Many thanks John. You definitely have a point there... However, the reason of investing in a new amp had its roots in that I wished to try a few other headphones - the likes of LCD-3/X, HD 800 - before I "settled" with the HE 500s. Main reason for this is my copy of the HE 500s exhibits some...

As promised, now that I have finally reached 5 posts (yipee!), here a couple of pics I made before going balanced... ;)  

Dear Head-Fi'ers, First and foremost Merry Christmas to all!! Before I head to the table, just thought of posting a few more impressions of the Taurus mkII and further A/B testing against the Lyr, now that I've had more time for listening. In balanced mode, sound signature is quite close...

Congrats Xahhax! That setup looks absolutely gorgeous... Hope you have the time to share your impressions soon. ;)

Gentlemen, Just received the balanced cables I ordered for the Taurus. No comparison. Before, the system just lacked emotion, depth and the details simply drowned the songs' lead instruments and vocals. After, the soundstage gains more tactility and separation, making the music simply more...

Hey, thanks everyone for the welcome's! ;-)   Glad to join in!   Quote:   Thanks Ardilla. Your posts were actually partly "guilty" of my current combo! ;-))   Going back to my question, I was just wondering if you listened to your HE 500 balanced (of course, both source to amp as well...

Dear fellow Head-Fi'ers,   As this is my first post, please forgive me if I'm posting this in the wrong thread... ;-)   I've been following Head-Fi for about one and a half years and today I decided to finally jump in.   So, after reading some of the posts here and in "auriculares.org"...