I've been procrastinating about purchasing a set of canal phones for use with my Rio Karma for some time but don't want to spend a reasonably significant amount of money on Shures or Ety's to discover that I don't like the physical sensation of stuffing electronics into bodily orifices. My...

Anyone used these people ? They're offering HD650's for £219.99 in VAT and delivery. Or has anyone seen a better deal?

I did a search but couldn't find anything - apologies if I'm covering old ground. I have a Slim Devices Squeezebox feeding my X-Can V2. They are about 3m apart connected by a QED Qunex 1 phono to phono lead. I've just ordered a M-Audio SuperDAC 2496 external DAC and I'm trying to decide...

I've been researching external DAC's to use with my Slim Devices Squeezebox, MF X-Can V2 (rube-rolled) and Grado SR-80's and wondered if anyone had experience of the following: 1. M-Audio Super DAC 2496 2. Midiman Flying Cow 3. Art DI/O I can get all three for around £175. All seem to get...

...or are there any alternative decent earbuds other than MX500's available in the UK? I'm not yet convinced that canal-phones are practical for street-use, I don't want clip-over phones (I fear they'd look a tad silly in public on a middle-aged man) but I want something better than the MX300's...