Page 19 (Appendix) of the manual shows the headphone directly taped at the preamp output... Got one on order... Cheers  

Go to effect-> amplify- > there you can choose the level of amplification in +/- dB, I think it will automatically default to the highest level without clipping (confirmed, make sure the allow clipping box is not ticked), if you want higher level tick the box and then if use the hard limiter in...

  Quote: Good for you, your run of the mill mid-fi Pioneer still sounds great, just shows you that a decent spec amplifier can sound pretty good...not Hi-Fi but close...    Quote: This is lame, his run of the mill Pioneer mid-fi is probably getting tired or is defective...but...

Electronic Signal Paths Do Not Have a Personality!   Old, but still holds true today, this also applies to DAC, replace the word loudspeakers by headphones where applicable... A transcript from theaudiocritics. "Every low-distortion electronic signal path sounds like every other. The...

Do you seriously think that Sennheiser would market an esoteric headphone that needs a magical DAC & amp combo to sound it's best... No they go for mass market... There is a trend, and Sennheiser is open about it... Extracted from the HD650 manual "With the HD 650, Sennheiser has...

I choose the DT990 pro for it's supposedly recess midrange, I'm using HRTF software and it adds midrange... Haven't had the chance to hear them yet, business travel, just can't wait... According to this the pro would be very good bang for the buck...

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I had a lot of fun comparing my SHR840 against the HD650 with this site... http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html Cheers

  Quote: Sorry but they have been burned in for at least 200hrs (I don't believe in burn-in, I believe at the earing/brain getting adjusted to the new sound) I came to the same conclusion playing materials (FLAC/CD's) trough DVD player/HT receiver/laptop/ipod Denon dock/UCA202/Cute...

OP, I hear the same thing as you...flabby & muffled, I removed the earpad foam not much of a change, I'm selling them. Headphones makes the biggest difference in sound, if they don't sound right to you from the start, move on, don't waste time & money! My SHR840 are such a great can, I'm...

I'm aware of this one. http://www.listeninc.com/us/applications/headphone_test.html Cheers

Gents, I can't help but think that battery capacity as a lot to do with it...wonder how the Sansa would fair with similar oooomph..... Ooooomph being capacitance......... Capacitance being the true volume match... Regards

  Quote: Looking at this graph I was puzzled, I said to myself this is a bad signal graph or something like this, so I decided to read the article, and sure enough that was a defective unit, a new unit was sent and remeasured the low frequency is a lot better...no changes in the highs...

Quote: dfkt, I'm sorry but I can't make the differences between the tracks the lower frequency seems to sound the same (was focusing on high frequency), the highest tone in your sample is the triangle and i would venture that it would hover in the 4-5-6khz range, I don't hear anything...

  Quote: +1 No wonder everybody is confused.... Please let me color my world with speakers & headphones... And HRTF software...