Quote: I don't agree with power hungry headphones sounding good from an iPod. My 600ohm Beyerdynamic's sound awful straight out of my Cowon J3.

Quote: On that note, it might be worth checking out Denon's AH-D1100.

Too bad it's only for the US.

M50?

Yours truly.

Depending on your free space use CBR if you can, variable bit rate files are smaller. I'm fairly sure AAC files are more compressed than MP3 too.

LAME 320kbps.

Quote:   Maybe they were 515's?  

Alpha Centauri by Noisia on DT990's.

Any word on the E17?

I think it's easy for people to get sucked in to the concept of having to have an amp in their portable setup in order for it to sound good. It's sort of going against the purpose of "portability".

I saw at least four pairs of iBuds at Ikea today.

After doing some research and taking the replies from this thread into consideration, I think I'll be better off saving for a higher end amp so I'll stick with the E7/E9 combo for now. Thank you all for the feedback.

Quote:   "They didn't meat my expectations." Oh the irony.

How would a NuForce Icon HD perform with the K702's?

Thanks for the suggestions yifu, but I'm wanting to stick with solid state.    I came across this http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?category=610&subcategory=611&product=20347 after browsing the forums for people in my situation. Would that act the same way as the E7/E9?

Hi everyone, I'm still pretty new to audio in general so I would really appreciate some help on finding a desktop amp that suits my needs. At the moment I'm using the FiiO E7/E9 combo to power my AKG K702's. This combo does a great job of providing the K702's with enough power, but I know...

Friendly bump. I'd also like to know about solid state amps that perform well with the K701. I'm currently using the E7/E9 combo, but searching for that little bit more.

Pioneer HDJ 1000.

I'm looking for a good ~$200 CD player (used or new)  that's capable of amping my HD 600's well. I'll only be playing CD's so PMP compatibility isn't needed. I'm very new to the concept of audio so please excuse my lack of knowledge. All suggestions would be appreciated, cheers.

Cowon X7?

Please excuse me if this isn't classical, but to my untrained ear Sun Kil Moon is very easy listening and somewhat classical.     Carly Comando is also really good.  

While we're on this topic, take a look at this - http://www.fannywang.com/lawsuit-fannywang.html   Monster has sued Fanny Wang (hard to take their name seriously) for infringing their design patent.