Quote: Originally Posted by Kirosia Also, most current sony PCDP suck, except for a few. There are only a few current Sony PCDP, and they're all pretty good.

Quote: Originally Posted by Idiot MD You might try getting a D-NE300. They retail at Best Buy for $60 (I believe the Psyc model is the same system) if you can stretch your budget a little, or you could wait for a sale or for someone for sell one here or on eBay. Seconded.

So how effective is Sony's AVLS in protecting hearing? Does it adapt to a headphone's sensitivity by measuring current or is it valid only with stock headphones?

Sony D-NE300.

Quote: Originally Posted by commando I'm not into modding myself, and living in NZ makes shipping to/from the US for someone else to do it expensive... and I still don't think i'd be happy with the CD3Ks anyway - it's still missing the bass slam that I get on the AKG 271s. Have...

I bought a pair from a Sony showroom here in Christchurch, NZ for $202 (NZ$). Here's a link, if you're interested... http://www.sony.co.nz/includes/view_...06&ssite=audio Maybe they ship to Aus?

Does anyone know much about AVLS? Like the volume at which it's supposed to kick in? 70dB? I've had a look on the web and can't find anything. AVLS limits my player to half its potential volume, so when I'm listening for long stretches, as a rule of thumb, I try to listen to it at quarter volume...

Quote: Originally Posted by beerguy0 I haven't tried the AKG's driven directly from the D-NE300, but I suspect that the volume will be less than adequate, given the 55 Ohm inpedance of hte AKG's. I need to build a portable amp next. My 7506's are 63 Ohm and run fine unamped.

So what volume level do you guys use when you're listening to it unamped at work for 8 hours? I try to stay two notches from the left on a pair of 7506's, although it varies a lot with the source. What about equilizer settings? I got use to heavy and now find anything else too weak on the bass.

I use a pair of Sony 7506's with the D-NE300. The 7506 is supposed to be quite a bassy 'phone. On the D-NE300's heavy equalizer setting, there's as much bass as I want. If you can't sample a pair of 7506's or there's something about their sound that turns you off, try the Sennheiser 212 Pro's. I...

I get them, so I assume it's normal. When I first got mine, I dropped it on the floor, the lid opened, and the CD came flying out. Now when I play a CD with the player resting, say, on my belly, the player wobbles slightly. Because I never got the chance to test how much it wobbles out of the...

Awesome work, Eagle.

Quote: Originally Posted by Eagle_Driver Ceep, The 7509 is a newer model than the 7506. But newer isn't better, in this particular case: The 7509 is based on the V900, which is the very same generation of V-series headphone as the V600 that we warn against. The 7506, however, is not...

Quote: Originally Posted by Eagle_Driver Pay no attention to the headphone frequency response specs. They're meaningless without a tolerance spec (in +#.#/-#.# dB). But if you're comparing two headphones in the same series (750#'s) from the same manufacturer (Sony), surely they'd...

Quote: Originally Posted by Eagle_Driver Having tested the V900/7509 with the parametric EQ, I wonder how well it corrects for the Grato-like highs on the V6/7506? And I also wonder what it does to the V600's generally honky sound... I bought a D-NE300 up the other night and...

People on this board use V6 and 7506 interchangeably, but aside from the driver size, I see little in common. The official Sony website for my region gives the following specifications for the 7506... Headphone Type: Dynamic, closed Driver unit size (mm) 40 Magnet type: Neodymium Plug...