So, when auditioning headphones one of my basic tracks is 'Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box' as the opening is a good indication of bass impact/precision... currently awaiting a back-order on purchased Sr-407's... and wondering how they will do.  Played through speakers, the impact is...

Ah, thank you for your answer Patrick, a very sound explanation, it seems to me

I am just trying to figure out the match between music and quality... some ideas can (only) be expressed via great recordings or live, but nevertheless I'm curious how the ideas of music (sorry if I'm being redundant) relate to quality reproduction?  Of course, anyone reading this will have...

Patti Smith's interpretation of Gimme Shelter is freaking outstanding  

Yes, I think that's my real question...  

I agree that contrast may be a major fuel for the obsession, just wondering how much these obsessions literally relate to the music?  Hearing Coltrane a couple days ago via Stax almost made me cry, but I'm wondering if this novelty would dissipate regardless (i.e. my brain would adapt to a...

really it is amazing... I'm just still in a bit of shell shock at listening to the Stax phones (and enthralled at the prospect of properly discovering them)

The tricky thing in this problem (if it's legitimate) is that one cannot isolate any variable in search of a correct answer... Although the nirvana reported by many does express transparency as the ultimate aim...  

Just had a thought that seemed worth sharing/seeing if there's any opinions on the matter... So, as some people have written, there's differences in how people listen to music... i.e. sustained high quality attention vs. pleasure-through-osmosis kind of listening.  This is a fair synopsis...

Also, I'd love a mini-meet, would be thrilled to hear your 009's, would gladly offer my he400's.... as I said, I LOVE mine, but was astonished by the Lambdas...and it'd be fun to share musical tastes along with the technologies that support them...  

I overheard the offer of that headphone stand and what a generous offer... if I didn't just make my own stand I'd have tried to weasel a similar offer (image missing)

Also, thanks for the invite on listening, I might take you up on that...

Well, once again, thanks to everyone for bringing their stuff.  I have to say, as new to this whole thing, and absolutely thrilled with my HE-400's and Little Dot +1 with upgraded tubes and opamp, that listening to your Stax was completely shocking.  While I think I'd prefer some music with my...

So, after reading up on Stax models, etc., I realize I didn't really spend much time with your SR-5's (that's what you brought, right?), but only with your Lambda, which astonished me (especially with jazz...).  Just wondering what your opinion of the differences between them are, as I see an...

Thanks everyone for today, nice meeting y'all... Unfortunately, now I'm going to be on an obsessional hunt for a used Stax setup... Oh well

I keep returning to Sigur Ros no matter what is happening in my life

originally I thought it was a no-brainer, since I forgot about Von... if Agaetis Byrjun was possible it would be hands down...

lots of good picks here, agree with a lot of them... but there's some big absences... namely Vic Chesnutt's 'Little'!, Elliot Smith's 'Roman Candle', and Kanye's 'College Dropout'; also Richard Thompson's 'Henry the Human Fly'... my personal favs would be (without really thinking through it)...

What's interesting to me is that no distortion is introduced by turning up the volume without a signal, yet there's distortion with a signal, but of a very confounding nature... i.e. I'm trying to identify it by listening A/B with my D1 but maybe my ears aren't attuned enough... anyway, thanks...

Thanks for the response... I'm torn because I like the increased bass response of my receiver, which I attributed to increased current, but do find the receiver puts in some distortion (is less accessible to immediate detail), yet have no way of identifying/understanding this... I enjoy the...

I just posted this in the wrong forum... think this is the right one?...   Don't know if this is a dumb question (since I'm fairly new to head-fi, etc) but I have a receiver (Sherwood S-9200CP from 1981) that I use to occasionally drive my headphones (HE400 and K550), using the Audioengine...

I'll be there, would love to see and talk about what everyone else has... I'll bring my HE400, K550, D1 and Little dot +1? this would be my first meet

So, it looks like I've put this question in the wrong forum... oops.  Did I say I was new at this?  

Don't know if this is a dumb question (since I'm fairly new to head-fi, etc) but I have a receiver (Sherwood S-9200CP from 1981) that I use to occasionally drive my headphones (HE400 and K550), using the Audioengine D1 as a DAC/preamp, and sometimes feel like there's too much current... i.e. it...

Also, this is with bass/treble tuned to zero (neutral, then?), so there's no eq factor as far as I know...