Has anyone experimented with balsa woodies? I'm undecided if the softness of the wood would make phones sound great or horrible. it seems to me that a balsa enclosure would sound similar to an open phone. Plus the material is super easy to work with. You could probably woody a grado with a...

Heh - RS1....

So I've been avoiding Grado's since I've been into headphones - they were ugly, looked overpriced, ugly, seemed fanboyistic, known to be uncomfortable and ugly. Up to date, I've tried Senns, Beyers, AKGs, EQs and ATs, but only really liked ATH-AD's and DT880. A few weeks ago, I had found a...

Its not a little dot MK II, its just a "little dot II+" - does that make a diffrence? Quote: Originally Posted by Penchum Hi! The heat is a normal byproduct, so don't worry. Make sure it has room around it for air circulation, and you'll be ok. There is a bunch of information...

I just got a little dot II - It's amazing. I used a PIMETA before this and it was nice, but the LDII is so smooth and lucid. Anyhow, to the point, I have a few generic questions: 1) It gets really hot (as in I can touch parts of the enclosure for only a few seconds, and I'm a 'chef'). Is that...

1) AD700 has to be THE most ('common') unportable headphone I've ever encountered. It is appallingly unwieldy. Where do you expect to be running around with it? 2) A PIMETA can be crammed into a case the size of a portable cassette player including batteries if you wanted to. The portable...

AD700's don't really benefit much from an amp - any amp you would get should be in light of a future can upgrade. As far as amps go, I really recommend spending a few hours and building your own PIMETA with a TREAD power supply. Its straight forward, easy and sounds great for little $$.

EH250 can't really sound much worse than HD212 - if that helps any.

Have you tried them on different amps?

HD-280 can be had between 70-80$, they are full sized, offer more isolation than RP-21 (and better sound) and are MUCH more portable and cheaper than DT-770.

1) D1000 is closed - you can't have the same soundstage as an open pair, and imho soundstage is very important. I'd take a colored phone over one with no soundstage any day. If you need closed phones, they are probably great, but sacrifices are made to make the closed. 2) In defense of...

AD700's sound amazing for their price (especially used at around 80$). Nuf said.

My iPod (jack out) can power my DT-880's to about 75% the volume of my AD-700's (when I had them) so he will just not be able to really crank them until he gets an amp. And after hearing how smooth DT-880 is, he will get an amp :P Unamped, the two sound very similar - the diffrence is that...

DT-880. <that is an emphasis period as well If you do go for audio technica, get the open version (ie: AD700 vs A700). Closed phones sacrifice sound quality for being closed (imho)

Havent heard any Grado's, but I really didn't like my pair of RP-21's (I listen to mostly classical, experimental and 70-80's rock/alternative). The RP-21's sounded flat out of my iPod and didn't improve on my home rig. If your thinking of 100$ish closed cans, I recommend HD-280's - I liked them...