I suppose the only thing you will "miss" is the headache of choosing "that new superb dac/amp/hp". ) Otherwise its a great step to take. Only thing that matters is Your pleasure from your music. ) Its easy to say, that HD650 with a stack will be able to deliver it.

ahmadfaizadnan has a good point with 660's. Jude noted that they are more transparent than 650 -- "HD800 league", -- and it could be Quite interesting for 500$ especially with 150Ohm (not HD800's 400+ Ohms ).

I hope that any capital in EU should have some kind of big HiFi store where you can usually do such a comparisons.Or you can check into local community. HP lovers are not that rare nowadays. ) In worst case scenario -- come to Moscow. I'd show you couple of tester friendly stores. )

Well they don't have magni3 in Moscow yet, while i definitely want to grab it just as a spare ) So yesterday I compared Rag>Mjo2>Jot>Asg2 and my desired SQ level began somewhere between Mjolnir 2 and Ragnarok single ended. More or less telling from the raw power output it equals the (or even...

Well, nice link BTW. But answering the initial question: 16 \ 24 bits is a Encoding -- not necessary Sound Quality. 1) Yes, you would probably want a Better music files with HD800. 2) No one really can tell what is the quality of the music files without listening to them. ) You can encode a...

I feel your pain ) Got HD800 as well. What can i say: they are capable of a stellar sound, spacing and whatever you can want from an open headphones, but you Do need an amp. While its... Enjoyable to listen those with Chord Mojo, real sound can be heard only with a decent desktop AMP. If you...

My 2c: Of course of MrSpeakers we should look on the Flow versions -- they indeed sound a little cleaner than the originals. (By the way Innerfidelity guy ranks AEON Flow even above the Ether C line, which is interesting). Audeze LCD-XC version is a VERY good sound on my liking (maybe even more...

Focusrite Clarett 2pre / Chord Mojo user here. While Clarett is a hell of an interface (does its job Excellent on my AKG C214 for voicing), its output powers are somewhat limited. Of course it handles my Sony MDR-1A without any difficulties, but only struggles to squeeze the bass out of the...

Greetings from the sunny Russia ) Just jumped to this world of sweet audio with HD800 and Chord Mojo) Also i sometimes do my own voice audio with AKG C214 over Focusrite Clarette. ) Thanks everyone on this great forum for both reviews and discussions ) Hope i'd blend in eventually. )