I do most of my listening on an Ipod on a commuter train or subway.  I typically listen to podcasts and music that won't particularly stretch a decent set of earphones (e.g. rock but not the crazy thumping bass hairband kind).  For a few years, I used Senn CX300's, but they kept breaking.  I...

I recently lost my CX-400 (Mk1) earphones on the train, so I'm looking to start over.... I use my Ipod mostly on the train. It is used about 50% of the time for movies on a laptop, and the rest is split between music and podcasts. I'm not willing to spend more than 100, mostly because I keep...

I have an Ipod Video and am going to buy new earphones. Here are my 3 finalists for the following reasons: 1) I don't want to spend $100+ on a set of earbuds - I am going to be taking these on a train every day, and if I break them I don't want to be too aggravated. And with the train...

I just bought Sennheiser 595's. Love 'em. Need 20 feet of cable. What should I buy that isn't ridiculously expensive that will give me the extra 10 feet.

The background - My wife keeps yelling at me to KEEP THE VOLUME DOWN, and I guess I'm hard of hearing or something. (Maybe it is the 20 year old Advent Speakers I LOVE that just have a hard time staying quiet enough for her ....) So I've decided that for a belated X-mas present I want...

I have an opportunity to buy a set consisting of a slighly used HD580 and a Sennheiser DSP-Pro. Most of my use for the headphones will be to play my XBox and watch movies. I have a new Onkyo 601 receiver, so I'm not certain that the headphone amp buit in will be sufficient to drive the...

I realize that this is probably a pretty dumb question. I am closer to being set on a choice b/n the HD280 and HD497 for my system. I don't need portable. Any thoughts between these two? As I'm not able to find either in a brick or mortar store, I'm probably going to buy whichever on-line, and...

I am thinking about buying a good set of phones, mostly to use with DVD movies and my X-Box games. About 10-20% of the time will be for music. Under the headphone thread, I've solicited input about the HD-580 & 590. The consensus seems to be that with my Onkyo 601B, it might be a stretch to...

I need some advice. I want to buy a good set of headphones to use with my new Onkyo 601 system. I do not plan on buying an amp in the near future. My main use will be to watch DVD's and play on my X-Box (both of which run through the Onkyo). I don't see more than 10 or 20% of the use to be...