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After reading many reviews of top-rated headphones (including the Stax), I have noted a common denominator: Virtually every review mentions that headphones sound fundamentally different than both live music and speakers. This may mean that the illusion I am trying to achieve (of the sound being...

At $160 more than the Koss, those might be worth saving up for. I assume one simply connects the (analog) output from a CD player to the included amp, and that no additional equipment is required?

According to MOJO, the entire Beatles catalog is being remastered, and sceduled for release sometime in 2009. Has anyone heard more about this, and in particular a more specific timeline? I would seriously consider buying them all as a boxed set (though it would be expensive!)

Sometimes I have used them, sometimes not. I have yet to hear any difference.

Having looked at numerous models and reviews, I am wondering if perhaps a pair of electrostatic headphones might best achieve the type of sound I am looking for. There is a Koss electrostatic system available for about $600 (MSRP $1000) that looks nice. Anyone have experience with those, or with...

My two highest priorities are comfort and imaging that sounds like speakers (or better yet like live music) rather than like headphones. Indeed, an almost hallucinatory level of imaging would do more than anything else to make the investment worthwhile. Usage will be 100% indoors and more than...

No. They merely have an excellent reputation. I have never really had an opportunity to audition any headphones over abour $150, as none are sold locally. I will probably have to take a "buy it and try it" approach. The site linked above has several different brands/models that look inviting...

I am considering a pair of really good heaphones (leaning toward $300 Grados) so that I can listen as loud as I want whenever I want and not bother the neighbors (or vice-versa.) If the sound is good enough (and they are comfortable enough) that they end up being all I listen to except when I...

I am sorry to have missed the original Wall tour because of the sheer spectacle of it. The literal wall built of giant bricks, the immense puppets controlled from helicopters, and the Gerald Scarfe animations were essential parts of the experience. Does the Australian Pink Floyd show include all...

Every time I have tried a center, I have ended up preferring phantom. (In fact, I used to have a 5,1 system. Now I am back down to 2.0 and actually prefer it. This was all with the same mains, and everything else matching them!:confused:)

My favorite is having someone hear a system that is actually good, and then commenting "That sounds great! Almost as good as Bose!" The incredible thing is that they really don't understand that this is a severe insult!:eek:

Those lyrics suggest that the violent posturing of rappers is just acting, that they are not really like that. The facts show, however, that many rappers really are violent (not to mention disrespectful of women, obsessed with money, etc.) For proof, look at what happened to Biggie Smalls and...

1) Celine Dion 2) Tropical Thunderstorm (with birds and monkeys!) 3) Saturday Night Fever soundtrack 4) Meat Loaf:Bat out of Hell 5) Ah-Ha: Stay on these Roads

I have been considering selling some truly huge speakers (Def Tech BP10Bs.) In a case like that, I think finding a local buyer is the only option because shipping costs would be outrageous.

The problem with Eminem is not that hi lyrics are not well written, but that they are highly offensive! (The man himself is equally offensive. Every time I see a picture of him with that snotty "cooler than thou" attitude, I want to slap his face.)

Here is a short summary: Ugh, glass wall bad!:D

For me, it was not an action blockbuster but something far more subtle. There is a scene in What Lies Beneath with two couples having two simultaneous conversations in a booth at a restaraunt. Not only could I follow both conversations clearly, I could hear the direction that each voice was...

There is one and only one method that I use to wash my car: I drive it in the rain. In a world where clean water for drinking and irrigation is in increasingly short supply, washing cars is a terrible waste!:eek:

Thank you. Now let's hope it really does last, this time. Such things are never certain!

The original KEF iQ series is heavily discounted at Vanns right now (on closeout to make room for the new "version 2" series.) Catch them before they are gone, and you can score a fantastic deal on some truly excellent speakers.