Sorry should have read through the other threads first, mods fell free to discard ths one as there is an identical one up and running. Commander, thanks for that will start researching those. I was looking at the little dot mkv.

Hi All, New to the headphone world and went out and bought these without doing enough research. Further invetsigation revealing that these cans are hard to drive and need to be matched to a suitable amp Was interested if anyone can pass on their experience with these phones matched up to a...

Will do, thanks.

No probs I should have been clearer..Home Theatre, i.e. blu rays - both movies and concerts.

Okay, that's good news. I bought the headphones due to a new addition into the family, and won't be able to listen at any decent volume through my speaker system for quite some time yet. My CD player is about 10 yrs old it's an old pioneer which I am thinking of upgrading to either the...

Thanks for that, I have been doing some further reading and it seems that it may not be as suitable for low impedence cans, and generates a hiss???? is this true or would it be something else? Also I run a separate power amp and avr (as pre) in my system. Would I connect the LDMkv into the...

Would this amp be a good match to the AKG702's? I've read they are tricky cans to drive.