Thanks for posting the test, it was quite interesting I would have to say but it seemed a little lenient on my perception grade of 99%.   I got 87% enthusiasm, 99% musical perception (I honestly did awful on every single one of their teststest, idk how I got 99%), 76% emotional connection...

For me it would have to be Hayley Williams, her live performances are engaging and full of energy which alot of singers can't produce live.

  Personally I find that grado's are fine comfort wise (at least with the comfy pads, never tried bowls) but it vaires person to person so try them if possible.  I'll assume that the upgrade comment was referring to my previous post.  What I was saying is that at least when I was buying my...

  For $20 more than the sr60's you can get sr80's or ms1s ($100) which have more bass or more refined mids and highs respectively.  Honestly, just start somewhere are then you'll know what you want next time you go and buy better headphones because you'll definetely want to upgrade after you...

The mini meet is now making me wonder if I got a "good" or a "bad" ms1i =)

+1 on the grados, they are really a great value and sr80 supposedly has a lot of bass which would suit your music I would still get the m50's since they suit your music well and before you know it you'll want to upgrade.  After a month of getting my MS1i , I've been saving up to get better...

The problem with recommending headphones is that the OP listens to "metal, classical, and rap" (and variety)  which are so different so that one headphone that is good for one of them would not work for the orther two.  Ex. Grado sr80's are good for metal but the soundstage and upfront...

No, you're headphones won't get "used" to playing at some certain power level, you'll be fine.  You should also consider Alessandro ms1's (or grado sr80s if you prefer more bass) though since they're good with rock and metal and can kindof good with classical, not sure about rap.  I've heard...

So... I spent the last week reading the forums so this is what I've decided on (for now, I'm sure I'll upgrade sometime).    Headphones- HD 555, will probably do the foam mod Amp- Maverick D1   Any reason this combination would not work?   Thanks for all of the help everybody! ...

  Quote: I have to agree, that's a really good play on words.  But I am concerned about one thing...  Grado's are usually not very comfortable for most people (including me cause they are supraural) so if the srh750 is even less comfortable should I be worried?  The comfort level...

anyone?  (bump)

Thanks for all the recommendations!  So for headphones, I've gotten the following recommendations on this post ms1, sr80, a700, ad700, m50, hd25, hd555, k240s.  Since supraural have never been comfortable for me that takes off the ms1 and sr80.  I've read good things about all of these...

Heaphone suggestions please.  Any full-size headphones are welcome in the 100ish range. 

Quote: Ok the k501/601/701 are all out of my budget but... ms1 is a maybe.  I've read very good things about the sound quality but I'm worried about the comfort and I especially dislike 90% of superaural headhpones I tried just on comfort alone.  Is comfort really a problem?  (I guess it...

  Quote: Ok thanks for the info, helps reassure my decision.  So by saying it will power anything from iems to 600ohm beyers fine does that mean that headphones such as the ms1 suggested will do ok even though they will be very limited on the volume dial and are already fine without an...

Ok, I just thought this thread was getting just a little off track so I would like to revisit the original intentions of the thread except I have changed some opinions since the first post based on what I'm reading so this is what I'm looking for.   Budget- under 350 (200-275 for amp/dac)...

  Quote: Ok, looks like I know what I'm going to do tonight.  Thanks.

Ok, I have a question.  Are the portable amps suggested (arrow 12he, ibasso, etc...) equally as good as a similarly priced full-size amp (or at least close?).  A brief list of differences would be nice since I honestly no nothing about amps.    Also, don't worry about jacking the thread...

I've done a search and couldn't find anything regarding the best 100-150ish headphones with an amp.  It seems like every single one is about finding a headphone that sounds good without an amp.  I figured there might be a couple others in the same situation as me.    This amp will probably...

  Quote: The Audinst seems like a pretty good amp, but there aren't too many comparisons between that and other amps.  Would this amp be able to compare with slightly more expensive amps such as audio gd-fun or maverick?  I decided portability is not as big of an issue since most of my...

This is how it is my at high school so it pretty much represents the average highschool.  (1200 people)   60% use standard apple earbuds   20% use skullcandy iems   15% use other cheap iem's/headphones   Of the remaining people there are like 20 or so pairs of beats, 20ish bose...

Quote: Ok, if I went this route and say I wanted to get new headphones like maybe hd600/650 or akg 701/2 then that would require a whole new amp for them to sound good?  Would it be more economical just to buy an better amp now?  Sorry about these questions, I'm pretty inexperienced.

Quote: Good to know I'm not the only one with this kind of decision =).  What I think I'm going to do is to further look into the amps but I'm favoring the maverick amp due to the price of 200.  For headphones though, I'll probably go with AD-700's since from what I'm reading it will suit...

Did some research and came across the maverick audio amp/dac and the beresford tc-7520 amp/dac.  Any opinions on those? 

Quote:   First of all, thanks for all the replies from everybody.  =) So from what I'm getting out of this post is that a good amp/dac with an average pair of headphones will be alot better than a average amp/dac with a good pair of headphones and as a bonus will be easier to upgrade...