Just got my new PC in, running Vista 64 SP1. The PC has a built in Realtek HD Audio chip, with SPDIF. The output works, and sounds pretty good (Was using the SPDIF on an Envy24 card in the old PC), BUT the card doesn't output a continuous signal. When the PC generates a sound (like a rollover...

Hehe. Runnign through 'Wish You Were Here' right now, which is one of my benchmark sound albums. Very good texture. I might actually end up leaving these here at the house and taking the Denons to the office...decisions decisions.

Well, I got my pair right after work today (1 day shipping is nice...) and I have to say I really like them. Extremly comfortable (not *quite* as comfy as my D2000s, but that's a high bar indeed.) My initial, no-break in impression of the sound is that it is a very good compromise between the...

Mainly a comfort thing. The 225s are just not great to wear for hours straight, day after day. Espescially now that the D2000s I have at home have me throughly spoiled.

Amazon.com: beyerdynamic DT 880 Premium Headphones: Electronics $196. Just ordered to pair to replace my Grado SR-225s as my 'work' headphones

I've been thinking about this too. Got about 300 hours on my stock tubes for now, so I'm thinking of maybe getting a new set. Not looking to drop a lot of coin, $20 per tube or so is about my limit. No real complaints about the stock tubes per say, but want to get a nice set in for daily use...

I've found that only in the last week or two have I really started to love mine, after owning them about 2 months. Definite extended break in period on them.

Try You Can't Do That On Stage Vol 2: The Helsinki Concert. Great late 70s live Zappa.

Oh, I agree. I'm listening to my D2000's right now in fact. As of right now, if forced to pick one only, I'd go with my K&01's, but it's quite close. Denons actually get more headtime because of comfort, but the 701s are just a bit more articulate.

Urg, don't tempt me. Don't want to think about the wallet hit for recabled D5000s .

I like my D2000's a lot. Well worth the money. I run them side by side with K701s. Generally, I use the D200s when listening to harder rock, electronica, anything of that nature. K701s get head time when listening to anything acoustic, symphonic, etc. Both are very good phones though. The one...

To add a new datapoint: MKIVse works well with D2000! (Note: D2K is only 26Ohm impedance, so actually slightly outside of rated range). Got my D2000 today. Compared to some other sources I have lying around (e.g. headphone jack on my H/T receiver), the MKIVse not only drives the D2K...

Won't hurt anything. They're just (potentially) a bit larger physically.

I'm using amarok. CDs ripped with Sound Juicer to -q 9 Ogg Vorbis (around 300kbs). ALSA should treat the sound ok. I'm having to use dmix (kinda like kmixer in Windows) because my soundcard doesn't do hardware mixing, but unlike kmixer, I can force dmix to run at 44100, so there's no sample rate...

Mine processed and shipped about 4PM.