Quote: Originally Posted by The Monkey See guys? Haunted! I'm still hung up on the chip thing... one works fine, the other has crazy problems. If they're not bad, maybe you could post some pictures of your 86xx's mounted to the adapters? They're sometimes easy to get on...

Quote: Originally Posted by The Monkey Unfortunately, I also have this weird intermittent offset problem. I'm not sure how much offset you're getting with the AD86xx, but if it's REALLY high maybe the chips are bad? If you have any others you might try throwing them in. Also...

Quote: Originally Posted by The Monkey ...And the chips are just short of burning my fingers. I don't know. Realizing this is several weeks old and you've probably already answered your question by now... Since you're expecting about 10ma through each buffer it sounds like...

I think the moral may be that it is objective - there is science behind it that tries to solve a problem, but in the end it's also subjective, because it boils down to personal taste. Whether it be an issue with source, music, amplification, cans, or even psychology, it's hard to say. I've...

Quote: Originally Posted by Beauregard I will take exception to the way you described crossfeed in your initial post as... Quote: Originally Posted by Xerophase ...a feature added to amps to reduce soundstage and thus reduce fatigue for some individuals. Yes...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyll Hertsens So the main difference between cross-talk and cross-feed is the cross-talk signal has no interaural time delay and is unintentional and not controlled. A cross-feed signal has a very specifically designed delay and frequency rersponce intended to...

Quote: Originally Posted by CookieFactory It's not a bug, it's a feature! <sigh> I'll just high five you and act like I set that up on purpose

I have a few questions about crosstalk and crossfeed and how these distortions/features affect the sound of an amp. First, my understanding of crosstalk is that it is a negative attribute of an amplifier that reduces the soundstage. Crossfeed, on the other hand, is a feature added to amps to...

Thank you all for the suggestions! I'm researching the recommended cans now. Thanks again!

I can't seem to find a search function since the forum upgrade, so unfortunately I haven't been able to research this very much before just firing off a question. I'm looking for something fairly specific, though, and wanted to gather some opinions. I'm looking for a huge amount of isolation...

I thought subscribed threads expired after a while, but after almost a year, this one came back and found me. It's pulling me back, trying to make me buy some SR225's or HD650's!! AHHHH!!!!!!!! But anyway, imokruok, I still have these cans and love them. I think after a proper burn in...

Hey antness, when you read this, would you mind contacting me regarding my pre-order? Email or PM is fine. I've emailed you a few times, but I'm not sure if you're getting them. Thanks!

I just posted how I "fixed" some of the cd's production problems on the Zwan boards. Here's the link: http://zwan.infopop.cc/6/ubb.x?a=tpc...2&m=9896005242 You may not be able to get directly to it without an account. If not, search for the subject "How to "Fix" your Zwan CD" on the "Mary...

Quote: Originally posted by Rizumu How well do the A900's isolate? Has anyone compared them with the isolation of similarly priced closed phones? (DT-770, DT-250, HFI-650, etc.) Isolation is so-so. When they're just sitting on my ears without anything playing, or if it's at a quiet...

Quote: Originally posted by kpfeifle Xerophase: Excellent review, this follows my take on these phones as well. I'm up to about 40 hours of burn in and they just get better & better. Enjoy them! Cool, at least I'm not going insane I'm definitely enjoying them, and I hope you...

If I were being shipped away to an island and could only take a lifetime's worth of food, my fiance, or a solar powered CD player and these esoteric CD's: Arab Strap - Philophobia Clinic - Internal Wrangler Junetile - All Things (Un)Clear Charlene - Charlene The Promise Ring - Wood/Water...

Quote: Originally posted by nanahachi your burn in experience is rather dramatic, im glad their performance has been getting better and better. Isn't it, though? Like I said, I'm interested to see what other people's experience with the phones are overtime. I'm still sort of...

I finally received these (along with some Eggo D66's ;-) from audiocubes.com a few days ago. At first I wasn't going to prepare a review, simply because I'm not nearly as much of an enthusiast as some of the other members here, and therefore can't provide much of a comparison of these phones to...

Just curious what everyone's favorite CD is to benchmark their headphones by. Surely everyone has one. I'm talking about that CD that you *can't wait* to test your new gear out on. Whether you choose it because you think it's production quality is perfect, it has crazy stereo effects, it's your...

fierce_freak: Haha, yeah, it's fairly easy to make a quick decision when you have almost nothing to go on but other people's opinions. You eventually just say, well, the concept sounds good... I'll give it a shot. Here's my reasoning: The reception of these cans across all the forums I've...

Just as a follow-up, I've decided to go out on a limb and grab a pair of the ATH-W1000. I'm going with the W over the A model simply because I like the way they look. The sound difference is apparently nill. As far as an amp goes, I'm going to try to power these off my receiver for a bit, and...

kelly: Interesting. Beefed up mid-bass is something I would generally avoid. I have an annoying sensitivity (intolerance?) to a lot of low-mid/mid-bass. It muds up the sound and starts to remind me of high school PA equipment. Not that it's that severe, but you see what I'm getting at. <sigh>...

LTUCCI1924: Thanks for the suggestion! I'll do some research on them. I've always had very good luck with their mics

Hello everyone! This is my first post to the forum after lurking here a while yesterday to collect information for my next set of phones for my home setup. Unfortunately, my purchase will probably be a blind (deaf) one as I'm not likely to find a pair of higher end cans to demo at any of my...