Posts by crazyfrenchman27

Hi maymur,   I only have experience with the HD25 and ATH-ESW9A.  I can confirm that ATH-ESW9A are probably not durable enough to be hoisted around on a daily basis as the wooden cups will scratch and the wires are thin....

Quote: Originally Posted by Zoide  This place isn't what it used to be :(   As a fellow old-timer...couldn't agree more :(   ~ Matt

Well my experience is that the O2 and Gilmore series are both fantastic, neutral amps...which means that they ought to sound indistinguishable.  Because there aren't any design flaws.  That's not necessarily a bad...

Nice review.   Isn't the GS-1 like a Gilmore Lite/Dynalo on steroids?  These amps are legendary and shall never be forgotten!   Too much focus on bling-bling and FOTM in these forums...   I only wish...

I'm amazed that our forum members have endured this long largely on amicable terms...something of a testament to the head-fi board.   But if the OP insists that he can hear no difference with/without a headphone and yet...

Gilmore Lite and O2 are among my favorites but I'm sure there are many others under $500.  I never saw a reason to spend more than that and I certainly would never purchase a tube amp, the antithesis of "neutral."   If I...

Top-of-the-line amps without any meaningful distortion, channel crosstalk, output impedance issues etc. ought to be indistinguishable.   A volume-matched, blind comparison of two amps will lay to rest most of the claims made...

Only one of these amps is worth considering so I only voted for one.   Not sure about Audinist, never tried it.  DAC/Amp combo, not pure amp.   - Matt

I feel that DT880/AKG701/HD600 are the headphones you should be looking at considering your price range (~500 amp+headphone) and desire for a headphone that would scale well with the Marantz.   Gun to my head, I would pick...

You can get a good amp for ~250 that would drive an AKG701 or HD600.   I don't feel the HD598 is in the same class as the HD600/AKG701/DT880.  I've always found it underwhelming even within its price range.