Interesting: A passive sounding better.The Leben volume pot is already a passive attenuator I thought.    Anyhow I have been listening to the active pre mentioned above and it does sound much fuller. If you have access to a decent pre do try it out. 

Leben as a general purpose amp   Not to divert the thread, but on another note. Has anyone tried running the Leben through an active preamplifier. I did this first some years ago with a symphonic line preamp and found that there was a lot more drive to the sound of the speakers (Proac tablette...

Hi, Just got my Dt 880 600Ohms the day before. Have had a good listen all of today and last night on both cd and vinyl, mostly classical and jazz. They are not as comfy as my old phones (Senn 595) or may just be its a matter of getting used to them. Will perhaps send a more detailed review...

Quote: Warrepchi, 'Lead them into battle' I just loved that !. There is a fabulous Indian mythological 'bad guy' called Ravana with ten heads. A great warrior, passionate lover, and accomplished musician, maybe we should make him our patron saint. If I had the skill I would have...

At any given time, one should be enough: the best you can get/afford. Good for everything!

I wish it were otherwise, but the fact is that I spend more time reading about hifi than listening to it. Its not how it ought to be but thats how it has become. Upgrading has taught me one thing, that the higher you go the more you know about whats wrong with what you have. Its like the nature...

Hi folks, Its a while since my original post. Decided not to buy a headphone at the time and went for a source upgrade. I now have the ayon cd 1sc cdp to go with the leben. Now I want to upgrade the phones. Among those suggested earlier the dt 880 is the most reasonably priced one available...

NA, Many many thanks for your knowledgeable and clear answer. Will stick to Beyers and senns.

Hi folks, Dumb question may be? Is it possible to run a stax electrostatic headphone on a leben300 xs amplifier? If not, could someone please explain why. The AKG 1000 can apparently be driven to good effect on this amp, although from the speaker terminals Am just begining my head phone...

Hi, can you try listening to your existing phone with  quality source. I am presently listening to my Senn HD 595 through a Leben 300xs from a Ayon CD1sc and prefer it to my audio analogue cd player. I was planning to upgrade my headphones to the hd 650, but am now going to try and get the ayon...

Thanks Mate, So let me see if I can manage to audition the Senns 650 and the Beyers. Used to own an AKG240, but that was some 20 years ago. not sure if there is a dealer around. Purnendu

Hello folks, Not only is this my first post here, I am quite new to headphones. Was never really been interested in phones, but acquired a leben 300 xs a few months ago. Got on impulse a sennheiser 595 and find myself enjoying it surprisingly much. There is so much more you can listen through...