I have K701 for serious home use and Proline 750's for closed home use. My other cans are D1001's and HD280's I dislike the sound of the 280's so much I gave them to my daughter. I use the D1001's for my close environment (office space) closed can listening. Much better IMO than the 280's amp'ed...

I spent another couple of hours with the LC3 last night. Trying different headphones. Different media CD/SACD and MP3. I find the amp to be pretty neutral, but will reveal a bad source pretty quickly. I listen to my AKG 701's Ultrasone Proline 750 and my old Senn HD-280's. No problem driving any...

Mr.C I just got a LC3 yesterday. You HAVE to get the power supply, as the amp section alone does not have an means of converting AC to DC. I bought mine used from a Head-fi member I've been researching and wanting one of these for about 9 months now, Finally came across a good well taken care of...

+1 $210 for Denon AH-D1000/1001 WAY WAY WAY overpriced. I got mine for 83 shipped. I've been looking into D2000's and 200 seems to be about the going rate for them.

I personally never understood "unboxing" reviews... You take it out the box and chances are you dont see the box again until it's time to sell it, or return the product. THATs if you keep the box. I've seen good products come in cheap boxes and crappy products come in good packaging. Guess the...

You poor poor man...You have no idea what can you just opened! LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by Mr Machine Yeah, I am also considering the HD555 for the advanced future, maybe for movies, all around music, for my girlfriend or when I need a break from the 280's. Well you better hope you can wear the things longer than 30mins before the clamping...

Very good review..but for the record..Donald Fagen really isnt Jazz. Pop would be a better Genre, but certainly not jazz.

Quote: Originally Posted by Nocturnal310 if u r willing to spend that level of money then Dr. Dre and HD280 are not the best option out there. i think many will agree with me. So far one of the best post in this thread. As opposed to useless bashing and stand up wanna bees...

Quote: Originally Posted by cscamp oh no! as much as i like listening to headphones... listening full range speakers like Martin Logans are still different...it's still a different experience when you don't have anything on your ear. Yes Martin Logans are nice. Especially the...

Quote: Originally Posted by intoart The only reason I still own HD280s is that they don't need an amp. That makes them perfect for travel with my portable CD player. The only reason I own Hd280's is because Im too cheap to throw them away. My daughter doesnt mind using them on...

Quote: Originally Posted by dcpoor my irony meter. just exploded. No kiddin. With NO experience with certain cans He is WILLING to take other peoples posts as gospel about the sounds of the Ad2000 or w5000's. Wow! Quote: Originally Posted by lucky Call me when...

Quote: Originally Posted by dcpoor I see that you removed your rig/setup from your signature. I thought it was a good and fair thing for people to know that you're running k701's unamped from a macbook or with a cheap mixer from the macbook. especially when you're telling people that...

Quote: Originally Posted by intoart Define "proper source". Quote: Originally Posted by what? clean signal with no coloration. A good CD player (or SACD Player) Doesnt have to be a Shanling CD 300 or anything like that. Just a "Good" CD player. I know from...

Quote: Originally Posted by TheMarchingMule Something's not right here. I still think you're in the honeymoon phase with these things. Especially when the source is a Clip and you're essentially double amping it. No kidding..And comparing them to a $40K rig... Really drives home...

Ultrasone makes some excellent cans. Unfortunately there 100 dollar(ish) are two models, and dont seem to be much to write home about. The 780's suggested MSRP around $280 ish (off the top of my head) again Sub 100 dollar cans Denon 1001's AKG K81 Dj, Audio Tech's ATH-Fc700's or The Sen HD280...

Quote: Originally Posted by djay1948 I think "whine with your panties stuffed up your butt" is really crude and very much against the spirit of what we are trying to do here. I'm relatively new to this site, but so far, I've found the nastiness of some of the contributors really...

Quote: Originally Posted by soulesschild Also, noise isolation isn't too big of an issue. Main issue would not having sound leak out and being comfortable for 4+ hours. In either case the K701's arent for you. They dont isolate, and they are open cans so anyone close to you...

Denon AH-D1001's are a good set of cans in that price range that will work well for what you want. IMO. The K701's NOT a good choice of cans for a work if noise Isolation is a concern and the Fiio wouldnt drive them (well) anyway.

While mbd2884 did answer your question he was rather blunt about it. Yes AKG's are designed and engineered in Austria. Parts come from Austria,and some parts from China. It depends on the the can in question. The Final assembly point is really nothing more than a business decision made to cut...

Where's the question??

Quote: Originally Posted by limpidglitch umm, what would be the definition of a full-sized can? Thinking about the mentined HD25-1 and SR60. Very good question. I have a pair of Denon AH-D1001's and a Pair of Ultrasone Pro 750's (Both mentioned in this thread) EDITsorry the...

Quote: Originally Posted by subtle It doesn't sound like you've been keeping up with the company that well these past few years. Klipsch is most certainly an audiophile loudspeaker. Although I vastly prefer the Heritage series to the Reference, their new Palladium line is simply...

Quote: Originally Posted by Gatto dumb noob question, what is a DAC? and ndskyz I know they are not portable at all but I use them at work so portable is way easier for me to manage Thats not what I say..but what the other people on this site have said when this subject comes...

Oh Boy..here we go...again. K701 with portable Amps. Here I'll give you the cliff notes. From those who have posted before... 'Yes the Pico will drive them, but not as good as a Desktop (full size) amp' 'Portable...K701's are you serious? They are too big to carry around.' And last...