My brother wants new headphones for christmas. Right now he is usingt the Koss Portapros, but he wants to upgrade. He plays violin and bass guitar, and is very music interested. He is trying to learn to play bass guitar by picking up things from cd's he listen to. That may be easier with better...

Yet another ety thread. I am considering buying a pair of etys for running. I mostly run offtrack (trail) early in the morning, so there are no cars and few cyclists to look out for. I am a newbie to the music world, got an iPod for christmas and bought the sont-v6s a month ago. I listen...

Do anybody have any comments on the Headbanger amp (http://www.minidisc.org/headbanger.html). I am going to use it together with my 3rd gen iPod and a pair of sony mdr-v6. My father is an engineer, which means he is able to build the amp (I am only 15). The amp gets really cheap this way...