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    Grado Fan Club!

    ok all that sounds good, except the weight - one of the best things of all about the GS-1000e is their lightness on my head, can almost forget I'm wearing them.
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    Grado Fan Club!

    nearly 4200 pages here... hmm...... Ok if someone can give me the TLDR digest please :relaxed: : I've had a pair of GS-1000e headphones for several years and like them a lot, even though they are clearly not neutral. Driving them unbalanced from an RME ADI-2 FS. What differences might I...
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    Denon AH-D9200 - 2018 Flagship - Impressions Thread

    Peter Tyson will soon have an Open-Box AH-D9200 for sale.... :wink: I would have to admit it wasn't as bad as the truly infamous AH-D7100 of about 10 year ago.
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    Denon AH-D9200 - 2018 Flagship - Impressions Thread

    Just bought a pair of Denon AH-D9200s..... and after 48 hours they are going back to the seller for a refund (thanks to UK distance selling regs). Seriously, they sound broken. Ok on pop rock where they have lots of punch and impact and can really get into the groove. But on classical and...
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    For those of us with multiple headphones, which ones are you listening with now?

    Grado GS-1000e. Can't decide between it and 20yr old Denon AH-D5000 which I prefer. They both play music, unlike some recent uber-hi-end headphones I've been trying recently which sounded ghastly by comparison to either.
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    Comment by 'alanbeeb' on listing 'Mr Speakers/Dan Clark Ether 2 (UK)'

    £900. P/X from dealer will be as good.
  7. For Sale  Mr Speakers/Dan Clark Ether 2 (UK)

    Price
    900.00 GBP
    Condition
    Excellent/Like new
    Negotiability
    Or best offer
    Ships to
    1. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Highly regarded Planar Magnetic headphone..... I I am 2nd owner, to try again to hear what the fuss is about with Planar Magnetics but I've reluctantly decided my 20-yr old Denon AH-D5000 are preferable to my old ears. https://danclarkaudio.com/ether2-system.html (NOTE: I think they only...
  8. For Sale  SOLD: Earmax Pro OTL Headphone amp

    Price
    275.00 GBP
    Condition
    Good
    Negotiability
    Firm
    Ships to
    1. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    The best amp for Sennheiser HD-600/650/800 at not stupid money. Its a lovely little thing, like a piece of jewellery, produces glorious sound with high impedence phones - like the Sennheisers above or Beyerdynamic. https://brocksieper.com/en/portfolio/earmax-2/ I am not the first owner, and a...
  9. For Sale  Sennheiser HD 800 (originals

    Price
    700.00 GBP
    Condition
    Excellent/Like new
    Negotiability
    Or best offer
    Ships to
    1. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Bought these approx 2 years ago for AudioAffair as New Old Stock as Sennheiser had discontinued them, now only make the HD800S... a shame I think as I think these are a livelier and more engaging listen than the HD800S which I had before. Since then though - I've hardly used them, maybe 20...
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    Best classical recordings...ever!

    I've got that recording too, and while I admire Petrenko's determination to totally avoid hysteria and over-sentimentality... its just too straight for me. But thankfully, it is far prefereble than the opposite extreme - highly praised but to my ears way-over-the-top milk-every-moment...
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    Utterly Bizzare Sennheiser HD 800S problem

    Well, clearly not then.   But I made a bit of a discovery.  My vortexbox has a 12V 5A power adaptor. If I move it to a seperate AC wall socket, rather than the power distribution block which all the hifi usually shares.... the problem seems to go away.   Hmmm.   Still think I might try a...
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    Utterly Bizzare Sennheiser HD 800S problem

    I will probably get round to that, but just wondering if anyone has a theory on what could be the cause?
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