Just tossing this out there as a kind of straw poll. I've owned many headphones, open, closed back and IEMS which I can easily discern the difference between. I'm not a big believer in the audible differences between dacs, amps, cables,un/ balanced and the like however (I'm not looking for an...

So I'm used to my giant AT woodies, a decent desktop amp & dac but will be requiring something for travel purposes (mainly airplane). I'm looking at the IE8 and se530, but I don't want to spend 3 - $400 if I put them on for the first time and feel I'm having to accept too huge a compromise over...

Must resist temptation to ask for pics of members wearing their headphones upsidedown... Actually this is a semi-serious post. I've noticed that I tend to experience most sounds as if they were somewhat above me when listening to headphones. It could be for many reasons, psychological, ear...

Reading about the fit issues... if they fit you well, what is your head size - circumference just above the ears (or wherever it's critical) ? Also, I read later W5000 'headbands' might actually be smaller than early ones. Did anyone ever confirm this ?

I very much like my K601s and although I haven't heard the K701 I understand the 601 is warmer. I don't want to lose this warmth, but I am looking for more definition. Music tastes are all across the board but mostly acoustic, jazz & electronica. The W5000 is often described as a detail...

Many headphone companies have a "Reference" product, but in a field that is so subjective it seems to me to be a bit of pseudo-scientific nonsense used to imply that whatever it is is imbued with some kind of "absolute" quality... So does it just mean top of the line ? I wish they'd just say so...

You can't avoid the fact that Grado, Senns, AKG & Beyer are predominantly the go-to cans for standard recommendations here so I'm curious how AT owners ended up with their cans (particularly the higher end models)? Sure, ideally you'd have auditioned everything before buying and arrived at...

Let's try again... I'm looking for a versatile amp that can handle two good, but contrasting headphones, an RS1 and... something much lusher, yet to be determined, but similarly top tier. Ideally it would serve as a pre amp also, but DAC is already taken care of. I'm attracted to tubes, which...

Has it really been 4 years? If you're wondering about my post count it's a testament to the search function, but I digress. I think I've researched enough and whilst having acquired 3 pairs of headphones along the way, it's time for me to resolve my findings into a somewhat reference system...

Currently have AKG 601s and MS1s through an M-Audio firewire Solo, and i'll be unable to resist tube rolling. Any compelling reasons for one over the other?