Ordered your opamps, will tell you whats up!

Have you realised that by removing the foams and the earpads, the sound gets way brighter? It sucks. The pads and foams are part of the reason for the muffleness.

Thanks elwappo99! I'm gonna buy the opamps and try them for sure (until I buy a $500 amp, instead of buying the average Little dot MK V or VII that will require a balanced setting). Are these the good...

Ty for your detailed answer! I don't think I'm enough of an audiophile to go into the balanced stuff, as it would require to buy a dac and special cables and I'm on low budget. For the rest, I share your point of view, I don't want to invest in an expensive medium-end amp if there's not a...

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I've just read that MK V (and even MK VII) wouldn't drive the HD650s as properly as MK IV or even MK III (i can get one for $240) because the cans are +300ohms and Little dots are:   MK III: 350mW @ 300/600 ohm MK IV: 500mW @ 300/600 ohm MK V: 187mW @ 300 ohm MK VII: 800mW @ 300 ohm...

Hi head-fi people!   First of all, I love this board and I've been learning a lot.   I own HD650s with a Xonar Essence STX soundcard (pretty common I guess) so they sound closed.   I'm planning on buying a good Amp this month to find back the wider soundstage/unveiled/non...