I run mine-currently (not a pun!) from speaker o/p on a Peachtree iDecco. ( You usually only need one 'neg plug as its common) You're right on the quality. A box swapper friend rates them higher than Audez'e!

Hidden gems! Ignore the cheap look, enjoy the depth of sound and imagery.Watch your ears-they go loud!

If you just had a Quad amp with DIN outlets! Or a Metrosound 70 amp WITH SLIDERS!! that I had in 1973!!

Well, if they eventually work....that's odd. As I've posted before, they like a few watts. A box-swapper friend rates them higher than most current planars, but, age related decay makes flaws inevitable. It's why I got a spare set. Buy a 5 metre headphone socketed lead, cut; wire up phonos (you...

I bought a headphone plug/extension lead, cut off one end and soldered on speaker plugs. Connect to speaker o/put on amp. BUT, as the 'phones ARE45+ years old...they can delaminate I believe, though both mine seem fine. Good luck.

I've converted quite a few sceptics over the past few years! Guy at a show; my friend said it was the first time he'd actually seen a jaw drop !! in surprise at the sound, for example. I currently run mine from an iDecco amp's speaker outlet, (as the headphone o/p not enough.) They are "better...

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/1015/David_Berning_microZOTL_2_Headphone_Amplifier_Review.htm

This is MY concern about the amp (or any headphone amp) I use Wharfedale Isodynamics, that are lovely to listen to but VERY inefficient. I use a Hafler DH200 amp! 120 ohms. Specs say will handle not more than 25 volt rms music.   My chances of finding someone who uses these AND has a M-Z is...

Does the USA price include sales tax? (Like our VAT) A reason I try to import from USA-no real reason to have a Dollar= Euro/Pound, especially as it's not an electronic item.

ljgmdad-saw your post on Dharma. I'm surprised that the MHDT dacs need (it seems) so much modding, as the whole concept of MHDT is that they carefully choose the 'ingredients' for sound production! I started with Paradisea, then spied a modded Havana  on Wigwam for sale and snapped it up...

Thanks for this! I found a reference to the Pagoda whilst looking up Dharma headphones. But it has made me try my modded Havana dac on my headphone set-up (replacing a basic Fiio thing) as I rarely play my main hi-fi. Nice result!   Phones used late at night most nights-including falling...

If it's like my Havana dac, the tube is only a buffer. Haven't looked yet.

Wow! Tin can alley STILL being used as sample! (I'll ignore your typo!) I used to use this as a 'play it VERY loud' track on my Klipschorns in the....80s! Not sure it's ideal for seeking out nuances of equipment though as it's such a clean, sparse sound-impressive though it is! RIP Stevie...

Still using my WHITE Wharfedale Isodynamics, bought in 1974! (With black pads, now crumbling and inner black padding)   (Though not via iPod! MUCH too inefficient)

Shane! Glad you escaped! Hope all is well now. Puts Hi-Fi madness into perspective!

Well, congratulations on coming over this side of Ocean. But....London is so much hassle. And expensive......And it's not central in UK, despite being the Capital. Try Birmingham next time, maybe?   But then, it might be my extreme aversion to London speaking.

Leaks (Wharfedales!) are pretty fine. I run mine direct from a Matrix Head amp with no problem. Not bad for a 35 year old phone! Maybe they got it right first time. Only thing that's changed? Efficiency, maybe. Plus inflated cost!

Same model as Wharfedale ID2.  (Leak bought out Wharfedale sometime, mid 70s) I have a pair. More sensitive than the originals, but not as detailed, I'd say. I can run them from my Matrix Head amp, whereas I need to use a Hafler DH200 to run the originals! Not cheap. Bought my set for £100 in...

Am I the only one here who utilises a normal amplifier to listen to 'phones? Tap off the speaker sockets into my Wharfedales-they were provided, originally, with an adaptor, albeit a DIN one (it was the 1970s!)  Not knowing enough about amps and the effects of a non 8 ohm load, am I losing...

On being 'more' invisible......I was of course, being ironic!   But, on serious note, it reminds me of a Paul Horn record, recorded in the Taj Mahal, where (apart from an amazing  20 second echo!!) the sound of a distant firework display is heard. And studio in London where you can hear the...

I think you mean 'Omniscient' here! As in 'all-knowing'!   Definition of this pedant! (He wishes) (-:   Off to be 'more invisible' again!

" Audeze’s background is less noticeable and more invisible, where the PM-1 background is noticeably jet black and omnipresent"   What? MORE invisible? How is that again? And a background being 'omnipresent'?

Yes to tweeters (I think). My Leak 3090 speakers have orthodynamic tweeters.

Quote..."UK & European Head-Fi members contemplating purchasing the PM-1, DO NOT do so until OPPO have implemented a fair price policy for us, as we should not be blatantly ripped off with the current dollar/pound price parity that penalises us because of where we live. OPPO, I and many other...