5.1 mix of Steven Wilson - Raven that refused to sing... very immense.

This album is really good. SQ is by far the best I've heard in a long time.

Quote: I completely agree. It's night/ day difference when I try them out of my ipod. Well, I have to say they sound "fine", but still, the difference is big.

I would have to say Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit

I got the updated version and noticed Replaygain is on. Is there any reason for this? I'm not entirely sure what it does, or how it affects the sound, but on certain albums where the album gain is -8 db or so I have to crank the volume on my amp all the way up.

Amplifiers should amplify the sound, but it's a fact that different DACs and amplifiers may sound different than others, not because of "magic" or that i.e tubes get hot and glow.

What you should do is to position them naturally, nothing extreme, you don't have to sit "perfectly still" at all. I think it is best explained here what I mean, but I'm not sure if this is what SIDWULF is talking about: http://www.head-fi.org/a/ultrasone-owner-s-guide-the-missing-manual

I subtract the frequencies between 120-500 hz and 8k-16k hz just a tiny bit, (-1db to -3db). This gives the highs a bit more warmth, more engaging mids and fuller low end.

Your description of Pro 900 & D600 is pretty much exactly how I experience Pro 900 & D5000. Pro 900 really do take some time to grow into. With D5000 I loved them straight away. With Pro 900 I liked them at first but after much more listening I liked them a lot more, in some ways more than...

Denon D5000 (if you can find them now) and Pro 900 works well with the genres you listed. I imagine Sig Pro and D7000 would be great as well, although the Sig Pro are more refined and neutral sounding than the Pro 900.

Yes, cut the frequencies rather than boosting them. If I'm not completely wrong here you'll get exactly the same results, minus the distortion that might come with the boosting.

Damn guys. I have to share this, although you probably don't share this particular issue that I just "figured out". Ever since I got these headphones I have always heard a kind of imbalance, especially in the very low frequencies. I heard the bass a lot louder in my left cup, which got me...

I'm not talking about XB 1000. Although, I wouldn't agree it has better control than Pro 900. XB 1000 has more sub-bass quantity, but Pro 900 has great bass control, less sub-bass and excellent mid bass.

The point was, ( which I pointed out), if you purely want boomy undefined bass, go with any cheap headphone, as most can achieve that purpose. Either you like the Pro 900 straight away or you don't. Some people like them even more the more you use them.

Pro 900's are headphones you have to get used to. Once your brain "burns-in" and get used to how they sound, you'll like them even more. That was my experience when I first got them. But keep in mind that it's not really about head rattling bass, but a mix of great quality & quantity. If you...

Does drag & drop work for you in this foobar version? I can't drop files into the playlist, which worked fine with the other one. I have no idea what's wrong :confused:

It's not a big problem at all. You get used to it, and when you know how you want to wear them it just takes seconds!

Have you been trying different positions some more? The sound changes a bit depending on how you wear them. By pushing them forward I seem to get more bloated bass, and pushing them too far back they get too harsh. Keeping them "in-between" I get the best results.

Well, part of the different opinions is that the gears we're using are different. I've never tried an E-17 so I might even come to the same conclusion as him there.

The bass is tighter and punchier, not as messy so I would say the quantity stays pretty much the same, but with better quality. The highs seem to open up more to me and isn't as sibilant. But the headphones are just extremely detailed, no matter what you drive them with. (I actually have to eq...

Better control of the low end, it isn't as "bloated". Soundstage is wider and the overall sound is a lot more neutral with this amplifier. It really makes the headphones come alive I must add. The sound DO change quite a bit between different gears. (For anyone not planning on using Pro 900...

I don't have E17 so I can't comment, but on my gear it's night/ day difference between my onboard (Realtek ALC892). I'm also interested in what onboard you have. I have never in my life heard even a decent onboard sound chip.

For volume, perhaps not, but everything will sound much better with a proper amp and dac compared to running them from the motherboard sound card.

Quote: Do you use WASAPI? If you do then that's the case. WASAPI bypasses everything related to Windows when it is enabled, allowing bit-perfect playback.

The Essence ST is absolutely enough to drive Pro 900, although I have to switch to higher gain.