Quote: How about hooking up to the preamp?   I read somewhere that headphone amps can be used as preamps. does it work the other way around too?  

Hi, I have a question. Would it be possible to use the headphone on his Hi-Fi amplifiier?   There is no headphone jack, but i could get a rca-3.5mm convertor. Probably will lose a bit of quality. But what im curious about, is whether a hi-fi amplifier can be use on headphones.?

Quote:   Any thoughts on Headamps? My arrogant dad is really proud of his "nothing-made-in-china" collection of equipment. Although I am really thinking of getting one of those impressive china brands. Little dot or darkvoice. Tested some models for both and i was really impressed. Really...

Quote: Actually, i happen to know a guy who's selling an LCD-2 for about 800USD. And it is in really good condition. Plus some freebies. 

I've never had experience with beyerdynamic headphones. How are they like? What's their signature? (i.e Grado has signature brightness and clarity, Sennheisers are a lil bass-heavy). What is Beyerdynamics specialty? 

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Quote: I thought about that. But i have heard of so many people using HD650  or HD500 - 600. But not many using the HD800. Is there a reason for that? Price? If the SQ is better i wouldnt mind getting it for him.   Any thoughts of LCD-2 Audeze?   He saw the phones and commented that...

So my dad has been a Hi-fi enthusiast for many years. And every house that we moved to, a room has to be allocated to be his 'hi-fi' room where he sinks in the the abyss of some really sounds.   here are some pictures of his current setup     In the house that we're in...