great sound stage doesn't replace good...

Like say HD650s with no amp vs. HD555...? Basically I'd like to know if having an amp is necessary to getting the - most - out of a pair of cans or a necessity to them functioning? What do you guys think? Forget about price, let's say you've got both for free. Which one would you choose?

The headphone jack on my Pico is messed up, moving the 1/4 adapter (it's a Cardas, for what it's worth, and I tried two separate ones) changes the sound/volume. Not only can I not touch anything when listening to music, but apparently getting 'optimal' sound means changing the adapter's positon...

Lately I started noticing that in speech, whether watching a DVD or a youtube video, people involuntarily whistle when talking. This mostly happens with a word that ends with the letter 's'. The more I listen to any human talking now the more annoying and attentive to this I get, and the...

The HD650s I bought were one of the best purchases I've ever made. I love them. I really, really love them. At that point I didn't even know about amps and dacs, when I did I got a cheap ~20 penguin cmoy. I doubt there was much of a difference, I never bothered to test. Now I received a Pico...

I'm renting an apartment and god it's noisy, so noisy. I'll pay up to 600 dollars for something that can give me peace and quiet. Make that a thousand. In-ear monitors aren't an option, they're too uncomfortable for me. This is something I'll be wearing every time I don't feel like listening...

Do all the multi-channel sound use those Creative technology? What about EAX - does it 'replace' surround by creating surround effects? An X-Fi card is apparently one of the best to buy, but it doesn't do any Dolby Surround... what's the deal with that? Do games support that tech in the...

For an amp or in my case the JVC SU-DH1. I'm torn between keeping the one I have, with its lack of a power plug unlike the Japanese model, and just using rechargeable batteries, or importing a Japanese one. I'd like to know if sound would be different with either option, that would make the...

Amazon.com: Surround Sound Headphone Adaptor: Electronics For the love of everything that's holy, someone please tell me if the US model comes with a port for an AC adapter? Some reviews say yes, others say no... Also, would it be OK to use this amp with another one? I only want this...

This is really, really annoying. I keep hearing about this tech, but it's not in any receiver I look at, in one PC sound card I think, and if you want to get it from anywhere else it's some lame battery powered USB device. What the hell is the point of brining out this tech if it's nowhere to be...

Seriously, look at this: http://www.headphone.com/products/ca...i-plug-4ft.php I was just tired of these long cables that came with my HD650s and decided to look around for shorter ones more suitable to my desk area. It even terminates in a 3.5mm plug, perfect for use with the Pico I...

I tried Shure E2C a long time ago... couldn't get used it. Just recently I bought a pair of Shure SE310... sounded so, so awesome... but felt painful. Now my main music time is at my desk with a lovely HD650 set, but I'd like something for the ipod when I'm out walking to/from places...

Say for example a ~150 dollar USB DAC compared to the best selling audio cards advertised 'for gaming' and such, does it take a ~150 dollar card to match that DAC or less/more?

Ok so I plan to upgrade from my cmoy amp to a ~$400 one for my HD650 headphones. The problem is, I don't know where to buy other than from headphone.com and the last time I did that I got a bithead that was either broken or worse than the cmoy which cost a fraction of the bithead... they...

Ok, a few months ago I purchased a set of HD 650s, and connected them to my PC... without an amp. for a while. Then I bought a... cheap amp, those $20 ones from Ebay with the penguin on top. Yeah. Now I read some where, probably here, that using high-end headphones for a long time w/o a...