Posts by Chops

Quote: Originally posted by geepondy I will look around a bit more but most likely by Friday night or Monday morning at the latest I am going to buy the Sennheiser HD-580s for $162 at Amazon unless I find a better deal but...

I bought these off of AudioGon a few weeks ago. They were never used and I only broke them in for two days straight and listened to them for one day until my HD600's came in. They are in NEW CONDITION, includes 1/8" to 1/4"...

What do all of you think about the Sennheiser HD445 headphones? Does anyone own them? Or has anyone ever heard them? Also, are the cables the same as those on the HD580 and HD600? They kind of look like it. I was just wondering.

One thing to remember though, tube power almost always seems to act like double that of solid state power. In other words, 100 watts of tube power acts more like 200 watts of s/s power, or 100 watts of s/s power acts more like 40 to 50...

Quote: Originally posted by Dusty Chalk Madonna's quality is entirely dependent on the producers she works with (and I'm not saying that the last two have been bad -- they just probably couldn't perform under Madonna's...

One of my friends has some of their cables in his car stereo and after about a month of just sitting there being hooked up, the cables have started to come out of the rca connectors. That's why I said they are not of good quality.

My brother has bought most of Madanna's albums over the years which haven't been that bad. However, these last two albums of her's, "Music" and "American Life" absolutely suck! The music itself is mostly bad, but...

YES! Magwires would be the way to go. And might I add, are of alot better quality!

I can assure you, if you get a smaller, underpowered amp, you WILL start to sacrifice sonic quality. I know, I've been there and done that. These Maggies do not have to be playing loud in order to start drawing alot of power from an...

I'm glad to see another Maggie owner in the forums! As for amplification, I know that Maggies are very power hungry. I'm running a pair of Magnepan MGLR-1's with a Carver TFM-35x amp. The Carver is rated 250 watts @ 8 ohms and 350...