I'd probably hear a difference with a higher amp. I heard the little dot mkvi with it both se and balanced. I admit dumb choice to pair with the emo in hindsight.

My bad, you said in the other thread you were budgeting for $800 for a dac? Audio GD offer plenty of good options below that value. If you really wanted to save money there are less expensive options like the Dacmagic, Bifrost etc. You seem to already have researched I'm sure you'll figure it...

You wouldn't ever be disappointed with that combo   The V6 will be up for sale by the next day   Consider the Audio GD Reference 5.32, connect it up by RCA and you're good to go. Great dac, great for pc usage that I presume you'll be goin for. Can't go wrong with the doggies, great from...

Loving the stand, very neat. Would look very snazzy along compared with my plastic brainwavz stands   Debating whether or not to hold off on my HD800's and get the alpha dog. I desperately need a closed phone for work listening and the TH600 not going to be it (leaks a bit too much).  ...

Subbed, very interested to see if they move to take on the other top/flagship level cans or not. The serial number has me hoping.

  By a "tubey sound" they are referring to a warmth/ bump in the mid range which has been stereotyped to come from tube amplifiers. Of course as it has been explained above not all tube amps or solid state amps sound the same. Different tubes produce different results. Best to take each amp on...

I cannot answer that one never heard the emo. Its a speaker amp though you should know and its solid state. It is supposed to be very very good with orthos mind you the lyr is great with them as well. I'd answer the second question as well but I'm posting this on the train. off to the football...

Emotivia Mini X  A-100

I've got a love and hate relationship with Grados.   I loved the SR60 a lot when I first was starting out, and could not get enough of listening to them for rock, metal and the like. But as I developed a interest in a lot of other genres as I had more free time on my hands graduating from High...

  I have a few questions for you if you have the time.   How does the Fischer FA-011LE fare compared to the T1 in your opinion? What are the most noticeable differences? I know the T1's are many times more in cost. Just some preliminary questions before I hear em.   I'm listening to the...

If you don't plan on getting the a-100 then don't consider this one. The o2 and little dot are no where near powerful enough. It needs many many watts of power. To connect you need the hifiman adapt or similar and a xlr cable for the he headphone. A bit fiddly but incredible value to performance.

Another one to consider with the HE-400 and Mad Dog 3.2   HE-4 with the Emotiva mini-X A-100.   I've heard the HE-4 and its a incredible value at the $350 odd dollars that is comes for. The Mini X has been recommended quite a bit to me for driving them at a budget cost.

I'd be saving the Beyerdynamic T1, Burson Soloist, the Audio GD Ref 5.32 and my laptop which has all my music on it.   Would feel horrid (I wouldn't recover ) losing the other cans and the WA7 I have. I'm always afraid of them getting stolen one day  

  I'm very happy with the pairing of WA7 and LCD2. Organic, warm and inviting, very much like that pairing for Jazz and Blues. Smooth, relaxing and not fatiguing sound. Definitely not overly lush or smeared,  its very clear  and nicely detailed. Nice bass, but I feel the Soloist extends a bit...

Strange I put them in my closet for 6 nights worth of 10 hours each. I didn't hear to much difference. Maybe my NFB 5.32 just matched poorly with them. I wonder if there could have been something wrong with my source at the time.

There are a couple of good places to audition in Melbourne with a fantastic variety. There is addicted to audio which is in Kew. Also noisy motel in prahan And jaben on lonsdale street in the city. These are 3 headphone stores, actual headphone specialists. You can go in any try stuff...

The 840 is flatter.   The 840 I have heard described by a fair few people as fatiguing with poor recordings.   The ATH m50 is bit bassy, with a raised bass response below 200hz. The upper mids/lower treble are a bit recessed? with a treble spike I think.   The 840 has a mid bass hump as...

Boy oh boy I think this has turned into a HD800 thread all of a sudden   I'd love to try some vegan pads/headband on the LCD2, the top of my head is starting to get irritated by the headband after the 2/3 hour of my listening sessions.   Quote: Can't afford to add an amp in addition to...

  Easily, very easily. My NFB 5.32 drove them to very loud volumes at around 11 o clock, I listened to it even before that a lot of the time. I believe both yours and mine are the same power output.

  There is no reason why they will sound poor on a headphone really, but I'm not talking about the audio bitrate or format. I mean that even on CD some albums are mastered very poorly and can be fatiguing. Take say Katy Perry's last album, whatever it was called, the song I heard on my...

Oh, I've given the wrong impression. I'm just wondering about the actual matching of my amps (soloist WA7) with the HD800.   I've already heard the HD800 off a WA2, just not on any amp I own. I was very impressed at the time with them. I like the HD800 a lot so far from what I've been hearing...

I'd love to hear your comparisons as well.

Not sure about the E6, never heard it or do I know how powerful it is.   The 840 doesn't need amping, the E6 should be sufficient.   Something I just thought to mention, if you listen to mostly mainstream pop/rock. Well many songs tend to have poorer recordings and a lot are brightly...

Get the RS1i. I found the RS2 to be very shrill and almost unbearable, never felt the same about SR60, 225 or MS Pro. Dubstep Girl agrees with my perceptions of it. To her the RS1i sounds a lot better.   Not sure if mine was faulty or what, some people don't seem to hear much difference like...

I will be able to audition them properly soon at Noisy Motel, say a week or two. Permitting that there still will be one available at that time. I hope they can fit with what I want from an aggressive rock can. I'll be taking a fair few exceptional rock recordings with me.   Will be a few...