After spending almost a week with the EL-8's, I can briefly describle my initial impressions. Coming from the HD-800, I have two strong observations. First, it's so nice to have planar bass back. After spending so much time with the 800's I almost forgot what visceral bass sounded like. I didn't...

Well as of now it's going to be my stealth DC-1 and Objective 2 that I just built. Far from ideal, but I have immanent plans to build a BH crack. In the long term, who knows. However, the Questyle CMA800R has caught my eye.

My HD 800s are finally here and both my wallet and ears are in shock. Its been a long and expensive journey. Time to enjoy some music.

Ironically the deal arises the day after my 800s arrive.

My bad. I was talking off of a personal bias. I have heard some BAD steelseries stuff. I guess this is what happens when one recommends when one is far too tired to check. Oh well, I gave an opinion on something I owned. At least I didn't claim it to be a bad IEM without hearing it, as some here...

I actually sold my LCD-2 for this reason. The bumps made not logical sense to me as the whole weight of the headphone was put onto two small pads. I would get headaches after not much time at all. Also, the bumps felt under-padded to me.

First of all, I would recommend avoiding SteelSeries. I love them for their gaming peripherals, but its hard for me to buy a product that doesn't even advertise playing over 10khz (Still quite in the audible range. I own the Hifiman Re-400, which are just under 100 but have once of the most...

I just wanted to ring in and state that unless the dolby headphone effects are required for computer/gaming uses, the DAC/Amp will absolutely replace the soundcard. It will give a very noticeable increase in sound quality across all of the computer audio/effects.

Yes, I spent a small amount of time with the Enigma. I was actually quite impressed, going into it with a "this is a closed headphone" mindset. One of the best closed headphone soundstages I have heard, and a very balanced sound. The clamping force was a bit much for me, however the very soft...

A great meet! Got to meet many great people and hear a bunch of great setups.   Some of my favorites:   HD800 with the Eddie Current Zana Deux: An amazing combo. Retains the accuracy that I love about the HD 800 and injects a little midrange and bass warmth. Also takes the edge off of some...

My thoughts are, does apple have the audience for these presumably more expensive downloads? All the people I know who use iTunes listen on sub-par at the most systems. I don't think many of Apple's customers have the gear to appreciate the higher res.

I've been eyeing this thread for a while, but I think that you can count me in now that this is going to be held a few blocks away! I can bring: Emotiva mini-x Emotiva DC-1 Hifiman HE-500 Sennheiser HD600

YKYAAW when you try to justify using an open headphone for portable use.

What could be possible is different masters. After the track is recorded, it is possible that the HD CD was mastered differently than the video, leading to the observed differences. Another, less likely cause if you have a trained ear, would be that the Youtube version had DR compression and...

Watch out, the Loki is a DSD dac, so unless all your music is DSD, I would recommend Modi.