Don't know if you are still interested, but I will throw in my opinion. I had the UM 2s, the original non detachable cable ones. Got the hd25s because I kept getting interrupted at work... Was spending all my time taking them off and back on, rather than listening to music. Sound-wise, after...

Thanks a lot for your answers (bulmanxxi, mrspeakers, turimbar, etc). I think most peolple are on the same page. In my case, money can be spent on many other areas of the system before software... Actually it woukd be nice to spend that ammount in music :)

First let me apologize for a very dumb question... but is Amarra really worth $695? For the people who have it, what benefits do you get with it? Thanks a lot for your comments.

By the way, thanks a lot for a very interesting review ljokerl.

Couldn't agree more with the quality of the hd25s to always sound good compared to other cans, even full sized ones. Not necessarily better but still good... very easy to drive too. For me, they replaced a set of UM2 iems. No regrets at all, not even on isolation.

I would like to participate. Prefer within Canada, but can do North America or international.

Thanks Logwed... makes sense... they seem to need quite a bit of available power!

Thanks a lot for your thoughts MacedonianHero!!   Anyone has any previous experience with a meier concerto and the headfive? is the difference that great with the 701s?

I received a used meier headfive a couple weeks ago and have been enjoying the 701s a lot. Much better than what I was expecting.   Can I expect a large improvement with something like a meier concerto or a mapletree? Also if anyone has had both or a decware csp2, I would appreciate your...

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Got my 701s a couple weeks ago from elusivedisc.com for around 250. Very very nice headphones, neutral with a bit of tendency to being bright. Source is either a nad 521bee or a squeezebox, on their analog outs or through a monica dac. Love them with good recordings, but two revealing with...

Coldplay: LeftRightLeftRightLeft  Got it for free here: http://www.coldplay.com/lrlrl/lr.html

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