I was mildly surprised that my searches came up empty on this subject. Anyhow, I finally got my KGSS operational and I've been listening to my Omega IIs and I wondered about the earpad orientation. When I received my Omega IIs, the fattest part of the pad was oriented to the back half of...

Hey people of Seattle and outlying areas, I was at Hawthorne Stereo today and they clarified some of the rumours of their headphone situation. They don't have Sony R10s nor do they expect to have any in the foreseeable future. They do have a used pair of Sony CD3000s but that's it for...

Hey everyone in the Seattle area, VSAC is coming upon us soon (two weekends from today) and it would be cool for a few of us to go out there for a day trip and take a look at what's new. I know that there's a rumour that there will be several headphone amps there (plus all of that nice...

stan23's thread on photography, the cyclist threads and the watch thread have got me wondering if anyone else here plays hockey. I did a search and couldn't find anything specific about people who played so I thought I'd start a thread on it. Here's a photo of me playing: That's me in...

Let me start by thanking carlo, the master of the Maestrobator. Without his guidance, I would never have attempted to create my little beast. I want to thank Canman for selling me his SHA/Gold Reference and Gopher for selling me his HP-1s without which I would never have thought about doing...

Hey everyone, PPL and binary_digit have requested a listen to my turntable and so we thought that another small meet would be fun. We're thinking next week, either weeknight or weekend (probably Saturday). Preference would be at my place (Redmond just by Microsoft) but if we get more...

I hope the subject line was a good enough hook. I apologise for the long post but I want to be clear. I've searched and read for the last 5 days and I'm at wit's end. I need a headphone system. The absolute limit is $2,300 US. I currently own HD600s (6-7 years old) and an old...