That's very helpful. Thank you very much. I had considered the Focal Clear and Elear, but I got a good deal on the LCD-X and bought them instead. I may decide to sell them and buy the Massdrop Elex, though.

Has anyone used the MCTH with the Beyerdynamic T1 or Audeze LCD-X, or indeed with any Beyer or Audeze headphones? Most of the reviews that I've seen talk about how good it sounds with Sennheisers. I have HD-600s, so it's good to know that the MCTH will work well with them, but I'd like to know...

I can't claim to be a regular on this thread, but I bought my HD-600 in November 2004. I haven't used them much in the past few years, though. Most of the paint has come off the headband, but the HD-600 still sounds very good.

I live in Rochester. I'd be willing to go to the Buffalo area for a meet, or maybe even host one if I could talk my wife into the idea.

OK, here is a bit of turntable history. Back in the 1970s audiophiles believed that as long as a turntable had low rumble, wow, and flutter, it couldn't have any influence on the sound of a system. Many audiophiles had high-end direct drive turntables like the Panasonic SP-10. (This was before...

I didn't think that it was possible to bypass the internal DAC on an iPod and route the digital signal into an external DAC, but Audio Advisor is now carrying the Monitor Audio i-Deck iPod player, which consists of a "deck" that the iPod mounts into and two speakers. It's not unlike similar (and...

If you want a more detailed explaination of jitter, there's an article by John Atkinson in the December 1990 issue of Stereophile magazine on the subject. It's on-line at: http://www.stereophile.com/reference...ter/index.html

Quote: Originally Posted by Ymer That makes this an M^3 vs. Gilmore Lite vs. Aria vs. X-Can V3 thread. This has been an interesting thread to read, since I've been thinking about getting an amp for my new AKG K701s, and I've been considering those same four amps. Just to add...

I have a pair of Beyer DT831s that I use at home. I like them, but they seem rather large for portable use. They have quite a bit of detail, but they're somewhat bright and lack deep bass. My Perreaux amp matches well with them, taming the rough edges and bringing out their musicality. They're...

Quote: Originally Posted by JPB So, I bargained for a while and went home with the Grado 60 ($106), and the Cambridge azur 540A ($410). My source will be my Rotel RCD-971. I am sure that I could have got them cheaper if I had ordered online. Even after bargaining, the prices are not that...

Quote: Originally Posted by devwild All of the comments I have seen imply that the 601s are, in fact, harder to drive than the K701. Though, that may have been based on brief attempts based on volume and such, not potential detail and fluidity, because that seems to be where the 701s get...

I'm using a Headsave Classic. I tried them with my Perreaux SHX-1 0.5, and it didn't work well at all. It sounded quite bassy and lacked detail. I may be looking for another amp at some point, because it seems like the K701s are more sensitive to differences in amplifiers than my Sennheiser HD600s.

My K701s came yesterday, and currently have about 15 hours on them. I haven't had much time for listening to them, and of course they're not broken in yet, but here are some brief impressions. When I first listened to them, I was using a Perreaux SHX-1 0.5 that I bought from daveman_84 last...

Quote: Originally Posted by Yikes If the 601’s are on a par with the other cans that Tyll listed, and the 701’s are better than the 601’s then can we infer that the 701’s are the best dynamic full size headphones made? I think that at this level, "best" is determined by a number...

I'm not familiar with the stores in Nashville, but I have to believe that there are stores that sell equipment for professional musicians and studios. They will have headphones, although they're going to carry the ones preferred by DJs and sound engineers, not necessarily the ones preferred by...