Quote: Originally Posted by HipHopScribe Could be an encoding issue, what was the source and what did you use to convert? I don't think so, source is dvdrip file and i tried to encode with many program like any video converter, iriverter, super ... and the problem is still there...

I put some vid (800kbps) to my new player and ... so much artifacts, the vids play on my comp is ok but when i play it on Zen, it's so bad. My old Iriver Clix doesn't have much artifacts like this. And soud quality is not good too, bass is week, high is not very extended, nothing special. P/s...

Quote: Originally Posted by uraflit any reason u arent looking at the Iaudio 7 rather than the U3? price dropped to ~$125 for an 8gb Iaudio7... that's monstrous value! I know but i can't choose any other than these 3 mp3 players. Other idea?

I planning to buy a new mp3 player to replace my old player iRiver T10 . My experience: iriver t10 is good at high, mid and incredible detail but it lack bass, the bass is flat, roll off, even with EQ. I also own a iRiver Clix gen 1 and it sounds very good, with df eq, it still sounds very good...

@venus: how does the sound of t10 compare to zen:M? How is the bass? The most important with me is the bass because i must live with ad900 a bass shy headphone, and i'm not satisfy. I'm planning to buy a new mp3 player and t10 is quite cheap here, if the bass is good maybe i will try it.

Can you post some pics? My English is so bad that i don't understand much

I haven't heard a lot headphones but with me, the AD900 have a really sweet mid, it's the most exciting part of it, and the vocal sounds fantastic.

@PP312: Compare Koss KSC 75 to AT-AD900, the biggest different is the mid, AD900 has a very beautiful midrange, i love it very much. May be the problem is different taste. @Others: thanks for reply, i think i will buy both the sound card and amp, because i think most people at head-fi have at...

Thanks for the answer, but between DAC and amp, which one is more important? Why?

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Another questions: amp and dac both improve the sound quality so what's the different between them? Which is more important to the sound? With the headphone that doesn't improve a lot with an amp, spend money on sound card or DAC is better idea? Does the AD900 have large sound stage? I think...

Yeah, this headphone is so damn sexy , it looks much better than the a900. My source is mostly 192kbps - 320kbps. My clix will arrive in few day, do you guy think it's better source? And with the same money, which one should i upgrade: an amp or a sound card? P/s: now, it's much better: the mid...

The first time i put the ATH-AD900 in my head, i thoght the sound would be wonderful but it's not. Yes, it's better than the KSC-75 in all way but i think the Koss can do 70% of the AT . I know my source is bad but the AD900 is a good headphone without a amp . I purchased this from a guy who...

Quote: Originally Posted by dissembled You're both talking about the AD900 with the D designation..the open version, yes? Guys, I've read many reports saying that it has sublime midrange. Generally, it's the closed version of cans that don't have midrange. And Gigabyte, what you're...