Just thought I'd chime in with my impressions of this amp/dac.   I've been using it this past week with my DT-1770's and I've found the pairing to be excellent. Granted I haven't another amp at the moment to compare it to.   For the money it's quite amazing IMO.

I've just taken delivery of some DT 1770's. It's early days but I have to say I'm extremely impressed. I've been away from the head-fi scene for a few years and I was after a new pair of closed cans. I auditioned the PM-3 and really liked it but I thought the bass was lacking a little bit in...

I felt pretty let down by this album. I love all of M.A's stuff including the oft criticized 100th Window but this album really doesnt stand up to their other work. A few good songs like Pray for rain but overall it sounds, i dont know, rushed? No where near the beautiful texture and complexity...

The big deal is that Kid A is a fantastic album. IMHO.

I just smoked a Quintero Panatelas. Nice smoke, one of my favorites from the limited amount of cigars I've smoked. I'm just getting into cigars and I'm quite shocked by how much more cigars cost in Australia compared to the USA. About 3x more expensive here. I'm still searching for an affordable...

Wow, both of these are in my top 5. I voted Grace. It's a masterpiece IMO.

I'd spend the majority of your money on an awesome pair of headphones, or a couple of good pairs that you enjoy. Spending only 1/4 of your budget on headphones is, in my opinion, quite daft. But I'm of the opinion that all DAC's sound the same and well designed SS amplifiers shouldn't sound...

I don't think you'd need another amp. Just try it with the 701's and see how she goes. I don't own the 701's by I have a HP4 in the mail somewhere that I'm planing on using with my Dt 150's and HF-2's, when they arrive. I'll post some impressions when I get it.

I'd try and pick up a used one and decide for yourself if it's worth it. You can always flip it here for not much loss.

The Beyer DT 150, perhaps?

Quote: Originally Posted by odigg The HP4 suffers from one problem. It has a high output impedance. I've tested and measured it with everything from a 25 ohm Denon to a 600 ohm AKG. I've concluded that, ideally, the amp should be used with a headphone that is 80 ohms or higher. 62 ohms...

Quote: Originally Posted by moonboy403 What source and amp did you use it with? I find the W5000 to be very picky about amps in general. Everything in my signature. I find the SSMH to be a pretty warm and mellow amp and my X-fi to be fairly neutral and I still found them too...

I just received my DT 150's. I've had about 2hrs with them. My impressions so far: The tonal balance on these are perfect. The bass reaches as deep as I've heard in a pair of headphones. It's also wonderfully textured with nice impact. Vocal's sound great, cymbals and electric guitars...

The W5000 was the most fatiguing headphone I've owned, I couldn't listen to it for more than 30 min at a time. I can't be sure why but it was most likely due to the peak in the upper mids. They fit perfectly and I had a great seal so that was not the issue. Other than that they sounded...

The MS1's are amazing cans. Out of all the 'phones I own or have owned they are still my favorites.

Ordered. Damn Head-fi. Quote: Originally Posted by KevinR70 For those who have ordered, does your credit card get charged when you order or when they are shipped? I payed with paypal. I got charged when I ordered. Hopefully the wait is not too long.

Considered Grado's? I'd call em trebleish and there's no bass bloat to speak of.

Quote: Originally Posted by Overheat my other love of late (discounting the phenominal Thom Yorke) is the many different faces of Ben Gibbard, his folkier stuff may be of interest to you with Death Cab and whatnot, but I adore his more electronic side with Postal Service - some of the...

Quote: Originally Posted by karthur All this talk about OFC cables, pure silver etc...made me think. Inside of my Source and DAC...everything is exposed to oxygen and all of the component pins and solder is of some sort of cheap metal material (some silver content I think)... So...

Quote: Originally Posted by olblueyez The more you fight about this stuff, the more you make my points valid. Why do you think they made the sound science section in the first place? Because this forum is a place for people to exchange impressions about audio equipment and you nut jobs...

Quote: Originally Posted by The Monkey maybe you need a timeout from the sound science forum. Seconded. Way too much unnecessary huffing and puffing going on here. As our good friend on the previous page would put it: "We're living in a society!"

Quote: Originally Posted by olblueyez having this experience, makes it very obvious that people who speak of placebo (and completely ignore subjects like shielding) and state that cables cannot sound different are unable to hear the differences, don't have equipment good enough to make...

Quote: Originally Posted by haloxt I'm going to keep insulting people because I don't give a ***** about those people. And I'm not going to participate in that stupid experiment for the same reason. I'm here because I am into improving my sound system, I'm not here because I want to...

Just thought I'd revive this old thread. The OP's done some great work here and I think it's worthy of some more discussion. Excellent objective data like this is really great to have and correlating subjective listening experiences to objective FR graphs is pretty interesting IMO. I think...

Quote: Originally Posted by johnwmclean I personally haven’t heard any of your amps with the 600’s. You on the other hand haven’t heard your 600’s amped properly. Lets talk again after you’ve heard them through a balanced Beta 22. This is nonsensical advice.The op is...