"Mad Dog" by MrSpeakers, modified Fostex T50RP review - Page 293

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Originally Posted by jazzerdave 

 

Not to rail on this, but gelocks is right.  While the Magni isn't perfect, it definitely gets the job done.  You don't have to be insane like me (plugs $300 headphone into >$3k amp) to get great performance out of the Mad Dogs.  As much as I use my Cavalli amp with them, I also use a Magni and original Asgard on an almost daily basis.

Sadly I broke down today and Purcahsed a Matrix M Stage v2 [with upgraded Power supply] [used with extra op amps] so I went and got a n ice solid state. I may revist these some time in teh future. I think deep down I really wanted a pair of sexy woodies. But I'll definatly be trying these again in the future! Espically now that I got a Solid state to pair em wid! 

Speaking of amps, will an E11 be fine for these until I can afford a desktop amp?

So I've been lurking around you tube and I found this moron pushing ath m50's in like EVERYTHING he has posted... really... here we have a semi audiophile geeky guy getting RICH on you tube... I guess it's not a terrible thing he is pushing ath m50's into the hands of headphone newbs BUT to call them $300 worthies is really pissing me off [could b from the lack of sleep]

Still though, I really want to hear the M50 q.q, as I would have told him to GO TO HELL they don't sound THAT good, but I've never listened to them q.q [although I'm pretty sure even my late mad dogs sounded WAY better [and by better I mean transparent and detailed] then the over bassy m50 [btw I think even the dt 990 pro 250 is TO bassy for alot of my music]]

ANYWAYS :D ss AND w1000x on the way next week YEA, and mh comes out tuesday OH yea 

Dan, add me to the interest list. I would get them in a heartbeat.

Wonderful headphones by the way. Using them in a Foobar2k > ODAC > O2 chain.

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Originally Posted by Kamakahah 

2. I've taken dumps that lasted longer than you owned the Mad Dogs before you sold them.

This is true lol, I bought the Mad Dogs while doing just that [sorry for the details but I kid you not] 

Ehm, still I got the mad dogs before reading any reviews or anything really. A good impulse buy though! These got me into a new style of cans and amps! 

OK, will do black stickers as an option.  It'll take a week or so.

Thanks for the feedback!

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Originally Posted by Kamakahah 


Sorry man, It's late and I'm cranky. I know that your excited for your new gear, congrats btw. I hope you really enjoy it all. Sounds like you have some great stuff otw. Hopefully you will get another shot with the Mad Dogs.

I will, it's also very late here in the states and I'm cranky to! I will have the mad dogs again, I got a solid state amp JUST for mid heavy cans. So I doubt I'll EVER find another can that ioslates as well as those did AND has as a sound as they do! 

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Originally Posted by gelocks 

 

Yup.

I have a red+black and a black+gray V-Moda cable.

You can select any color they have in-stock.

I don't believe Dan gives you a choice though. New MDs come with a gray v-moda audio only cable...

Black would look best IMO.

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Originally Posted by aak57 

Speaking of amps, will an E11 be fine for these until I can afford a desktop amp?

Yup, it should be good enough. I've used it to drive my MDs in a pinch :)

Oooppss I misread... you were asking Dan! lol

Is a 9V Altoid tin going to struggle to drive the Mad Dogs with this internal hardware spec. ?

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Knowing that there will be new stickers on the way in about a week, I was not able to resist the urge. I very carefully pulled the new white stickers off my new pair of MD's. (sorry Dan).

It took a little ingenuity to get the glue off the surface without scratching, but now they look like a serious pair of mean kick @ss dogs. Reminds of the effect you get from a blacked out car. 

So now black dogs with a black vmoda cable FTW...

Mshenay and Wolfetan44, on the one hand, you parted with the MD's a bit quickly, on the other hand, I have one of your pairs on the way, so thank you, the price drop basically pays the CA sales tax and shipping for me!

These are the pefect leave at work can for me - pretty bulletproof, industrial cool/fuggly, and don't look like the truly stunning headphone that they are.  My coworkers think I'm listening to some low buck steam punk headphone, and I've got the brilliant sound of the MD's shutting out the outside world when necessary (don't get me wrong - I LIKE the look of the MD's, and the fit and finish are top notch - you won't find better on any headphone - it is just the look of the Fostex T50RP).  My first pair remains at home, to be integrated into some sort of semi-stationary bedside rig, I think.  I swore I wasn't gonna build a bedside rig again and stay portable....

Right now, as I sit here typing, I am listening to "The Wall" ripped from a 20+ year old gold master disc on a Peachtree Nova, which really does a nice job with these, though it is not the powerhouse that a Lyr or Burson or something like that is.  The Nova is a great DAC with a nice speaker amp and a nice headphone amp, but not a particularly powerful headphone amp.  Still sounds really good, though.

Oh, and I can't quite tell from the myriad posts above, but are there new stickers coming?  Cool !

Indeed, I'm sure the pair I returne [which should be arriving at Dans buisness monday] will go to a good home

Wish I had gotten a solid state b4 i sold these lol, still so comfy so much isolation!