I think you shouldn't be really comparing these two cans because when an audiophile buys a Momentum, he wants something on the go which has good sound isolation, no sound leak, small, etc. But while Denon claims that Dx000 series are closed, they are really half open. You can't really use them...

Originally Posted by headfinoob    I am wondering if anybody might know which audio hub the Note 3 uses.  It would be interesting to see if Wolfson is used like the Note 2. Unfortunately, the Snapdragon 800 chipset will ship in the United States variants, so I believe that people in that area...

Your IEMs have 32ohm which is unusual for portable cans. i9505 causes unbearable sounds with low impedance cans.

Well that settles then. I have to go with i9500 since my gym IEM is ie80.

I'm assuming that you have i9505? 

I'm also interested in knowing how do Senn ie80s play with i9500 and i9505.

I'm still wondering why there is such a massive difference between HTC One and i9505. Technically they have same DAC and HTC One has a discrete amp on it so I don't understand gsmarena's result.

Quote: I don't know where you heard that but that's completely the opposite of what Supercurio said on his twitter. He already stated that Galaxy S original's Wolfson(WM8994) has better SQ than the Wolfson in S3 or Note 2(WM1811).   He confirmed that technically i9500's Wolfson(WM5102)...

Quote: I didn't know the Tegra 2 SoC came with Wolfson. I looked up LG Optimus 2x and this one came with the same DAC as the original Galaxy S, WM8994. If OP was just looking for the cheapest Wolfson, the first Galaxy S is still the best option.

i9505's crosstalk value is amazing. I was going to get i9500 somehow but it's tempting to just go with i9505. I heard that even Supercurio confirmed that i9505 is better. I don't know if it's true though.

Quote: I'm quite surprised that i9505 has much better stereo crosstalk value. It has much better value than i9500 with Wolfson DAC. What's more interesting is that the SQ of i9505 is noticeably better than HTC One which has the same Snapdragon 600 SoC.   I guess Samsung must have done...

Only Exynos SoCs have Wolfson DAC. This means global version of S3 and S4 or Galaxy Note 2. If you are looking for cheap Wolfson android you should get Galaxy S, the first one. It actually had the better Wolfson than Exynos 4, confirmed by Supercurio. New Exynos 5 Octa that would be in the...

I can confirm that K550 isolates well enough to be used in the library. But I carry T5p to the library. :-) K550 is an amazing choice, you get T5p like sound with only quarter of the price. I've heard some good stuff about the momentous. I think you should audition both.

Holy crap these are really hurting headphones. I like the sound so far but these cans really do hurt my ears, especially tip of the ears.    Has anyone returned these because of this problem?

I just got mine today. They shipped on last Friday. I live in NYC.   I was initially disappointed of its artificial sounding mids but I should give a little more time. I shouldn't really compare these to $1500 headphones. :D