Quote: Originally Posted by gordonshowers Yes the Total Bithead is a DAC and amp in one, but you can bypass its DAC by plugging into its Line-In socket. Sounds like you'd be better off with the Total Airhead. It's an amp only. I don't know if it uses the same amp as the Bithead...

Quote: Originally Posted by spinneresque I think the conclusion here is, wait a little bit and try them with an amp first. You can always turn around equipment easily here on headfi if you take good care of it. :-) edit: again, I've tried the 595's with lots of budgety amps but the...

grrrrr, idk what i want to do. the 600's are tempting, but expensive. right now i am listening to "believe" by Disturbed, and the guitars overpower EVERYTHING. but just before i was listening to "combination" by Aerosmith, and it was well balanced. bands like Kyuss and CKY who are bass heavy are...

I use them with my computer, soundcard > amp > headphones. i rarely use them right out of my pc (at lan party's). I love the 595's, but the mids are too much sometimes, and the bass is too little sometimes. I like to crank them and kill my hearing, but the harsh mids make me turn them down...

Quote: Originally Posted by Poetik I had an Ibasso T3 that I tried with my 595's but they didn't really make too much of a difference. I unfortunately sold my 595's before I got to test them with my little dot but from what I've read they don't really gain too much from amping. You...

I am looking for a good amp for my HD 595's. My budget is about $100, and I am a bit of a newbie when it comes to headphone audio equipment. I listen to everything but rap and country. Iots of metal, rock and classic rock and some techno IE: Tool, Lamb of god, Disturbed, Alice in Chains, Static...

nobody wants to help us??

chances of getting these headphones just got slim............... because i need a lappy for school, and the whole money thing went wrong................. i want the 595's badly tho, so i will do my best!

my budget may go up at christmas but still, will my pioneer be good?

hey, i have been reading this forum for a while now, and finally have money to buy something! so i have been using sennheiser HD 500's for a while now , i got them for free because one ear was not working(soldered it right back up ) they are not great headphones, but i am sure all of you...