Allow me to make an obsevation here. I think that one problem you have might be the Toslink connection. I have always found them to be - and particularly with the DHA3000 - compressed and lacking in air. My own solution involved running Audioquests top of the line Toslink (which I think...

I agree with GRW too. Perhpas the L3000s are just not the phones for you. Personally, I love them, and enjoy them every bit as much as I did the R10 though for differnt reasons - both, of course, are colored. As to the DHA3000 comments - and these comments are based exclusively upon using the...

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I've talked to Steve several times and hear great things about his products from the guys at Audioasylum. I got an email from the VP over at Dodson that swears by the offramp (the one with the superclock 3 anyway). I am currently using an Apogee Big Ben with great results into a Burmester 001...

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I have the L3000 and love them! I have been looking for something I can drive dierctly from my iPod mini and since I already like the at sound can anyone tell me of the AD2000 can be driven directly (ampless) from am iPod? Nik, I would be using the AD2000 as a portable (mostly outdoor use...

Oh I don't know...it works pretty well with the solid state DHA3000.

WOW Mike, those are beautiful......I have never seen the HA2002 before, itn is stunning with the W2002s. To hear that this amplifier sounds better with the W2002s than does the SDS too is incredible. Congrats!

Alex, I have tried the following: The top end Audio Quest Toslink directly out of the Macintosh G5 and into the Burmester DAC (on the 001) using iTunes and Apple Lossless AND The same Toslink cable directly out of the Burmester's belt drive trnsport into the DHA3000... Thus bypassing...

Well, you would have to run a digital cable from your transport into the DHA3000 and from there run another digital cable into your DAC....I believe it works just like a loop out but I would imagine that it would induce some jitter.

Sorry Mike, I can't answer either question. I haven't tried two headphones at the same time. I have to go out of town for the day but if Alex dies not answer this question first I'll give it a try and get back with you. The daisy chain thing I will not be able to answer because I lack...

Despite the fact that the L3000s were supposedly produced in a limited number they still seem to be available new from several sources unlike a few of the other upper end headphones such as the R-10.

You are, of course both correct ( I believe I made the same point about timbre somewhere in what I wrote ) and I have simply failed to make a valid distinction. To set the record straight from the standpoint of my comparison of the L3000s/DHA3000 vs the R-10/Maestro, the timbre...

Gee thanks for the support! In answer to some of the questions: I have not had the opportunity to listen to the L3000s with any other amplifer save the headphone out of the G5 tower (and then only using a grado adaptor) - but my suspicion is that the L3000s are themselves very transparent and...