Long time lurker here.  Just wanted to give a heads up that beachcamera has the ESW9A's for $199 and if you buy on eBay with BCB that brings the price down to $183 shipped.  Best price I've seen for new ESW9A's from an authorized dealer.

Well, I've been thinking of replacing my crumbling HD555s that I've been using for 3 some years. Mainly, I listen to Game music (soundtracks, touhou, OCremix), Electronic music and Classical/Orchestral music with some J-Pop mixed in. What I want from the headphones would be 1. Good for the...

Which one sounds better?

So I was looking around the internet for a nice pair of headphones to accompany me at college and I came across all these posts of people saying for those high end audiophile headphones a portable amp is suggested for best audio performance. The audio sources that these headphones are gonna be...

What I like about the AD700's   - Great sound stage - Airy sound - Detail/Instrument separation - Bass though lacking I like its accuracy - Fast     What I don't like   - The lack of bass(impact), im not a bass head but I'd prefer something that had more oomph. - I'd like...

Hey guys awesome board :D  I've been eyeballing so many headphones for a while and I've narrowed it down to these two.  I've read many many many threads on here about all these.  I'm very undecided and could use a little push :D   I mainly listen to dance/pop/female vocals/electro...

Better applied to Open or Closed cans.   Or not at all, discuss....  

I'm sure that there are more than hundreds of threads like this one. However, I need to know what are the best heaphones with the following details:   1) $80 is my budget 2) Over-The-Ear & Closed 3) Swiveling Earcups 4) Large ( I have a huge head , I'm not going to lie) 5) Will be...

edit: deleting lots of useless stuff and redoing it. Thanks Tyler_RMC for informing us that he checked with Ultrasone for an ETA on 4/06/09 and they responded to him an ETA around June. BUT there has been no official ETA so it may be later than June. zino02 is accessible but as of 4/08/9...

I'm intrigued by the new Ultrasone Pro 2900...I really enjoyed the HFI-780 when I owned them. Has anyone purchased the 2900 yet? There was one fellow here who mentioned he didn't care for them, but I'd like to hear about more experiences. Regardless, I'm going to be buying these in a week or so...

HFI 780?

I've spent hours upon hours pouring through page after page of the giant Ultrasone thread (There's Something About Ultrasone), but havent really come up with a decent answer. It seems lots of Head-Fi'ers have Ultrasone Pro 750's and/or 2500's. But there seems to be a real lack of information...

Hello Head-Fiers :)   I have made up my mind on getting a Ultrasone Pro 550. However, I have no idea on what to get to drive that can. I have been reading reviews and looking around for a good DAC/Amp combo for under $250 shipped. I can't really narrow down to any specific thing because I am...

What are the best headphones I can get for up for trance and hip hop? I have a $200 budget.

Im new to high quality headphones, so I have no idea what to look for. My friend helped me narrow down some brands: Sennheiser, akg, grado, audio technica, beyerdynamic, shure, ultrasone. Are there more brands i should look into? I listen to jazz, soul, blues, and some hip-hop and reggae.  ...

i want to buy over the ear headphones because i am fed up of in ear headphones as they get uncomfortable after long use, my max price i can spend is £70 maybe £80 more than that, i want to use the headphones with the ipod touch, the type of music i listen to is drum and bass, r&b hip hop and...

I was wondering how the 2400 stack up against the 2900. I got a chance to hear the 2400 and they sounded great I hadn't heard headphones sound this good straight from an mp3 player before and I've owned a few of the popular headphones said to sound good unamped. I was wondering if the 2900 have...

Hey everyone, im looking for a high end headphone that is engaging with bass (unlike the Denon Ah-5000's)but the correct amount of base, clear and precise, but not overpowering. Im also needing a good vocal expressions. Budget is $700-2500. Here is a list of headphones ive been looking at...

Hello I'm a new member   First I speak english not well. today I have a question if I want bass and drum first how I choose one between AKG k518dj and Ultrasone dj1   I lisent pop rock hiphop r&b thank you bro.

    Anybody likes to make a recommendation what to try next?   I am mostly listening to civilized forms of metal, some rock, singer/songwriter and occasional country.   Here's my history of headphones:   * Current favorites: DT-770, but a little too boomy, in particular at high...

Hey guys, I'm probably going to be purchasing a pair of Ultrasone Pro 900 and they will be both for home and on the go use. (I don't mind the bigness of the cans on the go.) I am looking into getting a amp for them, and I've heard good things about the iBasso D4 Mamba.   Would that be a wise...

The Ultrasone Zino were the cans that brought me to this place (hence my name), but at that time I couldn't afford multiple head-/earphones and I needed isolation badly, so I sent them back. I do remember that I really liked their build quality (love the cord) and the looks. It was the first...

I've decided to go closed back, after having used Senn HD-580's and Westone UM1 IEM's for the past few years.  Reason is isolation, which is important, and the forward bass that closed back tend to have over open.   I want balanced presentation with perhaps a bit forward bass, as I produce...

I live in a small town in western Colorado, so test driving headphones is pretty difficult. I had some spare time last week, so I walked into the local box store with my sony X and mini3 to try out the few headphones they had.   the reason I stopped by was a new pair of sennheiser's they...

Hello all, first thread on Head-fi!   I've been searching for the perfect cans for some time now. What I've been after is semi-portable, closed, full-size cans that match my musical taste which is mainly bass-heavy electronic music such as DnB and dubstep.   So far I own HD25's...