Quote: Originally Posted by billyp Well...I bit the bullet and went with the ath-a900's after reading several more reviews I think they will be the answer to what I'm looking for. Some isolation, good unamped sound quality and a decent jack of all trades. Thanks again for all the...

Well it turns out my go-vibe is having no trouble driving the k501s!! Sounds fantastic!

Stay away from the radioshack amp.

I hopefully get to hear the 595 tomorrow-- can't wait. I live for the mids.

Oh that sucks, I'll stop rubbing it in then.

100 pounds-- do you mean bad luck?? You can buy it new off amazon for $150. So you got them for a markup.

When you say price-- what did you pay for your 580s? I paid $120 and I doubt any closed headphone at that price point beats the 580s.

akg-- liquid mids. For bloated, powerful bass and sparkly tremble as well-- akg k240s.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wodzas Could anyone explain me: what the screwk is going on? In this forum everyone says, that HD 280 PRo is ****. OK. But in another forum, they are said to be very good headphones. How this happens. Why the opinions are so strange? Of course, that i can...

I noticed the same problem that an amp can unbalance them-- that's why I was quite surprised that people were saying it's balanced. Your amp playing them too loud is due to the gain being set high imo.

Quote: Originally Posted by coffeeaddictnova I recently checked Amazon's prices. The HD497 retails for $59, and the Grado SR60 retails for $69. Javier Ah you missed the clearance-- I kid you not for months the 497 was selling for $35 from J&R!!

Jazz, thanks for the info. I searched and found a post you made with links to experiments and results. No error bars on either of them, but it goes along way from the informal discussion usually seen here.

That would be funny if you ended up liking them, because I started liking them and ended up not liking them! If you meant the sr-60 is better in terms of it's more musical/engaging-- then I agree btw. The real reason I dumped the cans is the midrange-- sucked out midrange is a big...

I'm surprised about the slipping comment-- I went on a walk with mine-- a twenty minute walk-- and no slipping! I strongly disagree on the bass-- it's extended, refined. Same for the treble-- actually even better-- that's where the a900s shine. Is it better than the grado sr-60? Yes by a...

Oh no I don't like earbuds. Actually I do have some cheap aiwa's-- saved them in the case of an emergency, not great sq-- I guess this qualifies.