Quote: I wouldn't use the DT990 250 ohms without an amp let alone the 600 ohms! You greatly run the risk of underdriving them and damaging the drivers! Seriously, do not use them until you have at the very least a high gain CMOY. Especially don't us the EQ as an "amp", you should only...

^^ lol I believe that's sarcasm     Quote:   Nope they're not great profit at all. Imagine how much less they'ld make if they actually tried to spend more on quality. HP was so close to exiting the PC business last year, really wish they did.

Quote:   SQ is typically affected by ear pads.

Oh interesting, that is indeed very different and also very useful. So then it would be interesting to see the FR of headphones that appear to have a good soundstage and compare them to the FR of sound coming from left/right.   Quote: Well your enclosure affects your sound a great deal...

Quote: Can you compare/contrast their sound?       How are you liking your DT990s w/ the Valhalla?

Sounds like your head/ears are on the larger side. I have been using my HD555s for 8 hours a day and have not had a single hour of my ears hurting or head hurting. They barely touch my ears at all and only 1-2" of the headband touches the top of my head. I'm not short/small either, 5'11.

lol -12, that's just hilarious.   Quote: Because HP does not give two ****s about making a good laptop. They only care to make money, when you make something to only make money it will never be great.

Wouldn't be surprising if they did like 16 and 32 bit more, they're powers of 2.

Illusion is a good word to use. Obviously, with headphones you cannot technically have a real soundstage since it emanates from directly beside your ears versus speakers which will allow for a true soundstage. Yet, there's no doubt that different headphones can have drastically different sound...

Revealing and detailed are related. Revealing headphones show the details of a recording. No such thing as good or bad details, they just are. Raw, less mastered tracks where the instruments may sound off to you can be greatly enjoyable if you simply appreciate the music as it is. Happens a lot...

Quote:   Two things: Our ears do not hear linearly with volume. As you turn the volume up, their sensitivity to bass and treble go down to protect our ears. Our ears to begin with do not hear things flatly. Bass is hardest to hear followed by treble.   So a V with more bass than...

Quote:   Like others have, the first path is what I recommend as well. Leave the coloring to your headphones and try to get as neutral as possible of a amp and dac.   I'm not a big fan of EQing, but I am okay with EQing to make a flatter sound if absolutely needed. I have not had the...

  I would not throw it away. I would acquire more products and try to figure out a correlation between the sound and the measurements if possible. It has never happened to me, usually the numbers match up with what I hear.     Quote:   Anyone can convince themselves to go either...

Better off getting audiophile headphones and adding a mic to it imo. The Audio Technica AD700s are very popular for gaming because of their huge soundstage and able to use them unamped...but they don't really have much bass. I love gaming on my DT990s, great soundstage too and excellent bass and...

Anymore thoughts on this DAC? The built in audio controls is interesting and a headphone amp too makes it a pretty good value

What irks me about Brat's post is that he made a large statement with no details to really back it up.   I don't know if an ODAC is better than the Weiss DAC202U or the Ayon Skylla 2, but I would love an actual detailed comparison. Not some a statement as usless as the ODAC is missing 40% of...

Quote:   lol 40%? Are you telling me 90% of people commenting in this thread about their impressions have absolutely no idea what they're talking about? I've never heard the Weis or the ODAC, but both having a similar ESS chip it would be amazing to hear that much of a difference. What...

Quote: lol...pretty sure most people will refer to the DAC as the source. Unless he means the audio file...in which case that's still makes little sense

Just had a chance to check this out...   Compared to Foobar2000 I find that it has even higher clarity and richness. Notice it especially in the cymbals for example, they have more of a ring to them.

I have the 0404USB, while I love its sound...I hate Creative's driver support. Still no non-beta Windows 7 drivers and Windows 8 is about to come out. I have 0 hope of Windows 8 support. Is there another device that uses the AK4395 that sounds pretty similar to it?

Quote:   You could try a pair of open headphones. Are you using WASAPI? You could look into a higher quality DAC like the ODAC.

I imagine you'ld have a much better time getting an "analog" sound if you look at different speaker/headpone and amp combos instead of dac, speaker/headphone and amp combos. Keep the DAC neutral unadultering as much as possible. The DAC is not the place imo to customize your sound. Not unless...

Everything I read about the ODAC is very impressive. Compares to $1500 dacs.

Anymore opinions would be useful. The Headstreamer looks quite nice, nice to see it's made in the USA too. It has a PCM1793 which is interesting to see too.

I have a Labtec LVA-7331 that I currently have over my HD555s but used over my DT990s in the past. I use it for professional work and it has served me very well for less than $50 from Amazon. Great quality mic and it doesn't pickup much outside noise. I just used a few twist ties to secure it to...