Thank you so much Hans. If I would hazard a guess I would say my primary reason for disappointment is the expectation created by the community. When something is called 'the greatest headphone in the < $500 pricerange' I expect it to blow all my current $120 stuff away. This is my first...

The earth one is the most neutral one I believe. It's been a good few years though; so I'm probably wrong. I just put in the sun op-amp (I believe; to me they all look the same). Also I've put the jumper to 'bright'. So far not much difference, though the bass impact seems to have lowered a bit.

I'm driving my MDs from my Compass (V1), and I'm actually not that impressed by them, to be honest. I've got it set to neutral and with an earth OP-amp inside. Not sure if it's the phones or the amp, since I've got nothing else to compare it to. Also; I'm not sure how the 11/15.32 compare to...

Ah thanks. I figured as much, nice to have confirmation. Thanks a bunch

Well, the German Maestro GMP 8.35D are neigh-indestructable. As in: cars can ride over'em. I dunno what your budget is, but you might want to look into anything by Koss (Portapro and KSC75 come to mind), since there's a lifetime warranty, which makes them as good as indestructable (esp. if you...

Hey guys, I'm looking for some speakers (for my Compass preferably) at the moment. My journey started with the AudioEngine A5, but I found them a bit expensive at €300. It didn't take long for me to find out the A2 was also really good value for €200. Anyways; not long after that, a local...

^ nice. Excellent example. As a non-head fier (and as generally quickly satisfied guy), I finally understand the drive. This thread is awesome btw, thanks for those participating.

Well... they're quite different. I haven't heard the 80 version, but I did listen to the 250 one. And it's bass was a lot less pronounced/present than the DT 990 PRO hanging next to it. If the DT770/80 has more bass then the DT990 you've got your answer. What do you find most important...

I have the AD900 on my head as we speak, and I find them alot brighter than the PFE's. To the point they fatigue me a wee bit. I'm waiting on a friend to bring along some HD600. Forgetting signature for a moment, people's experience with 'em kind of compare to mine with the PFE. They're a...

Ouch didn't catch the pricing. Thanks ljokerl, twas worthless advice on my part. Just hate to see the guy/gal bummed cause of new tech. Anyways: I'm still digging my NC10. Lovely keyboard and 7 hours of use per charge is nice to. Great for old-skool games as well. Oh yeah, excellent...

Does anybody have any experience with KRK RP5? They've been getting some great review, and I could theoretically get them for around € 119, which I call quite affordable. They're active, so that shouldn't pose a problem in combination with the Compass right?

Allright I admit I didn't read a single full page of this thread but: wait juuuust a little while longer. Nvidia is promoting it's ION platform like crazy, and there are manufacturers who jumped on the ION bandwagon. What this means? You can play l4d/cod4 (though barely, instead of not at all)...

Quote: Originally Posted by moonboy403 In my experience with AT cans, source and amp can make a big difference in deciding whether your cans are sound tolerable, bright, or even harsh. Makes sense... I remember when I listened to 'em with a crap receiver I was thinking they...

Nah, mine are bright-ish as well. Either that, or our phonaks are warmer than we think I can usually last for an hour before taking 'em off. That's why I'm looking at the DT990pro and the HD650. I know, I know. But I found the DT990 on the hot side when I listened to 'em a while back. Ah...

I've only been reading about rubber bands for a short while now, so please forgive my noobness. I'm not sure what I should buy. I've only been using stock-bands up until now, which were fine until I tried out an upper-tier band off of a friend of mine. He wanted it back though (can't hold on to...

rofl nycbone, awesome post

^- try dealextreme for the e5. I'm listening to my PFE's as well. So far, so good. It's not WTFBBQ-like, but it's nice. Can't wait to go back to my ep630 in a week or so. Should be hillarious.

I prefer PP as well. But I used old-skool bank-transfer. Everything about it confused me though, since it was all in german. Ugh. http://www.swisshearingaids.com/product.php?xProd=449 <-- is what I was talking about.

Try swiss audio/hearing somethingsomething. Ordered mine from revEAR. Should arrive tomorrow.

I've used my AD900 with a Sony Receiver, straight out of my laptop, straight out of my Archos gmini xs204 and out of my compass. They sounded great in any of those cases. It's quite a amp-independent phone. Easy to drive, too. @coredump: what are the settings you use with the compass? I found...

So what phone would complement the AD900? If the AD900 were a superhero; what would the main villain be (ibuds can be henchmen heheh)?

crap. I just posted an enormous reply here. Then Chrome messed up and my reply was gone. Anyways; basic point was something like this: thanks a bunch userlander! Really appreciate it! HD600 sounds interesting, though I'm not sure of the bass. The AD900 has just enough of it for me. It's perfect...

I've already asked a couple of times, but how does it compare to the HD600? (btw: Becoming the Archetype sounds awesome on these cans btw)

Somebody mentioned a couple of hundred pages back you could fry your Compass if you used the pre-out to power passive speakers?

Why don't you (instead of re-ripping everything) try it out on a couple of songs first, and go from there? Also I suggest ripping everything in a lossless format (WAV, FLAC, APE, etc), to make a digital archive of sorts so you won't have to take out your albums everytime you re-encode (if, for...