Recent content by Olli1324

Canford is a good website for this kind of thing. I bought to stuff for my DIY headphone cable from them. Canford A gold plated plug Much jack related goodness. Check that the cable OD isn't too big or too small for the jack. Some cheap cable The more expensive (probably too chunky and...

I watched about half of it. The Irish girl was very good. I personally find Barlow significantly more annoying that Cowell though - definitely not a fan of him.

IMO - definitely! I won't recommend ones for obvious reasons but I really do feel that a good headphone amp is necessary for getting the most out of your set up.

None of my friends think it is normal to spend £650 on headphones! Listening to good hifi is not something that any of them are particularly interested. Try comparing it to come people's clothes shopping though - lots of my friends have as much, or more, invested in their wardrobe as I do in my...

I know I'm a bit late but my Dad has a pair of Studio 1as running in his lounge which must be pushing some 20 odd years now. Aesthetics aside (which I actually quite like!), they sound far better than they have any right to. Someone earlier on in the thread said you couldn't beat them for less...

I'm really not sure, I'm afraid...

The wire is possibly fractured or otherwise come unattached. A simple fix on paper, but would probably require the butchering of the bud...

Not sure.. What appears to be the problem?

If your are going to be using the 'phones in the car you are probably going to want either closed backs or IEMs. A battery powered portable headphone amp will also be necessary. Got any thoughts on whether your would prefer closed back headphones or in ear monitors?

Haven't had any custom tips made myself but I just did a search for them out of interest and the ACS ones did pop up with a very good review. I think a massive appeal of them for me (on top of any sound quality improvements) would be that they would stay nice and still in the ear when moving about.

For that budget I would probably be looking at working up the Grado range (SR 125 perhaps) with an accompanying headphone amp. I'll let someone else recommend such an amp. As for the split, I would lean towards weighting it more in favour of the headphones. Is this going to get used as a...

I was reading an interesting article on this recently and apparantly plants in corners etc do quite well. I would post a link to it but I can't seem to find it again at the mo.

I know I sent an email a few days a go but I just went through the headphone amplifier reviews 'Tech Spec' sections and they are all either incomplete or wrong.

I'd go somewhere between 1 and 3. I think a well built cable should be good enough for most. I'm a massive proponent for DIY so I tend to build my own cables using good quality wire and decent connectors (not boutique, just good mechanical design and good construction materials). Gives me the...

What about Senn HD650s for that money?