Hi guys, Thanks for reading first of all. I was reading the thread to test whether my setup was bit perfect or not (i am not even sure what that really means!) anyways, I failed, white noise... I am not sure why I am failing though... are a few other issues. I have done searches on the...

I have a pair of k701s, and i think they are good for rock (especially extended periods of listening)... the bass isn't over powering, so there is less fatigue (at least for me), it seems to do all types of music well, female vocals are excellent.

1-5 were the same for me... i think the headphones were designed with thick back and thin front... because it makes the sound seem like its coming from the front more. #6, i am not sure... i can't remember but i don't think you should be too worried. I think the bottom line is this... "Do...

I am really sure ppl will disagree when i say this, but use low-fi headphones... make it all mucky, I find I notice less faults for lower bitrate mp3s with "lesser" headphones...

The look of the md10 is better than the svdac05 for sure. I haven't heard of it, but seems to be not a heck of a lot of difference specification wise. adding $200 to ur budget definitely opens a lot of doors. good luck!

I have a pair of k701s, and i felt the breakin effect if there was any. When I first got the k701s, they were very bass shy. But after half a year of playing them, the bass extends very deep, very tight, very controlled. It doesn't have the "punch"... that something like the HD600s would have...

Since I am working in china at the moment, I have had the chance to listen to the Zero, and the Musiland MD10 (Musiland is also known as DIYEDEN). I am biased, since I have a MD10 sitting on my desk right now. It has everything you are asking for, including the price! It drives my k701...

Let's see... because right now I am working in china, my source is a laptop. The card I have is called the musiland lilo III classic. I bought it for about $40 USD. I use it to upsample to 24/96 for my musiland md-10. It is connected to the md-10 via spdif. The lilo III classic is connected...

I am using one of their usb sound cards right now. I also have a musiland md10 dac... could i be any help?

Just to pitch in my 2 cents, k701s really need an amp to shine, using it directly out of an ipod will work.. but about 60% of its potential is locked away... I would say all headphones sound better with an amp, but the k701 with a proper amp becomes hi-fi.

I feel embarrassed to be posting here... since i know nothing about audio. But since there seems to be people willing to "teach" here, I would like to ask questions to what I have read so far... So do you guys mean only at really low volumes... does 24bit "could" make a difference, and if I...

I am a complete newb that probably doesn't know what he's talking about... However, I do understand that any added information will result in less a less accurate reproduction, but... can it sound "better" (perceived this way) even though it is less accurate compared to the original source...

I bought a Musiland MD10, together with a Musiland 24/96 external usb card. All for $300 USD. The difference was pleasurable and audible...

I have listen to the HD600 briefly, but bought a pair of k701. There is a lot of boom on the HD600, but the upper frequency feels "capped" to me after listening to the k701. A note though is that it takes a proper amp + 300hrs (at least to me) for a proper comparison to take place. The sound...

Last night, i listened for a few more hours and still found cracking... today, got pissed went and bought a pcmcia usb 2.0 card for $8. Now I think I am crackle free... Finally... no more stuttering... but i am embarassed to say, i cannot hear the difference between 16/48 and 24/96. the dac says...