some also sound like coke cans...

I guess the "Beats by Dre" could be THE phones for you - according to the english... or perhaps some Skullcandy stuff...

Nothing to think about - keep the RS-2!

Sony MDR-CD3000 (just listening to it, although benefittig a lot from good amplification, it still sound heavenly directly from a portable player...)

PC -> Philips SBC HD 1502U (rille-Mod with TPA6120) -> DX1000

immaculate...

Grado RS-1, Allessandro MS-1, Denon D2000

This phone is crap.

The last ones I saw here in germany were sold at €950 with the AMp and a Stax adaptor - but that was a steal.

And saves you a lot of money on the long term... no need for "sorry for your wallet".

Change the pads. Quartermodded AKG 414 pads should be the cure.

Sonn the older ones will become more expensive... that's my opinion.

For Metal, I like the Audio-Technica AD2000 best. Not the best choice for electronica, though... but acceptable.

1) Internet/computer 2) Commuting 3) Concentrated Listening

The headphone itself will not distort before you are deaf A low-impedance headphone is not so easy to drive, especially if it not very efficient, like the K701. Because of its low imopedance there is a higher current, which may excel your amp#s capability.

Anyway, it MUST be fake.

good luck for you both. I love my DX1000's...

Especially as the velours pads sound better than the pleather pads (not out of the box, but after some "burn-in", after the are softer and fit to the form of your head...).

I wondered that you called the HD600 "distanced". That was the feeling I had with the K701. Not that it is a bad can, but it sounded very distant (narrator-like), lie a satellite watching from outer space...

Don't be worried about overwhelming bass. It's not that bad. The bass of the DX1000 is detailed and controlled, it does not affect the other frequency ranges. A fine headphone , yet not an allrounder (it covers more genres than the W5000, but still is "special"). The W5000 only sounds good with...

I believe it does not make sense to spend to much for amplification in this case. The MS1 is easy to drive, and does not have so much resolution that you should be able to hear differneces between the amps. The Zero should definitely be enough.

Quote: Originally Posted by warrior05 Wow. Quite a statement. To each their own of course. I've been to a number of classical performances - mostly opera - and to my ears, the GS1000s get close to sounding "true" and - as a bonus - without uber high-end sources. I am going to have to...

circumaural.

that is why i put "exciting" in quotation marks. To my ears, they only consist of bass and treble, the mids are completely lost. Pointing only towards the effects... like cheap car-hifi on a high level. To my ears they sound completely wrong - don't know how to describe it.

I cannot understand how you are able to listen to classical music with a GS1000 - because it falsifies the sound of the instruments. OK, the have nice soundstage and good resolution, and sound somehow "exciting", but far from being natural. To my ears, the are kinda top-class car-hifi...