Posts by DavidMahler

Quote: Originally Posted by Argybargy  Thanks for your comments David. To be clear, I'm not disappointed in the sound quality, but in the sense that I ordered strawberry ice cream and instead got chocolate (I love...

Quote: Originally Posted by HumanSaurusRex  Hi David! After reading your monumental headphone battle I bought a ATH-AD900 and can't say it's very comfortable. :( Did you mod your AD900 in any way or don't you...

This was a fantastic meet.  I was only able to stick around for a short while, but it was great to see so many friends.  I also finally got to hear Ari's amp which sounded unbelievable with the HD800 :)   Donald...

Quote: Originally Posted by wolfetan44  Hey, David, do you think the HD650 was a good choice of headphone to complement my DT880? Or would you have recommended a different headphone? Like the K702 Annie or...

Quote: Originally Posted by Xymordos  That's a rather broad band of frequencies. I think its not exactly resonance, but the sound seems to be off, am I correct? Male singing tends to sound female, and mature voices...

Quote: Originally Posted by Xymordos    At which frequencies do you hear the resonances? I want to try listening for them, I seemed to have missed the resonances during my listening periods. I hear...

Quote: Originally Posted by Xymordos  I agree that it is muffled and doesn't sound as good if they are paired with a bad amp. However I must add that the coloring of the HA5000 is as extreme (some may disagree) as the...

My theory about the W5000 has long been that the drivers themselves may in fact be good, but that the overall earcup design is the problem.  I agree that amp synergy plays a role, but I also think that a headphone's basic...

Quote: Originally Posted by Andrew_WOT  This is like discussing art, there is no right or wrong opinion, just different. True, or there would likely be no hobby to be had! :)

Quote: Originally Posted by citadel  I don't agree with his view on the audio technicas W5000.!!!!   They are not naisal at all! The outperform the HD 800s for classical and jazz music IMO, specially...