Quote: Originally Posted by nickchen Mostly unamped home usage with midfi source? That is A900 territory for sure. Also better sounding than the DT770 IMO. x2 the bass from the a900 is a bit on the shy side though

seen 3 or 4 sets of sony ex71's, 1 set of px100's here at Texas A&M, thats about it for decent phones. Mostly just sony street style or iBuds.

I don't think the post count is a hindrance to buying anything from the FS forums, it's easy to just send a PM. I don't have 50 posts, but since i joined Head-Fi 1-2 months ago it hasn't been a problem getting anything from the FS forums, I got a headfive a few weeks ago from someone (lovin the...

I would have to recommend the AT-A900 for you, if you think the DT770's were bass heavy. The AT's have alot less bass but i think i get alot more detail out of mine compared to my DT770's. A900's wont require an amp and are definetly inside your price range. I wont recommend anything else as...

I use 2 of the Koss Hold-a-phone's for my headphones, since i only have 2 pairs of phones worth displaying

if u spend 100 on an amp. There's a guy on ebay that has new DT770's 80 ohm versions available for buy it now of 199.99. He accepted my offer of 140 for a set, which is to me a pretty good deal. If you were looking to spend about 240 that might be an option, eh?

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A900's are pretty gigantic, I doubt you would be going anywhere with them on your head Of course there are people on the boards that would probably use them portably

As Jaska said before, if you don't wanna amp A900 is probably the best bet. The sound quality to me is better than the DT770-80. The X-fi can push the 80 ohm DT770 pretty loud, I set it to 80% or so in windows whereas on my A900's I only set it to 50% for the same volume. Comfortwise i do...

Yeah, as everyone said before go with Beyer DT770pro-80 ohm versions or A900's, I have both. That being said the A900's are much easier to drive and to me they sound better, but for long periods of time i prefer wearing the beyers. The AT's get my ears slightly warmer which makes it...

If it works then kudos to you, but with my 80 ohm version i have to push my volume way harder than on my A900. I wouldn't think a headphone out on a laptop would be able to push it properly.

Yeah, I say the DT770's are a good choice, Got my set yesterday. After listening for a few hours I really noticed the bass, it gets overbearing on bass heavy songs but otherwise its pretty nice.

Yeah, I just got my set of DT770-80's in, and comfort wise i prefer them over my A900's. Soundwise i still prefer the AT's but I haven't been able to really listen to the beyer's. I have noticed the bass though

I haven't had a problem purchasing through amazon before. Only thing i ever bought was some books for school though I would assume they are pretty safe to purchase through.

The basic response i get is "it sounds better, but is it worth that much more?"