I appreciate the replies, I still dont know if the ps500s can compete against he-300 or srh1840 for example because grado seems to be a bit overhyped sometimes so i dont really know still, i want to get the best sound and it worries me.

Hm, I'm curious how Ps500s sound compared to HE-500s as they're the same price in my country, Ps500s more clear but worse bass?

Thankyou for the reply Matro5, unfortunately I can't buy locally as they simply don't sell them in this country, and would have to import, my main concern is the PS500s being less clear and having worse spatial sound than other headphones in the same price, they are very small and don't look to...

No love for PS500s.

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Wondering how the PS500s stack up against other, more popular buys in the $500-700 region, HE-500s, Beyer T90, Sennheiser HD650/HD700, Denon D5000. And to some extent slightly higher priced headphones like the T1 and HD800 (T1 you can get for almost $700 used).   Just curious as I'm thinking...

I see, thankyou very much ClieOS, I can assume double amping is bad?

I was thinking, could I not plug the 3.5mm into the front of the FiiO E10 and use it as a DAC + Pre-amp? Not quite sure though if that would work or be an advantage.

Thankyou very much radio king, you've been a great help, cheers!

Quote: Do you mean an RCA to 3.5mm on the front or RCA to the coaxial on the back? I assume the coaxial skips the amplifier part of the E10 but utilizes the DAC? Can you possibly link me a picture of what I need? Just so I can be 100% certain, cheers!

I've had my FiiO E10 for a while now and It's genuinely fantastic, but I'm looking to upgrade to something with more oomph to hopefully power better headphones down the line (hopefully LCD-2s and such), if I was to get a little dot mark 2 or 3, could I use the FiiO E10 DAC and the preamp? And if...

Quote:   I thought the mcgurk affect is associating/changing sounds dependant on visual stimulation unless I'm missing something. Or do you just mean that as an example of how easily our perceptions are swayed?   But onto the topic, don't people who invest in these cables and...

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After reading some things about "NVR Reducing resonator cups" and the mythical "cables do make a difference", I've been thinking to myself, at what stage on the hi-fi chain does the placebo start to take over? By chain I mean low -> mid -> high -> youearntoomuchmoney -> "audiophile", does...