It's exactly what it says it is. I've tried some pretty incredibly expensive DAPs - Honestly, in my opinion, if you just want your music files to reproduced accurately, into a line-out?
Get...
Jazz sounds real good on these.
Classic music sounds pretty clear, like when the violin is playing and stuff.
Vocals sound pretty good.
80's sound vibrant.
dubstep/hardstyle, sounds...
No other headphone has surprised me in the manner that the Tactic 3D managed to.
I originally purchased them because I needed headphones to do a Skype interview, and I wanted something...
Let me begin by saying there is nothing special about these headphones. My first impression of them made me smile because I fell in love with the oral shaped ear cups (I'm a sucker for "small"...
Owned a variety of DAC's DAP/sources, Cowon J3, Hisound Studio 3rd Anniversary, Dacport LX, HRT Music Streamer II+, Sony Walkman Z. The DX100 completely blows them all away with it's reference...
I just checked again, and according to the Lehmann Audio site, Sennheiser Germany used the Linear, at least during the 2005 IFA presentation. And, Sennheiser U.S.A. used them during the NY Hifi Show 2005 Apr. 28 - May 1.