The Sony NW-A15 also has LDAC and it can even do EQ over Bluetooth which helped me to add some (drum) bass which the MDR-1000x lacks. The downside of EQ is that if you have any HD tracks then they will be downsampled so that the EQ effect can be applied - maybe you will hear the quality...

  You can be sure that there will be a volume limitation and constant nagging about hearing damage. Those were the reasons why I chose a device where those stupid things can be disabled. Seriously, anything other than modern overly compressed pop will not have enough volume and don't even get...

  Or NWZ-A15, that too has LDAC (will appear after running firmware update 1.10 if not preinstalled already).

If one wants to buy the MDR-1000X then imho they really need to use a playback device which uses LDAC. As far as aptX goes people are usually thinking that a 352 kpbs aptX is enough with a 320 kbps MP3 (or whaterver lossy format) but there's something to consider - there isn't any kind of...

Quote: Originally posted by elrod-tom Maybe I should just buy another set of headphones for listening to hefty bass...but I just LOVE the sweet mids that these things put out!!! That's exactly the reson I still use the K501s for music and the DT531s for movies. I'm not...

Quote: Originally posted by elrod-tom If you are looking for skull-cracking bass, I'm thinking that the 501's with tubes are the wrong choice in general...but someone, please, tell me if I'm wrong. It is possible to get "skull-crackling bass" from the K501s but it'll probably...

Quote: Originally posted by TimSchirmer Those K-501's are pretty nice, arent they I'd say the K501s are like women; it takes a lot of muscle to satisfy them But seriously, they are great heaphones if amping is done properly. Maxi

Hello Flatboy! I think you are going to be satisfied with the DT531s. I have them and they are a very good choice for headphones; they don't require a seperate heaphone amp and they sound really good. It's quite simple really, they lack nothing. And yes, the bass is there. After hearing them...

Quote: Originally posted by rawhit Maxi thanx for your input. I am also running both Live and Terratec cards at the same time in my system but I did not face any problem. As said I think it's the SB Live! + VIA chipset (motherboard using this chipset) combo that was the real...

Quote: Originally posted by rawhit Maxi thanx for the tip. By the way did you notice any burn-in effect for the card? ie did the card sound better after some usage? cheers RawHit I don't know if it was phychological or not but with me it took some time getting use to the...

Hello! Happy to see you like your new card. I have the same card too and I'm really happy for selecting it to replace my old Live! Platinum which suffered from a horrible hiss and resampling to 48 kHz just to name a few. The headphone out from the front panel is not particularly strong but...

Good thing it's not GreeD! Maxi

Quote: Originally posted by fiddler Also, I don't think a Creek drives the K501 adequately. They have a relatively low impedance (120 ohms), which means it requires a lot of current, and also has a low sensitivity (94 dB @ 1mW), even lower than the HD600. Those AKG's are probably one of...

Well today I finally got the Creed amp I had waited for ages and was hyped up. Lots of people here have recommended the amp for K501s saying it compensates the cans' somewhat weak bass presentation. I hooked up the amp to my Onkyo AV receiver but no positive effect. The bass started to break up...

Hello! I also have the K501s and boy they really do need an amp. I'd say that it's almost criminal not to have a good headphone amp with them. The lower (bass) end will suffer if they are not properly amped and I had to do some EQing until I got the lower end that I was after for. I have a...