You should be able to find a place to demo either in NYC pretty easily, I would think. If most of your headphones are bass-heavy, the K701 is going to shock you. You might like it, but I would heavily recommend hearing them first if it is at all an option. The 880 also has (in my opinion) a...

Well, I haven't had my K701 for almost two years now, I kinda cleaned house on my audio equipment after the economy took a dump and I got laid off - but based on what I remember, I could give you a few basic differences I suppose. Hopefully someone else can chime in on this, because this is...

Quote: Probably because of the way the pads fit on the RX series, where the elasticy ends go into a crevice on the headphone instead of completely over. It does definitely require some work to make them fit, but it wasn't horrible. Don't be afraid to tug on the ends of the pad to stretch...

I just got my pair today. So far, I'm extremely impressed. The level of detail these possess is amazing when you consider the pricetag. The stock pads, as I had hoped, are fairly comfortable for me, but I may end up getting the AKG pads just to try them out, as the SQ on these warrant spending...

It seems anything with a solid acoustic guitar is absolutely fantastic on my Samson SR850. I might even like these more than some of the grados I've owned for music like Van Halen as well. They just sing, it's remarkable.   *EDIT*   I'm currently listening to the Unplugged session Alice...

Quote: Oh, I know the AKG pads will be more comfortable. It's more or less whether the 271 pads that fit this are any softer than the 701 pads that interests me, because if they are similar to the 701 pads, I wouldn't find it worth it to spend almost as much as the headphones...

Thanks for the update, sincerely appreciate it. Basically, for me this means that I need to keep the sound card for gaming purposes. I don't play at a super high level, but I do play competitively on a team, so that audio is more important than to just have a bit of fun for me - I need those...

That's what I had thought. I knew SPDIF would bypass the opamp, but I had thought it bypassed all the audio circuitry and just sent an unchanged signal direct to the source. Good to know, I would have been unhappy. :P   I'm going to do some checks on the MSII, and do some searching on this...

Well, I also really liked the 880s until I actually paired them with an amp that brought out their potential, so it was probably just those headphones. I'm not too worried. Actually, I'm fairly stoked, because after reading the impressions of a lot of people in this thread, I think they are...

Bumping this thread, because I almost just bought this combo myself. Glad I saw this before I pulled the trigger.   I'm going to look around to see if this piece is out right now, will post back if someone else has not already.   EDIT:   I think this is what we would be looking for...

Yeah, I play a lot of counterstrike so that positioning is important for me. I don't know much about soldering or doing things like this, so maybe the e7/e9 would be a better combo for me. I'll see if I can't find some good comparison threads in the meantime.   Is there a decent, simple USB...

You guys are getting me worried with this burn-in talk, haha. Reminds me of my Beyers, which I absolutely loved when I first got them, then cringed in horror as they slowly "burned in" to something I didn't like as much. :P

Quote: The issue there is that I would likely still use the sound card for a variety of applications. I go to a lot of BYOC lan events, where I would not bring a desktop amp and source with me, and the onboard on my particular motherboard is dreadful. I also do a lot of gaming (which is...

Basically, I'm looking to upgrade a bit in terms of power for my computer. I currently have a Auzentech X-Fi Prelude, which has swappable opamps. However, I'm looking at getting something with a little more oomph and hook it up to my computer, specifically the Schiit Asgard (Their FAQ pretty...

Quote: Can you elaborate on this? I'm planning to buy a pair of these this week - I've also used and liked the RX700, but haven't seen anything too negative about these, and they look to be more comfy (lighter, the k240s was great and light when I tried it). Bad mids could kill it, but...