I disagree about spending as much on the amp/preamp as on the speakers, atleast until you get into price-is-no-object land. In my experience, the sonic difference between speakers is far greater than that between amps, preamps, and sources. The difference between a $5,000 and a $10,000 speaker...

Well I was brilliant enough to leave the house with my gear, headphones, camera, and directions to the wrong place. I went to 181 Boston Post Road (which is an embroidery store by the way) instead of 181 Boston Post Road West. I was also enough of an idiot to not bring the phone number or name...

If anyone still needs a ride from anywhere in greater Boston (including Cambrige, allston/brookline/brighton, somerville, JP, etc), call my cell at 714-403-6191. If not then I'll see you there.

Actually, I'm sure that speakers present music the way the engineers mean for it to be heard. If headphones were the desired reference for playback, then engineers would mix on headphones. They don't; In fact mixing on headphones is considered heresey by almost everybody in the pro audio world...

A great speaker rig can actually provide a more enveloping soundstage/listening experience than can any set of headphones I've heard. Headphones are convenient and can sound fantastic at a low price point, but once you start talking about adding expensive amps, dacs, re-cables, some of the...

I don't have any experience with the Swans, but the smaller bluesky speakers sound excellent for how small and relatively inexpensive they are. You can do better soundwise for the money, but you won't find anything nearly as small or convenient.

Just a friendly bump. Let's see those results!

Defininely check out the Revel Concerta F12s. About $1100, and definetely the best speakers I've heard for anything less than double the price.

I'm right around Cleveland Circle. Cambridge isn't too far, I can just swing by and pick you up if you need a ride. Or if multiple people need a lift it'd be great if everybody could congregate in one or two places so that I don't have to drive all over the place.

Count me in. I can bring K701s, a Presonus Central Station, and an Eastsound E5. I can also give rides to up to 4 other headfi'ers. I'm coming from Brighton, and I'd be happy to pick people up who are reasonably close.

Both pairs of Ultrasones that I've heard (Proline 2500 and Proline 750) were shocking. I found it hard to believe that they were produced by engineers who could hear... I guess they might be appealing if you like the sonic equivalent of getting punched in the balls and poked in the eye with a...

Quote: Originally Posted by c0mfortably_numb Hrmm I wonder what 80 or so MPH and an Alpine head unit set at 23 to compansate for the road noise of a POS civic would equate to Earplugs are a must if you're spending alot of time in the car listening to music. A blasting stereo in...

Listening at 80-85db isn't going to cause significant hearing loss over the course of your lifetime. I'm a recording engineer, so I'm listening to speakers almost all day, every day. I know quite a few engineers that have been at it for 20-30 years, and pretty much all of them who listen in that...

This poll is pointless when most people have no idea what XXdb really relates to. FYI: Occupational Safety and Health Orginization "Occupational noise exposure guidelines": http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owad...RDS&p_id=10625 Chart of loudness references (including musical instrument...

I'll bet a thousand dollars that nobody here actually listens at 60db. Music at 60db is incredibly annoying. A moderately low listening level (that you can still converse over) is in the mid 70's, and the frequency response of your ears doesn't even even out until you start approaching 80. 86db...

Ultrasone Proline 2500. They sounded like someone took a BROKEN pair of the cheapest headphone Grado makes, fed them so much signal that they were or the verge of blowing up, then shoved them down my throat and started punching me in the face. The fact that they cost more than $300 was an extra...

Where/when did you guys order? I've got an order in at earphonesolutions, but I'm still waiting for them to get stock. Are they in stock anywhere and I just don't know about it?

Behringer headphones are terrible. They sound bad (grainy, distorted, thin), they don't fit well, and the build quality is the pits. The only headphone that I've heard that has sounded worse is the Ultrasone Proline 2500 (and I wanted to like it so bad...).