Quote: Originally Posted by rhythmdevils Hey Trance. How do you think it compares to your firebox? That's what Im using right now, but ive lately been having upgrade nightmares I dont have much to compare it to, but I feel it has a bright and slightly compressed sound signature. Ive...

Just purchased Apogee Duet firewire 2 channel interface for mac. Bus powered, small and sounds fantastic. (Also great for recording).

Quote: Originally Posted by Beagle Never understood this concept. The microphone(s) positioning during recording dictates what "distance" you should be perceiving. If it's close mic'd, it's close. Distant, likewise. This is why all this talk on Head-Fi about soundstage is utter...

Amping the headphone out is not going to give optimal results. It might even make things worse. Have you tried a line out? (dock, etc...)

I don't know of an open headphone that is useful in any situation that has ANY background noise. They're just not designed for it. My Jack of all Trades is a pair of Senn HD25-1 with velour pads and a cable upgrade. I can listen while travelling, or while the kids are watching tv or use as...

Quote: Originally Posted by mrarroyo I have a Mapletree Ear Purist + HD100 and everything I have thrown at it sounds great. So far is my favorite all around amp. mrarroyo, what tubes are you using in the ear purist?

I love my MAD Earplus HD "extream" with my Grado 325i and it was nice with AKG 401's as i remember, but I haven't enjoyed it with my Senn 580's. The sound is a bit smudged and gritty. When compared to a Govibe3.

One noteable thing about the current crop of Sony HI MD's and I assume the new model as well is very low noise, high gain preamps. Over on the nature recordists site and phonography sites, these units are being used with portable phantom power supplies and good, low noise condenser mics and are...

My 580's sound shrill with my MAD ear plus hd tube amp. Quite unpleasant really. So I use a govibe3 or even the inboard headphone amp on my mackie mixer when I listen to my 580's. The MAD sounds great with my Grado 325i, SennHD25-1, Ety ER6i and AKG 401 though. Maybe the 580 is more amp finicky...

Quote: Originally Posted by rauer But aren't they butt-ugly and geeky as ever? Best looking headphones out there. They don't look like a toilet.

I know it's just a jab. And yes a lot of modern music is engineered towards a hyperreal bottom end. Not to mention mastered so hot that there are little or no dynamics. And don't get me started on autotuned vocals...

Quote: Originally Posted by BluesDaddy (well, once you start listening to real music)

Try them with different pads. 414 pads really bring out the mids and treble. Anything that gets the drivers a bit off the ear will really make these sound great. And that's number 200. Thank you very much.

Quote: Originally Posted by binkgle i listen mainly to classic rock, but i've a bit of everything in my collection, and i rarely listen to loud, crashing rock (for instance, i prefer dark side of the moon to led zeppelin 1, i prefer stairway to heaven to heartbreaker [basically, i'm a...

Quote: Originally Posted by B-bert My main interests lies in Elvis, classical, and brass band music Heard anything that combines the three?