DT880 600 ohm

last year I spent about $570 (325is, Beresford TC-7520, glass optic cable). This year alone I spent around $3000. Im still looking into getting a benchmark dac1 and hopefully i'll be done for a while.

Quote: Originally Posted by jaycalgary I saw an AudioZone Amp-1 and K1000 on the for sale side before. A long time ago I tried to diy a gain clone and use lead acid battery's. If I do get a K1000 one day I will buy some kind of gain clone just because it is so portable. Stuble just...

Quote: Originally Posted by subtle With your current rig I couldn't agree more. funny when you have no idea how my rig sounds.

Quote: Originally Posted by subtle Haha. Look at your amp and source. No wonder the 404LE impressed you more. You're nowhere near the K1000s potential with that rig. regardless, the 404LE will always come out on top.

if given a choice I would instantly choose the Sony Qualia over the HD800....

^ haha so true. The k1000 use to sound special to me until i got my 404LE. now it just sounds average at best. The k1000 also lacks intimacy compare to all my other headphones. I was thinking about selling the k1000 also but it makes a great compliment to any headphone collection. when my ears...

Quote: Originally Posted by jaycalgary I have found all the comments interesting. I wouldn't take how much more head time people are saying the HD800 as a measurement of how much better it is. Its just the newest and the investment for the HD800 and amp would have been significantly...

Quote: Originally Posted by Spicy First post! Got my first Grado (SR 325i #3502). I'm loving them They sound great with a uDAC and I can't wait for my amp to get in. congrats! the 325is was my first headphone into hi-fi also. They are one of the most unique headphones...

Quote: Originally Posted by mark_h I am always bemused by the analogy of warm sound, I think it came from the early subjectivist HiFi reviewers imagining that the heat from the valves has a warming effect on the sound? In the last 40 years audio rhetoric has moved from science to poetry...

Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer Volume is just voltage which a tiny transformer can pull off. Power on the other hand requires current and for the transformer to pass that then you need a larger core, much larger. People often think that volume has something to do with how much...

Quote: Originally Posted by n3rdling Just a heads up, but the O2 will change sound a good amount depending on amplification in particular. I find that the O2 sounds darker with lesser amplification and gets closer to neutral with the 717 or above. interesting...how does it sound...

Quote: Originally Posted by spritzer The SRP-P is a chip amp tied directly to transformers. The amp is a rather nasty Toshiba chip and the transformers are too small to really do the job. im curious what do you mean too small to really do the job. volume wise its fine and i like...

i like using warm amps with warm headphones.

Quote: Originally Posted by SillyHoney SRD-P is a adapter rather than an amp, is that true? Can you name me some full size Stax amps? Woo GES? The srd-p works alot like an amp, it is the last enegizer model stax made and incorporates rca inputs instead of speaker wires...

Quote: Originally Posted by forbigger one more advice sonh, upgrade your source and buy full size stats amp before you proceed further to O2. imho, srd-p and beresford will not take your 404le to its glory....... it sounds amazing to me I would rather buy the 02 first and see...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ashirgo With THAT money (if I may risk a guess), would it not be more effective if you invested it in an acoustically treated room and some studio grade speakers? I don't have the space or the isolation needed for a speaker rig right now, heck even my...

Thank you, I love STAX, 404LE for life! I think the 404LE may very well be the perfect headphone for me. I will get the sr-007 MK2 just so I can add it to my collection hehe.

I love my srd-p energizer, unlike all other stax energizer it takes RCA signals input instead of speaker wires which equal higher quality sounds. I use the fixed audio out on my beresford with pure silver rca. The sound is out of this world. I agree with catscratch the 404LE sounds signature...

new list 404LE 4070 O2

WOOOOOOOOWWW!!!!!!!! the 404LE is now officially my favorite headphones out of all my headphones. The sound is PERFECT! detail, clarity, speed, the best i've heard! I won't be purchasing another dynamic can ever again. 4070/Sr-007 here I come.

Quote: Originally Posted by Elephas I think the 4070 is definitely one of the more revealing headphones. It makes more tracks "unlistenable" than other electrostatics such as the O2 or SR-Omega. I have some unfortunate horrible taste in music, and many of those tracks (example album...