I hope you are happy Head-fiers. You have infected another person with the head-fi bug. I have finally made my decision and purchased the AKG Q 701. I could not be happier. The depth of detail and fullness of sound is better than I though. Now I just need an amp/dac (probably E7). Bad part is...

What I guess I mean is which of these do you think it is best to start this little journey. Like which is a good intro headphone of the group. I guess you are right and should just listen to them. only problem is that there isn't really anywhere for me to listen to them. Not these models at...

I've been reading pretty much everything this place has to offer. My wallet is scared if I really get into this obsession. I have narrowed down my choices. I know these have very different sound, sound stage, and strong points but I'm looking for opinions on which are better to begin my head-fi...

Quote: HD is really in right now...hmm, decisions.  

Quote:   For some reason I thought they had different drivers. no real reason to buy the 272 then is there?    

Quote: how so? because they are the same as the K 271s?

I've been tempted to bite the bullet and pull the trigger and a few other cliches about buying something with the 250 price point and about a 180 price for the K272HDs. Can't decide which ones and can't decide if I should wait to try and hear them first. Or even go a totally different route and...

I've been curious of that same questions myself. I have no experience with either or any amp for that matter. I only know from what I have read in the forums. It seems that the D6 will have more power. The XM6 has better DAC and rollable op/amps (correct terms?) and has quite the selection of...

Quote: Oh sorry, I need closed backs. Thought that I mentioned that. Opens are a possibility.  

The more and more I look around here to help narrow down my choices the more choices that actually pop up... I have decided to dive into higher end audio. I am between choosing the ibasso D6 or the practical devices XM5. Now the headphones are what trouble me. I have been looking into the...

Need some advice. I think I have narrowed down my amp/dac choices   Practical devices XM5 (should I change the opamps?) ibasso D6 or D12   Can anyone suggest one or the other? I can't find any reason to choose one or the other. I guess except for the power that the D6 provides.  ...

WOW. Bad side is now I want everything to sound like that..or is that good? I am using IEMs right now, I can't wait to buy this and try it when I finally get my new cans, whenever I decide which ones to get, that is and listen to this again.

Some how that seems like a big old duh now that you mention the digital to analog conversion. Guess I thought it could go to Coaxial and work like that. Thanks for the help.   @Winnersan your English was fine.    @Fallenangel I am planning on AKG K271 Mk II or Audio technica A700 or M50...

I'm using a Lenovo Y650(don't make it anymore) Running Windows 7 64 bit. I have the Realtek ALC888S on board. The website quotes the following: All DACs supports 44.1k/48k/96k/192kHz sample rate, Ten DAC channels support 16/20/24-bit PCM format. Is this true? Do I really need a DAC? Because...

Thanks for the new lead on a amp.  Yes this will be for a laptop. I took a look at the uDac2 and it seems to get decent reviews and the price is pretty good. Only worried that it won't have enough power.  Thanks for your suggestions.