Quote: Originally Posted by Thermionic Dude overall harsh, tinny sound quality-similar (but not as bad) to lower bit-rate MP3 (say, 128kbps). You lost me there: my MP3s don't sound like that at all! I think early CDs are often treble-heavy. Is that what you're concerned about...

Quote: Originally Posted by Thermionic Dude Midnight Oil: "Place Without a Postcard", "10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1", and "Red Sails in the Sunset"-without a doubt, their best albums Well, I beg to disagree... In any case, my release of PwaP sounds good to me. The others less so but I...

There you go: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/dea...e-test-260013/ Being modest is so vain... never mind being over-modest.

Quote: Originally Posted by AlexBPM 1st) Soundstage. I want a huge soundfield so it doesn't feel like I'm trapped in my head. I want to simulate the feeling of space, depth and width. As close to a real 5.1 home theater as possible. With wired headphones of course. Headphones...

The positioning feels restricted in its range with the HD25s but more precise and realistic anyway than with cheap Grados. The echo-y, bassy, and closed-in sound of the HD25s helps me hear the little space that's there. The openness of the Grados feels more natural, yes, but less realistic at...

I don't because I'm lazy and I have too many headphones. ;-) If you're going to be posting here, you'll have to live with the snobs. There's a head-fi member who made an EQ specifically for the PortaPro and Dolby Headphone... a chain of effects to apply to music and to put on a player. It's...

Quote: Originally Posted by argentum Dolby Headphones are terribly overrated Not Dolby Headphones, Dolby Headphone! Also, please quit bringing up this "need an amp" nonsense.

Of those, I'd pick an HD5x5 even though I'm not a fan. The K701 and HD6x0 have these largish chambers which mess the positioning in a way that's supposed to enhance stereo recordings, not binaural. Beyers or K2xxs would be better but any good 'phone with smallish and straightforward chambers...

Quote: Originally Posted by REB I bought them from friend and fellow Head-Fi'er Agnostic who replaced the driver screens with panty hose and refoamed the pads. Do you know what kind of and how much foam was used? What does the result look like (thickness when worn in particular)...

Quote: Originally Posted by REB They don't come up for sale very often, but once in a while they do: the classic DT990 (made until the early 90's?). How did you restore and/or mod them? Mine have fallen into disuse and, while I would like to keep them as a historically...

Quote: Originally Posted by darkswordsman17 The strangest thing is, even though there's massive amounts of detail, and they reveal all the flaws in the recording, they don't make those flaws sound bad. ... I noticed much of the same things you did. The above, however, seems to me...

I'm disturbed by the amount of posters claiming that one backup is enough. It's a lot better than nothing but it's not safe. That's a pitfall of HD backups which needs to be adressed if you care about your data. RAID is not a backup obviously but, for the same reason, a single HD or array...

Quote: Originally Posted by tiantan TURKISH Sagopa Kajmer (my all time favorite) Kolera (another one of my favorites) ... This is some list tiantan! I'm potentially interested in some of that stuff but sorting through it seems daunting... Being mostly familiar with the...

saint.panda wrote an excellent paper about closed headphones. It may be dated (unless he revisited the topic) but I highly recommend it anyway.

Quote: Originally Posted by Zerox Millienium But seriously, 600 ohms, is really something powerful needed to drive it. Probably no DAPs will be able to drive it well. Why not? As always, it depends on the details. DAPs are different and so are 600 ohms headphones. Impendance...

You learn something new everyday. Still a PITA compares to the 580s... If it's user-replaceable, they surely sell it.

I mean that no soldering is required. I don't know if Senn even sells HD555 cables.

The HD555 cable is heavier and looks sturdier... but I don't know if it actually is. In any case, the HD580 cable is more flexible, 1/8 terminated and easily replaceable so I'd say the HD580 is a clear winner cable-wise. EDIT: breaking metal by mistake is a lot harder than breaking plastic.

Quote: Originally Posted by oxymoron08 Will I need an amp? Need? As far as questions go, this one is close to meaningless. The quick answer is that you won't if your soundcard is designed to drive good headphones. If it doesn't even have a headphone jack, you've got your...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tiemen But isn't the DT880 sibilant as well? Lacking a sibilance-meter, I can only give you my opinion: no. What pleases one, annoys another. A lot depends on listening volume as well.

Quote: Originally Posted by wonderwall 555s are still in the running. I hear they are more colored than 580s which means certain frequencies are slightly enhanced, correct? Whereas the 580s are very balanced and neutral but 'veiled', which is a term I am still a bit iffy on. I...

I don't know about any differences between the various versions of that headphone but I would have avoided the 32 ohms version myself because, in general, low-impedance headphones are pickier when it comes to less-than-ideal amps. In that sense, more impedance may well mean better sound. In...

Regarding the original question: many receivers' headphone jacks have high output impedance so they'd fare relatively poorly with low impedance headphones. The telltale sign is out-of-control low frequencies. Every headphone would be affected to some extent. Then you've got the plain crappy...

Quote: Originally Posted by wonderwall Question 2: If neither of these cans will work for my ears, what will? Any number of truely circumaural cans. There really are very many of those. I don't find the HD201 roomy enough to be comfy for reference so it looks like I'm more picky...

Quote: Originally Posted by Brooklyn Hype 1) Buy PX100s and Portapros and audition them ... I agree with feh1325. Quote: Originally Posted by Brooklyn Hype 2) Get a nice pair of <£200 cans that don't necessarily need an amp, such as D2000s or MS-2is, and a fairly...