Going back to one of the cans you asked to compare, the md3.2 beats the k701 on depth by a lot. This will make vocals appear more distant, not hollow, though. If that's fine by you and your tastes, the 3.2 vs 701 driven by a: a neutral bus powered audio interface with weak power, fiio e11, and...

Can't wait to get these once they go live so I can quote you and post that everywhere. Sonically though, if you bypass the internal and go external, there's no difference between each stage of the Geek, right? It's just amp power? Also hoping that android OTG gets supported later down the...

Just got notice of the mdp delivery. Can't wait to come home to those!

Part of the alpha pad sound is the space and angle created. Though attractive, those don't look nearly as strong in those aspects as the Alphas. It's a shame, those do look nice, and the alpha pads are huge >.>. I would like to hear impressions Of the other way way around though (alpha pads on...

After a day of reading the background behind Light Harmonic, I had this geeky dream of the Geek Out's awesomifier in a metaphoric brawl with the Smyth Research A8 Realiser. Then I woke up at 2AM when my jumped on my keyboard. I miss that dream :<

My apologies for the necro, but it's hard to find details on some of these ibasso dacs with references to compare to. Would any of you owners of the D12 be able to shed any light on how the DAC portion of the D12 sounds? I'm going to feed this into a PB2, and the only sourge gear references I...

Dan, if there were a contest for the package with the most unnecessary protection, I would probably win it. I hope you don't laugh hard when you receive my MD3.2's, boxed into a larger 18x12x12 box, suspended by inches of plastic airshell pillows all around.  Yeah, it's not like I love...

Edit: I suck at not making walls of text. I'm looking to update my source but I'm having difficulty in choosing (or finding things that work, for that matter), a dac that fits my tastes and needs. Could anyone share experience their products (don't even have to own them) that: Has a wide/deep...

I can't put into words how much my wallet and I appreciate your input! I'll deal with the unbalanced input until I have a better source than my recording interface, but for now, at least my Mad Dogs will have, at the very least, the full power of the amp in power alone (which will help since my...

I'm thinking of selling/passing on my X3 and picking up this thing later down the line. The DX90 looks great at this price! So tempted.. But I'll let the firsties have their fun before I buy   By the way, how do you DX50 owners run this into a PB2 in balanced, if you own the pair? I'd like to...

I really appreciate everything you've shared so far. Cross referencing the stuff I've been reading now with your answers makes a lot of things fall into place, and a lot of my own questions and doubts answered. I had brought up this question in a separate thread, but I think I can stand behind...

Thanks for the info and precise keywords. Helped a lot in researching so far. So from what I've gathered, that magical sound quality "number" (last bit of first post) I asked about is actually just a coincidentally cleaner signal since one doesn't have to strain an amp or push it closer to its...

Just finished reading http://archive.is/Nzf7 Which helped in understanding power measurement, but I still don't understand why people claim power output affects sound quality, not just output volume/playback levels. Reading this makes amplification and "driving" Sound black and white in terms of...

Dan, I still have yet to ship out my mad dogs for the pro upgrade, but I'm thinking of ordering a 2nd cable already. Just curious though, since these are wired for single ended and balanced, this DOES mean that we can easily switch from a balanced xlr connection and, say, anyone else's single...

I see all these posts about folks plugging into vintage receivers or speaker amps, as well as headphone amps with ludicrous amounts of power and though cans with high impedance or orthos rejoice in this, is there a general limit? Not just for these power hungry headphones but for more basic...

Upon further reading, I've read that converting xlr to rca or using any such cable already terminated as such will Cut my potential signal in half. Since I'm handling rca anyway, i won't notice this, but i don't want to miss out on the benefits of balanced xlr. Now i suppose the next question...

So I plan to use the above conversion in my soon to be system (Which I'll plot out at the bottom). Now I could be worrying over nothing here, but I have no experience with making cables nor their connections or terminations. I'm concerned because in a bit of digging, I read that (Let's hope I...

I've had my mad dogs for a month now and have been very happy since (especially with friend and Co worker impressions). The pro version sounds perfect but how long will i be without these cans would you say?

Dan, my mad dogs have just come in. I know for a fact that my fiio x3 (or e11 for that matter) can't drive these. But the sound, fit, and (dear God) the comfort are everything I've read, and will likely get better when plugged into something better. I'm still studying portable pairings for...

Thanks for clarifying. I've seen enough instances of statements claiming that some of their dacs improved quality of their lossy files to make me question if some new magical technology was floating about. I had first assumed that this was because of an upgrade in dac, amp, or sound signature...

Question 2 of my intro to head-fi! Hello folks.   My V-Moda M80s came in a couple of days ago. Right out of the box, I noticed the red shields I ordered seemed off (My design came through perfectly though! Kudos to you, V-Moda for getting those tiny pixels in that image for my desired fading...

Hello head-fi~ I've been browsing about for quite some time now and usually have had my questions / buying concerns clearly resolved just by browsing / googling about, but now I'm at a dead end on two things. (Thanks for being so clear by the way; the enlightenment to my hearing has ensured that...