Err indeed... OK...   I believe they'll be faster than the HD650s though.   With everything I've read I have to give them a try. I need closed cans for when the lady doesn't want to hear the music in the background. Let's see what happens.

The fakes indeed might sound better. The only thing people buying these are looking for is the logo. Fake or not they won't notice.   A guy at work wants to buy the big expensive Beats. He told me "If people buy them that much they have to be good".   OK. Whatever.

Thanks. For $400 I'm quite happy with my move. I believe they're "fun" headphones and it's a good step away from my cool but lazy HD650s that I use for jazz, classical, voices, acoustic...   The D5K will be for everything including rock and more aggressive stuff. And my ATH-M50s will be for...

I was "planning" to buy the Denon AH-D5000 but after seeing this thread I decided to get them right away. Done.

After reading all this I think I'll pull the trigger on the Denon AH-D5000... They seem like "fun" headphones that could match my set-up pretty well.   My set-up is a little bit on the bright side: Nuforce ICON HDP DAC feeding a Little Dot MK IV SE with Voskhod 6J1P-EV (I love the hights of...

Quote:   Thank you very much.   I think I'll wait until I have a better budget for new closed cans. I'm looking for a wide sound stage. My HD650s are great on that side but I need something more "quiet" to be able to enjoy music while others are in the same room.   I'm opened to...

Hi all,   I already own a pair of ATH-M50s that I like but was wondering if the 550s would be a big improvement over the M50s... I'm looking for an affordable closed can with good sound stage. Any opinion?   Thank you.

Quote:   I totally agree with your description of the Mullard M8100. Awesome for vocals. I bought an extra pair on eBay as soon as I received my LD MK IV SE.   But since then I tried the Voskhod 6J1P-EV (also known as 6ZH1P-EV). I went back and forth between the Mullards and...

I installed a pair of VOSKHOD 6J1P-EV tubes in my LD MK IV SE a couple days ago and they already have about 20 hours of burn in time. In my HD650 and compared to the M8100 Mullards they make the LD sound more present, more dynamic with more detailed and more pronounced high frequencies. BUT...

I haven't been home much lately but was able to clock in about 200 hours of burn time on my new LD MV IV SE. What I've read on this thread is true, the LD is now very different. Rounder, smoother, buttery and the amp has much more "dynamic". I tried it with the DAC portion of my Nuforce ICON HDP...

  Quote:   I received the Little Dot MK IV SE yesterday. It's in perfect shape, it's bigger than I expected, it's heavy and built like a tank to quote many here. I'm feeding it with the DAC portion of my Nuforce Icon HDP and it already sounds great. No static whatsoever BTW. I'll do the...

Quote: I chose the SE because I'm not planning on doing tube rolling and I want the upgraded version with better components. For me, at least for now, the Little Dot MK IV SE will be a plug and play thing.  

Hi Namkung, at this point the Nuforce Icon HDP sounds just perfect with the SPDIF signal coming from the Asus Essence ST sound card but I will let you know for sure. After looking at the (lack of) available space on my computer desk though I think that I will also use the LD MK IV SE...

Hi all,   I'm new to Head-Fi.   Here's my story. I bought a Cyberpower PC last year in which I installed an ASUS ESSENCE ST card to drive my Audio-Technica ATH-M50S. It did the trick for a few months and I was pretty happy with my gear. But eventually, after reading this and other...