Hey guys I went for my usually run, but this time around brought my Westone 3's along with comply foam tips. A mile into the run my left earbud stops working huh the tip was soaking in sweat so I pulled it out and dried it up, put it back in and the left side sounded sort of muffled but working...

Hi,   I recently bought the Sony EX1000 and although I like the sound quality very much, I noticed some minor problems with the cables.   1. The thicker parts of the cables used to secure them behind the ears differ in length between left and right side on BOTH cables (the long and the...

The Shure SRH940, a Subjective Opinion-Based Analysis Subject to Scrutiny ________________________________________________________________________________ The Shure SRH940: "I can hear the smoke in the bar."     Background (A Preface)   Before even beginning to describe my...

Hello,   I was a happy AKG K-518DJ headphones owner untill I sold them to my friend. Now I want to buy myself some new headphones and I would like you do advice me something different.   Here are my criterias:   - excellent noice reduction (passive preferred) - good sound quality...

Hello!   I'm currently searching for headphones which are close to being indestructible. I've had had a couple headphones including Shure 840's and in ear earphones like the Sennheiser CX 680 (adidas version). Both of them have broken in about 8-12 months of use. In both cases it wasn't...

Hey guys I was just wondering if you could explain what the benefits of switching my Sennehsier HD 555 cable to a Blue Dragon Moon Audio Cable would be, and if it's really worth the 150$.

Hello Head Fi'ers today I was trolling head-fi to find some new IEMs for my birthday coming up soon because I really need a new pair of IEMs. I am currently using ATH-M50s which I love! and Bose triport IEMs which IMO sound horrible No Bass, mids are very recessed, and highs are are very harsh...

For the past few months I've been here, I've read more than my share of topics in which people say "the **** is good, but amazing when amped" or "the **** sounds extraordinary, but will sound flat and uninspiring when unamped." Truth is, for the average user, there isn't a really big difference...

Hi I currently have Skullcandy GI's and though they are pretty good I want to try something that offers better isolation from outside noise and doesn't leak as much sound to the outside world. I am a fan of the heavy GI's bass emphasis, but I understand that they're pretty piss poor when...

Okay, I've done hours of reading about the RE0 vs. the IE7....seems the RE0 gets a lot of praise and I must admit that the price point is excellent. I'd love to get some IE8s, but that just cannot be with the budget that I am on. The IE7 isn't a bad set of phones, but it is often referred to as...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legendary/earbuds-time-to-change-the-status-quo   Apparently someone's trying to design an extremely modular, almost indestructible pair of headphones. gratuitous connectors aside, some aspects of the design are interesting - almost all the cables are...

I have been doing quite a bit of research on the hje900 and I know that the shell and the cables are very durable but I have read about some people having problems with the earbuds becoming defective by losing volume or having one earbud stop working. Is this a common problem with these...

My m50's recently got taken by my dog :) So i had to replace the wire. I have done so and have made it detachable, but the bass only comes from one side. I made a drawing of the wiring i did. What did I do wrong? http://i46.tinypic.com/1214wmw.png

I might just quit this whole headphone thing altogether and get Etymotic ER4's.... has anybody else gone down this path?   It's not that I prefer headphones or IEM's, I just borrowed a pair this weekend and I could honestly just retire with a pair of modded Grados and some ER4's, it was very...

Hi there,   I've been using these phones for more than a year now and of late a small cracking noise associated with loss of sound from the left side has started to appear: tell tell sign of cable wear and of likely connection issue. After careful examination, it turns out that the cable is...

Hey there   I have a sennheiser HD 595 and a Zalman Mic, the 2 wires goin everywhere is really messy and i wanted to buy some cable sleeving to cover it.  does any1 knw the width of the hd 595 cable? i have no idea how to calculate it. do u think ill need 4mm width or 8mm width cable :s...

JUST order the ATH M50s for $90 off of ebay (the seller had 100% positive feedback too and seemed to develop a rep selling M50's). First pair of headphones over $50 and I mainly bought them for the sound, design, and "portability". However, I've never seen anyone with a coiled cable in public...

Recently got my self a pair of Audio Techinca ATH -ES55's. They look and sound great, but there's one thing that has been bothering me about them, their cable. It's one of those thin flimsy cables you usually find on IEMs and it bothers me any time I listen to them   So I was wondering do...

I was browsing Gearwire.com for some NAMM news and stumbled upon these. They look pretty similar to the Japanese MDR-Z line. So, are they basically the same with a slight paintjob to look more professional?

Has anyone info about what's inside the very thick grado cable? Someone who has recabled them would probably know? A picture of cross section (something like in picture below) would be nice. If I've got it right, there should be 2 kinds of cable on current models: Standard copper...

Well, After my screw in both cups fell off I said to myself. F-this I'm gonna fix this problem for good. So what I did was strip the headphones bare. I went to ACE Hardware and got replacement screws for everyone in the cans. All of them. They used the cheapest stuff to build these cans...

Have had the HD 580's Precision for years.  Had them reconditioned  by Sennheirser . While I have some other headphones these are the winners.  Use them with a Little Dot MK 111 headphone amp.  Considering upgrading the cable to a Cardas 20' but the cost is more then the phones are worth...

I need to get my SR-80s recabled and I'm terrible with a soldering iron. Anyone know a service that does it besides Grado? I don't want a Grado cable, as I don't like them.

I just got my new Westone cables for my Triple.fi 10's!   I was using Null Audio cables but they broke after a few months of every day use this past week.   I ordered the Westones and got them literally in two days!   Initial Impressions:   -The Westones look to have a better...

Hi I've been a lurker for a long time here and I'm just now getting to posting.   I've had my HD 650s for maybe 2 years now and over the past week I have noticed that the bass has gone out in the right ear cup.  I mean its still there everything sounds great, it's Just about 50% as loud as...