Posts by maruzen

you have a made a great choice there, as you already have a PC speaker system. it wouldn't hurt to try headphones at this stage, because you can always upgrade to better speakers in the future and right now you can have the best of...

Quote: Originally Posted by wlisac  I'm completely open to passive or active :)   I just wonder how well speakers like B&W 685, Monitor Audio GS10, or ONIX Ref 1 will work for nearfield...

  Quote: Originally Posted by yale.reinstein  Hey Stax thread,   Been out of the loop for ages, just been enjoying life listening to my Lambda Pros!   But the day has come --...

enjoying this DAC immensely with my entry level monitors, the Samson MediaOne 4a. recently hooked them with the stax lambda pro and the srm-1/mk-2 and even if I love the sound of the speakers better, there's no denying how good this...

sennheiser ie8 with the sansa clip most of the time because it's portable and i am at work most of the time :)   at the dorm i use the stax lambda pro + srm-1/mk2 the most. last few months ago the beyer dt880 600 ohms was my...

that complicates things :)   hd650 would be the safe bet. they do not sound muddy to my ears, only that the beyer sounds cleaner compared to the senn. but they have soft and less aggressive treble, with great bass response....

hmm, the dt880 600 ohms will give you smoother treble, but you will really miss the low end if you compare the bass output to the hd650 and dt990. if you want the same clean signature with a better balanced sound, a bit of treble tilt...

interestingly i used to have this dilemma in a different version: i had an alessandro ms2i and a beyerdynamic dt990 600 ohms. i gave up the ms2i because of listening fatigue, which i could not get with the dt990. at that time i also...

i have heard the hd595 intimately as my friend owns one, as well as a grado sr325is. i have owned an alessandro ms2i before and a grado sr60. unamped i would choose the grado, even the sr60, over the hd595, as the grados have better...

hmm i have the white-screened hd650, post 2007, and compared to the beyer dt880, dt990, and the stax lambda pro, the hd650 just sounds so darn dark :)   not that i'm complaining. since most of my gear sounds bright by...