I have owned a NuForce Icon Mobile since just after they came out. I used it for a while pretty faithfully until I spent a lot of time and effort on my home 2-channel system. I just recently started using it again and the USB DAC portion is no longer functional but it still functions as a...

I found the sticky about EQing while I was at work and was able to get my two main headphones equalized on my work computer, which was a PC. Now that I'm on my home computer (iMac), I have no idea where to look for programs that provide the same type of in-line parametric EQing, let alone...

I went through the process for the Shure SCL-4 and it was a much more simple process than the HD-280s. Here are the results: Attachment 15756 SCL-4s are somewhat bass shy so I put a gentle rising curve down to about 23Hz leveling off finally around 130Hz or so. They're VERY flat in the...

The whole point of the process is that you can't base anything off of the headroom head-mic because of its inherent non-linearities. The goal of my equalization was to attempt to smooth out the peaks/nulls throughout frequency sweep, meaning that to my ears the frequency sweep keeps the...

.....one more thing...... I had the volume in the eq at 0 dB in the above example. I don't know what sort of effect it has but I shelved it down by 2 dB and I thought it made a bit of difference when I compensated with the gain on my headphone amp.

I apologize in advance if this is already posted but I didn't feel like reading all 15 pages of replies. This might seem like an exercise in futility to some but it was a fun process. I did a fairly rough eq on the Sennheiser HD-280 and here are my results: Attachment 15733 Peaks/Nulls...

I hooked up my Icon Mobile to let it burn in while I was at lunch only to come back and find it putting a loud popping noise through my headphones. I had the amp hooked up to USB for charging but was using my iPod as the source. I had forgotten that my computer goes into sleep-mode after 15...

It's probably not a good chance that you'll find them, but I think Guitar Center was the only one who still had it going and it was supposed to end today. Sorry to shatter your dreams.....

I was lucky enough to pick up the last pair of SCL4s that Guitar Center had in the district around where I live (Des Moines, IA). It took me a while to figure out which tips worked best and I actually ended up not using any of the Shure tips, but rather a pair of the Etymotic large double-flange...

I'm running Windows Media on my work computer and I was wondering if anyone could give me any tips on how to get the best performance out of both the player and the system in general. At this point in time I'm still using headphone outputs from the computer with no amp or USB DAC or anything. I...

Was changing the stub a pretty easy job? I'm thinking about it for my Rega arm.

I posted then realized that there were two more pages of discussion, so that was more addressed to the original poster. jsplice: I have had a similar issue with distortion during loud passages, even on scrupulously cleaned records. My guess was that it was my phono stage being overloaded...

I think you'll really get into the ritualistic vibe of preparing the record for playing and sitting down to listen to the record play. In this day and age when we can appease our ADD-ness with a quick push of a button or scroll of a wheel on our digital devices we lose sight of the fact that we...

Of those who have owned them did you have an amp? Is there a particular amp that works better than others? I'm finishing up a CMoy right now, so we'll see how that combo sounds.

I picked them up yesterday as something to get me by while my Etymotics are out of commission and I can't really see what the hate is about. Obviously they aren't burned in but, honestly, are they going to turn into a steaming pile of dung (as some around here would categorize them) over the...

When I got my Etymotic ER-6i's it was a revelation. They can be had for ~$80 if you do some searching. For what you say you want out of an IEM they seem to fit the bill pretty spot-on. My only caveat is in relation to the fact that you plan to exercise with them in. If you're doing any sort of...

I'm building CMoys for myself and a friend. My friend has a pair of old Sennheiser HD560's (not 650's, unfortunately) and I wanted to modify the gain to better drive his cans. Short of just swapping resistors in and out until we find a gain we like for them does anybody know around what value I...

This is my first pair of IEMs so it might be a noob mistake but I can't seem to get these things to seal exactly the same way in both ears every time on the first try. I always pull up on my ear and push them in until they are in as far as they will comfortably go then let go of my ear. They...

I just changed the filters in my ER-6i's and now am experiencing a bit of distortion in the left channel. I regularly clean the tips (soft rubber) and nozzle so I'm wondering if it could possibly be some debris the got into the enclosure while I was replacing the filters. Should I try replacing...