Well, the M50 as a closed headphone has rather punchy bass, and slightly light on mids

With All Due Respect, u got to do more digging, this kinda issue had been discussed a million times in this forum. But any way, if you wanna more bass, get 650, u wanna more neutral tone, get the hd600

Quote: Those are pain in the neck to drive well, i don't know if a portable amp would get the job done, especially you using a J3 with no line out if I recall it correctly. If you wanna really nice portable HPs, I think Son Z1000 would be a nice choice, other wise you might wanna save up a...

wait is S400 is the firewire thing? 

Quote: Any of them do well with USB? Cz my laptop dose not have firewire out i think.... Berkeley Alpha was pretty good but I have to get the digital interface >.<  

Quote: Who's Glenn btw? 

Quote: No that all i can tell you 

I find this place is starting to become ad ground  for ultrastone.... Even though I don't feel their stuff is that great. 

Quote:   I replaced em with BGs , got  help from a friend who's a post doc in EE, he manage to find some supplies through school and the used/broken equipment they got there.  Frankly as ignorant about EE or amp as I do, I've got no idea what he has done o.O. But I really trust his...

Did you guys ever come across with a idea that LCD-2 might be a little recessed in the mids? I went over to a friend's house cz the Irene and spent some time with his rig. We did have some fun and laughed at how I disappointed at the Irene cz I was kinda hopping no work for Monday lol. Anyway...

It turns out Irene wasn't half the bad as I expected here in Boston, I even took the AC off the safety sake >.< 

Quote: That's what I was thinking lol 

So, ye, she is comming I wonder what should listen to/with when she finally got here!   Use ur illusion!

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i'm the miserable one, so ... lol 

great, thanks for the input  although after reading all the reviews of bridges, i start wonder the improvement over digital interface + PWD over USB to W4S would really justify the costs....... Anything one can recommand other dacs? I'm getting my eyes on the QB9 or the Zodiac. It's just 1800...

Quote: you mean the HIface EVO? 

So no one had heard em both , bummer, I just wonder if the PWD worth the trouble lol 

Quote: Wanna get rid of a pair?   

The new sony Z1000 also worth looking.

Quote: Isn't that thing gonna cost like 400-500 bucks? That's a bit too much for me lol Good news it's that I found my old crappy laptop actually dose have optical out, hopefully it would work fine. 

Quote: I'll check the QB-9 out,Although I don't really need the bridge since I"ve got a dedicated computer sits right on top of my DAC lol How dose it stack up with the DAC you previously used? 

ibuds ? really?  To if you wanna closed unamped headphone I guess Ultrastone is ur best bet, since I haven't notice much hps in that area besides Ultrastone. 

Quote: well I think for headphone alone the audio technica ad2k is ur best bet, it runs all right without amp. Now if you are willing to spent 300-400 dollars I think the WA3 would be very nice to have and paired with Beyer T1 would be the best combo for ur reference needs.     

Ye for 28 dollars, i don't see too much to complain lol. EQ is ur best bet