Posts by NimbleTurtle

Quote: Originally Posted by creepy crab  Thanks Spaz... No portability isn't a factor so I'll focus my search on full size opens. I listen to a fair mix as I'm sure most people here do! Mostly drum&bass, Ska,...

Quote: Originally Posted by rlstine3  Are the Vmoda's an overall better pair than the M50's? I'm probably going to go with the Fiio E7 or E11. The Vmoda M-80 is about $170 on Amazon and the M50's are $130. Do you know...

Quote: Originally Posted by Huntersluch  I'd say try the Philips Citiscape "Downtown". Even though the price is $30.00 above your range. Those are the brown ones right? I forget which model is which. But those...

Quote: Originally Posted by planx  I never found both the Grado and HD598 to be "lacking" bass by any means. Maybe it's just my ears, but the bass on both is substantial while the bass on the HE-400 is what I would...

Quote: Originally Posted by streetdragon  HD598 doesnt have the energy to play rock and dubstep well, it lacks sub bass too so i guess the grado and he-400 are better options Problem is the grados lack quite a...

Quote: Originally Posted by sygyzy    Fair enough. I'll toy with the AKG 701 and the Beyer DT 880 (600 ohm) cans and see how I like them. The 701s and 880s sound so much more fatiguing than the...

Quote: Originally Posted by tdockweiler  Are you seriously complaining about me posting things about a Q701? You're in every single HD-650, HD-600, Q701 and Pro5000 thread bragging about this HD-800 killer the...

Quote: Originally Posted by tdockweiler    Well the problem is that way too many of these science guys claim the E9 with the Q701 is garbage due to it's 10 ohm output impedance, yet don't even bother to try...

Quote: Originally Posted by tdockweiler    I wish people would stop saying this non-sense without trying it. Why this is generally true and a good thing to consider, the E9 despite it's 10ohm output doesn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by RudeWolf    Why so? Ok, it doesn't have to be incredibly expensive but these headphones are very specialized loads that need specialized devices to provide good performance. The...