Rule of thumb is the output impedance of the amp should be no more than 1/8th of the headphone impedance. In theory it should be better.

(Double posting from the E5 thread, not sure how much traffic intersects between the threads.) I don't really understand why console VSS was omitted from the G5, aren't surround formats just decoded within software? Does creative have an official response on their reasoning for the omission...

I don't really understand why console VSS was omitted from the G5, aren't surround formats just decoded within software? Does creative have an official response on their reasoning for the omission? I really feel like it was to give the x7 an extra defining feature, which is dumb may I add. They...

So close yet so far, just wanted something I could use for the PC and PS4 interchangeably to get VSS at a higher quality level than the mixamp. 

Is the g5 basically suppose to be the x7 without the amplification for speakers? Looking for a virtual surround option for the ps4 and want something a bit better than the mixamp. I'll be using the Fidelio x2s with a boompro mic. Basically between the x7 or waiting n the g5. Thoughts?

Don't touch my sound stage! lol but yea I think there will always be a place for a huge sound stage but it has to be done correctly. When I say that, I don't mean that everything should sound super far away but that everything sounds layered and has a clear point of spacial reference.

Well once you go beyond the $300 headphones, IMO, you're going to get rapidly diminishing returns. It's either going to be small improvements here and there or simply a different sound.   Would you say the X2's bass is a significant improvement over the 770 pros?

Well that's subjective..

Are the X2's bass meaty enough to replace dt770 pro 250s? X1/X2(s) have interested me for a while and I'm tempted to get them. I've been wanting a pair of opens.

These cans will primarily be used for gaming and may possibly take the place of my dt770s for music if I like them better. I would say I primarily listen to rap/hip hop/r&b/edm. For the other less bassy genres, I'll likely get another pair with a different sound signature. Moving from the...

Anyone know what kind of bass I can expect from the Fidelio X1/X2 in comparison to the Crossfade M100s (likely with XL pads)? 

Anyone get a chance to try the hybrid pads on the 400s yet?

I don't like on ears and I have mixed feelings in regards to what I've heard about the X1s. I've been considering the HD600s as well, I'd like to somehow demo the HD600s and the HE-400s with the hybrid pads

Head-direct sells them

The hybrids? HiFi website says they do   Let me know what you think of them, thinking about making the same exact purchase.