One thing I noticed about these headphones is that it's especially important not to rush your evaluation. It's taken a lot more tinkering with than I thought to get a good sound of them. I'm a bit spoiled with my Audio Technica M50s and I almost immediately disliked the headphones as soon as I...

Could you send me a link to DFKTs thread? :)   Well if that's the case I'll just take a flyer on the VBs most likely, I'll just take a quicker look over DFKTs experience on it. I like an analytical sound, but I have my studio monitors for absolute neutral fidelity. I wouldn't mind a little...

  Quote: Overall I'd say clarity and good soundstage are the most important. I wouldn't say I'm a bass head, like I said, I do love my M50s especialy for their neutral character and excellent clarity. The bass is quite good on them, but I wouldn't mind a bit more, as my M50s are more...

So I've been looking at a number of different reviews for my jump into IEMs and I've narrowed it down to 3 choices. Rain, Shroom or RE0. My current set of cans are ATH-M50. I love them to death but I wish the bass had a bit more oomph. Also I don't want to carry them around everywhere for the...

Quote: Originally Posted by holland If you're talking about the DT770 Pro/80, your characterization is correct. The DT770 2005 edition sounds drastically different than the DT770 Pro/80. Edit: Perhaps we are misunderstanding the term bright in our communication with each other. There...

Quote: Originally Posted by mbd2884 JVC RX700 are closed. When I listen to headphones while doing homework, I listen at low volumes. Even with closed if, when you are somewhere as quiet as a library, you will annoy people with closed at even decent sound level, not loud. So I...

There's no way I'd pick the AKG 271. It's a great reference phone, has got great clarity and fits like a pillow. But I wouldn't use it as a playback phone, it's just not interesting enough and doesn't have strong enough bass. I don't think it would do it justice to MGMT (I like their album as...

To be perfectly honest it depends what you want them for. I wouldn't buy them for listening. As reference phones, absolutely. But I tried them out yesterday (amped and unamped) and I found the bass was very, very anemic. It's such a wonderful headphone. It fits like a pillow and there's clarity...

I've been nothing but pleased with ATH-M50. Try that out if you can.

I'm sorry but my ears could not re-adapt to old ipod headphones =/

Is there a three-dimensional quality when listening? I think the biggest gripe I have with my current PX100s is that they really do sound like they're two dimensional to a great degree.

21, but I feel like I should've been born in the 40s or 50s. All of my favourite music comes between 1962 and 1980. And I want more! Currently listening to a compilation of 60s/70s stuff from a buddy and The Who Sell Out

Quote: Originally Posted by holland I'm glad you like them. I like them very much as well, and I happen to think the fit and finish is outstanding for the price. @Pianist. Do you favor them over your Q40 now? I do, except for me, the comfort is not as good on the M50. It pinches my...

Quote: Originally Posted by intoart I thought that noise-cancelling headphones were designed for steady, continuous noise (such as airplane engines.) I did not think they were capable of keeping up with intermittent, rapidly changing noises like one would find in an office. Am I wrong...

Quote: Originally Posted by euphoracle Thanks for the replies! I'll definitely check out the HFI 680/780. About the DT 150/250, I'm not sure any place (other than Found-On-Ebay) even sells Beyers in the GTA (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), but I'll ask around. I intend of giving these phones...

Quote: Originally Posted by intoart I still own a pair of HD280s. They are quite nice for the price, but Beyers (particularly DT770 Pro/80 or DT150) are a huge step up. So in terms of best jump for cost, it's going to be a toss between the Q40 and DT770 generally. I've actually...

Quote: Originally Posted by intoart Since the OP specifically asked for closed phones, your opinion is irrelevant. True, and his opinion was the first to say that ALL closed cans blow ass. From what I've read this certainly isn't the case unless you're comparing $200 closed cans...

Quote: Originally Posted by Inkwell Audio-Technica ATH-M50 (can be found on eBay for $100+), but before you take my word or any other forum members, go out and try different headphones. They may sound good, but may not be comfortable or vice versa. There's one place I recall...

How much do decent/good amps usually go for?

Quote: Originally Posted by paaj I've got the ESW10s, the same sized limited brother... was thinking about the ESW9, but then the ESW10 popped up For what it's worth: ESW10 is like a mix between my SR325i and HD650, it has a full sound like the sennheiser and the forwardness/detailed...

Quote: Originally Posted by paaj esw9? it's in the upper part of the price range though How would you describe the sound of ESW9s?

Quote: Originally Posted by Acix In the price range of $300... You can start take in consideration the Ultrasone HFI and PRO series. they are closed cans that sounds like an open cans...Highly recommended. Some of the models go pretty cheap on ebay. PRO 650s are about $250...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tiemen http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f4/m-a...w-pics-275459/ I've read through quite a lot of this thread. The only thing I'm worried about is a cable problem, however I'm sure it won't be an issue. Are there any other suggestions? Is the Q80 the...

Quote: Originally Posted by fjrabon Were the Grados you tried out fully burnt in or new? Burnt in, it was a friend's pair. I felt the PX100 phones were more pleasing to listen to, the soundstage felt a bit too open and far away. I'll give higher end Grados a shot later on...

Quote: Originally Posted by holland Not really, but for the PX100 frequency response, it'll probably be a better match than most. Watch the higher impedance which makes on the go, not so good. I would consider the M-Audio Q40 or ATH-M50. The Q40 would likely be more pleasing in terms...