I'm gonna disagree with everyone here and say the Yuin G1A, they sound really nice, are stylish, and are very portable.

Quote: That's pretty much true around here... Or should I say, the sound of a steam powered train falling with an avalanche...

I'll say this, I go for walks with my ATH-A700s and I get stopped by a lot of people, so, if you don't mind people asking about them, they're fine as portables. Sound wise, they are VERY spacious, there is not a lot of bass, it's refined and quick, and the highs are a tad bright when you turn up...

The only time volume affects performance is in a digital format (Computers/DAC on Pre-Amp) because of the uneven results of equations. By which I mean, when you lower the volume it uses an equation to "simulate" dropping the volume, unfortunately, it doesn't always come out to a whole number and...

I am selling a Zero DAC that has some biasing problems over all usage (To the left). I'm curious if I'm able to fix it or if someone could find something wrong with my unit. I took some photos of the internals and it looks to me that unit has been modified in some ways (base don stock photos)...

  Quote: Ah, thank you for clearing that up. Would you recommend those two DAC/Amps as a better alternative to what I had listed?

I've been doing a bit of research and I've been looking for an upgrade to my entire setup. And just looking around, it seems to me I could get an external DAC (Musiland Monitor 01 US) to an amp and then speakers/headphones (Gizmo v1.0M and WAF-1/Headphones). Am I missing anything? If not, this...

  Quote:     Quote: Does the Shure need an amp or is it fine on it's own?     Quote: No, not really, I just love being able to pinpoint instruments in a setting. Also, I hear the DT770s have a large bass bias.     Quote: Never heard of them... hmmm.

Quote: Do the Shures require an amp, or are they at least o.k. on their own?

Hey there, my recent headphones have given up on me and I'm looking for new ones. I'm looking at something at a max of $150 and as long as they aren't in ear phones, I don't care what kind they are. I'm looking for soundstage and SQ; noise suppression is marginal as I really don't care about...