Nah, these are Australian dollar prices. I actually thought that price for the TH-600 wasn't too bad - another local shop is advertising it for $1499! Prices for stuff can sometimes tend to be a bit high over here .. but I don't want to go down any too complicated route as I want peace of mind...

Hi, just checking back in quickly and saying thanks to MRC001 (as well as DavidA and Sonic Defender) for your insights. I feel 'educated' now in terms of how I am expecting the LCD-2 to 'Wow' me when I audition it. I'm not pinning all my hopes on being transported to a whole different league of...

Thanks heaps fiascogarcia, DavidA and Sonic Defender for taking the time to offer comments on my query.  fiascogarcia - "they do have a wonderful bass" - this sounds encouraging, that's the sort of thing I want to read about the current LCD-2. I will definitely use your suggestion and try using...

Hi, I have just sold my HiFiMAN HE-500s, and should be buying a new LCD-2 in a couple of weeks. It looks as though there is one shop in my city that has them in stock and I will be going there to audition them properly before buying, ..but anyway I have a couple of questions - in an effort to...

Hi, Just wondering if anyone who has owned / auditioned a couple of these headphones can offer me any brief opinions regarding my question... * Momentum 2.0 - Wired * NAD Viso HP50 * Sony MDR-7520 I auditioned the HP50 the other day, really liked it and was on the brink of buying it ... but...

Hi all... Just wanted to say thanks very much to SonusAudio, dweaver and zazex for your comments / advice in response to the question I posted on this thread last week. Especially thanks heaps zazex for taking a little time to expand a bit on what you think of a number of good options. To be...

Can anyone make a comparison between the HP50 and any of these 3 headphones, just in terms of sound quality...        Shure SRH940, Audio Technica ATH-ESW9 or the AKG K550? I'm trying to choose a closed-back model mainly for at-home listening, and I want to keep to a budget of $300AUS if...

I have a pretty simple question for you head-fi black-belts... I would really appreciate it if you could suggest one or two websites that I can download WAV format music from. I've started using 'Bleep' but it only has quite a niche or limited range of music, so I still end up buying most of my...

Fearless1 - thanks a lot for your advice. Just one more question...in your signature you refer to the Lyr being ’magic’ with the HE-400/500, with the right tubes. How much would you say, I'd have to spend on a pair of tubes to make the HE-500 sound better on the Lyr than it does through the...

Hi, Just wondering whether someone who’s owned one of these amps could give me their opinion... I have the HE-500 and the M-stage and I’m looking at ordering either an Audio-GD SA-31SE or a Lyr to replace the Matrix. I had pretty much made my mind up to go for the SA-31 but then the better...

to i019791   Thanks for reading my post. My source is just an ipod classic (120GB). I have thought about buying a more hi-fi mp3 player, but I like the itunes interface (rating your tunes and playlists, etc) and I just can't justify the cost of a higher end portable source. I am trying to...

Hi, Just wondering if anyone can give me any advice with regard to choosing between the Schiit Lyr and the Audio-GD SA-31 to pair with my HE-500. I am currently using an M-stage, and while I am enjoying my 500s out of that I'm pretty keen on getting myself some of this 'bigger sound' /...

Late up-date. I decided to sell the DT 990s pretty quickly. They could be fun to listen to. I thought the base was great on them... for example: the grande-finale of Pulse, Pink Floyd - at the end of the track 'Run Like Hell' with the drums (ending with a big firework, I think) sounded really...

Not really sure what to say about the last post... I'm sure the D2000 is an excellent choice if you handle it with care but I'm also pretty sure I will be satisfied with my DT 990s. Anyway... [Edit] also now considering the Bottlehead Crack with Speedball up-grade as a friend has offered to help...

Well I think I've spent enough time reading through the threads on this site for now... just wanted to up-date the sentence in my last post about which amp and DAC I'm going to go for. Most likely it will end up being the M-stage - partly because I can try it out before I buy it in a (bricks &...