NOOOOO I had a $7 lod from fiio that was the low profile one, it worked BETTER than the "boutique-ish" LOD you just listed, save your money.  The only difference on my LOD was it was a gold neutrik, and they don't hold up very well.  The fiio one sounded better (especially once the one you were...

My friend "NAH BRAH you spent too much, I like my beats better" (than AKG K702/dennon d2000)   then he puts on my hd800s   "WOOOW now THESE I am impressed with, I thought I was going to like the beats better but these man THESE"   I get a lot of people who are sticker shocked by my...

  Quote: Yah, the littledot gave them just enough bass for me to like, although I am not sure that even this is powerful enough to fully exploit these phones (hey my system is only as good as the weakest link.) Also depends on the tube selection, the ge's that came with it were okay but...

Quote: That is who my friend had build the gamma 2 on my desk (I bought it off of him) actually.  I'm sorry I wasn't able to help with the china dacs, WAIT I just remembered I tried one, it was okay... supposedly did 32/192...  It had a cirrus logic chip I think for dac duty. It fried its...

I am really happy with my gamma 2. 

the d2000 sounds like what you are looking for, but I have not experienced the other headphones.  The d2000s benefit from dynamat mod/have the sound profile for your type of music/are easy enough to drive with an ipod and that sort.  I liked them alot, I regretted when my friend sold his pair to...

This is a great review, I wish I would have read it before I got my pair (little dot mkiii with cbs-hytron jhy-6ak5 is less than ideal to put it very lightly.)   I would ask you if they sound better in your opinion compared to the k702s (which I am also under impressed with through this amp) but...

Youngblood I always think my ears are at fault for that.  Or there is something wrong with my stuff.  This thread as just removed the last couple years of panic... (yah.. I really have been mulling over that this long)  Thanks guys!

Yah, from what I have read the dac is a little more complicated. All depends on what you go with.  I did not personally solder the gamma 2, my friend had someone on the boards build it for him, and sold it on to me.  I don't think that I would personally have the skill to build the gamma 2, I'm...

I wouldn't worry about them, headphones are more/less sensitive to certain frequencies and your just equalizing out part of (what I am assuming) is your headphone's frequency response curve.  Seriously not a problem unless you discuss it on (imho) a theoretical level. Most of the people who are...

HAHA yah the dennon d2000 are very bassy.    I'd recommend AKG k702 or Sennheiser 595, depends on what you are using for source. 

I honestly find the k702 comfortable after they have been worn for a couple months, but they squeeze for a little bit.  If you have a friend with a fat head then let them borrow them for a week or two then you'll be okay.  One word of warning, they may be 62 ohm but they are far from easy to...

The littledot mkiii is doing a good job (as far as I can tell) with stock power tubes and cbs hytron jhy-6ak5 (nos 1952) with full gain, but I do not know if this would be classified as a "good" amp as far as this forum goes.  I also have a really short copper re-cable if that matters to you

I agree with the review pretty strongly, and I think I need to get used to the sound. I have listened to them for only two days so far, so I'm still noticing the subtle differences, well... that and my amp probably is the weak point (Furman PL-8C powering everything, AMB Gamma 2 dac usb to rca...