Please drop your quick answer here. Westone um3x and Westone 3, which has stronger bass? Answers appreciated.

The last two days I have spent listening to Grado GR8s on my various portable players ... Nano, Touch, Sony PCM-D50, Sony MP3 (forget model name), Sony NE920 (Discman) ... And I must say I am very very impressed with GR8.

Some headphone amp pictures I took recently.

I have been using the Graham Slee Solo for nearly two years, and have been extremely happy with its performance, especially when used to drive such phones as K601, K701, HD650, HD600, HD580 etc. I like its transparency, its sweet mid and highs, and its fast transient and dynamics. So when I...

It is strange that since John Grado decided to give RS1 a facelift, there has been very few posts comparing the old RS1 (with two little wood pieces marking RS1 at sides) and the new RS1 (without the wood pieces). Very few people purchased the new RS1? Its hard to believe! Anyway here I...

Recently saw a pair of HD650s new from the box. Took a close look at the drivers, and guess what I found ... The drivers say they are HD580! Anyone can explain this to me? Do HD580,HD600 and HD650 use the same drive model called HD580?

Recently some headphone cables looking very much like those of R10s and Qualia 010's appear in China. There is a debate among Chinese headphone fans, some say they are fake cables, some say they are genuine SONY cables coming from the OEM plant. What do you guys think here? Anyone believe...

WHEN: September 19, 2004 WHERE: Shanghai, China WHAT: The most de luxe headphone pageant in Shanghai, ever WHO: you guys know none of us, so. WHY: fun! Beauties: Headphones: 1. Sennheiser: Orpheus, Baby Orpheus, HD540 GOLD 600 Ohms, HD580, HD600 2. SONY R10 3. STAX 007 4...

3 pics of 8P. I made a mistake. 8P uses 2 Philips EC92s as voltage gain, and 8 Mullard EL91s as output stage. No output transformer, it is an OTL design. And can be used as a pre-amp.

My standard rig is DENON S10II, Headroom Maxed Out Home, and a number of top-of-the-line dynamic headphones, Senn HD600, Beyer DT931, MB Quart QP400 etc. Recently I had a chance to bring home for audition an Opera Cyber 20 tube amp. So an A/B test naturally occurs. I have posted the pictures...

I am in China and just saw the whole lineup of MB Quart headphones made in Germany. The lineup consists of QP160, QP200, QP 240, QP250, QP280 and the top model QP400. I auditioned all of them and was overall happy with the accurate reproduction of these phones. I checked the website...