Posting to mention that the EX600 are listed as 1B14 and 2B14 so pointers are miss aligned. Also, I want to thank you Joker as your are my main source for IEm shopping ;)  *bowing to your greatness*

Anyone in the Montreal area able/willing to do some soldering/moding on vintage Pionneer SE-505 headphones?   Removing pots, redo internal wiring and maybe isolation. Maybe also replacing the coiled (eek!) cable.   At 690g, too heavy for me, a little lighter would be great, read old...

  Quote:   Well this thread has been exactly for this... finding out if the 250 and 600 DT880's have a significant sq difference... and they don't. With your comment I'm even more interested if Wavoman and NikonGod could blind test the 32 OHms in the mix in the next meet...  ...

Cathersis : I see in your sig that you have the Fiio E5... ever used it with your DT880-250 from your Sansa Clip? What about directly from your Sansa :-O ?

Humongous thanks to Catharsis and wavoman for this thread.   I will never get the expensive equipment you guys have but this has served me and confirmed that I will be looking for the 250 OHms (unless the 32 Ohms are also the same ??? hehehe)   On a serious note thought, do you guys...

Thanks maverickronin, that's a great ressource. Bookmarked. A shame that he didn't test the ATH-AD900 yet. I'll check with google again tonight, maybe I'll be luckier this time.   If someone else has a ressource site, don't be a stranger )

Strange, I thought someone would have the answer by now...

Elanzer Quote:   Exactly what I'm also looking for but now the OP will go in the vortex of Beyer... 32, 250 or 600 Ohm... or the pro version... with which amp (because DT880's NEED one for proper sound it seems). For the amp, solid state (SS) is what you should be looking for and not a tube...

Quote:   Death and sorrow for 101 days and nights! Unless you sacrifice a virgin on top of Mount Doom! Well maybe not... the HD595 is next in line which is a little better. I still wasn't satisfied until I tried the HD650... at 2.5 times the price. :-O    Since it was too expensive...

Zombie_X: Quote:   Thanks, you post almost cemented my decision to go with a DT880/250 with a SS amp. I wish I could go with multiple amps and headphones but that this thing called... money or something... and I would like to have more of it. hehe I started a thread for frequency...

Anybody know of another place then headphone.com for frequency response curves, etc   Looking to compare some Sennheiser HD555, Audio-Technica ATH-AD900, HiFiMan RE0 and probably others.

Quote:   Cool for the G3, but it is a tube amp so if I understand correctly would "color" the sound more than a SS. I also read that they're "not good good for electronica and/or gaming" since they are "slow". Is this related to some kind of micro delay in sound that would "break" the fast...

I agree that looking at the curves, all three are almost the same. The 250 Ohm being the flattest, this is the one I'm aiming at at the moment. Also, most of the comparison done for these headphones seem to go with different amps, or worst, different source. I have yet to find a straight up...

  Quote:   That was two different amps so this test, although very informative isn't quite on equal footing. As mentioned in this thread, the higher the output Ohm rating is the higher chance (certainty?) of coloring the sound. Thus, not a bad thing sometimes to modify the sound to...

nikongod, I bow to your superior HeadFi-izism   Next time I go to the electronics parts store I'll check for that 1KOhm pot.   Until then, do you have a link for the 1KHz tone? and maybe other tracks also to test headphone stage, detail, etc... not a full 60minute CD, just precise test...

Hey Zombie_X: I read that you have the PHENIX G3, do you know how it compares to the Little Dot MKIII? Or should I just go with a Head-Direct EF2 (amp + dac)   Sources being : Audigy2ZS or laptop (music), PS3 (movies/games) , XBox360 (games) , Zen Micro (music).   Bonus noob question...

Both outputs are supposed to be 32 Ohm.   Also, how can I measure the ACV when it fluctuates with what is being played?  Maybe playing pink noise?   What's funny is that the Zen Micro output displays 10 KOhm (5KOhm per channel) when getting reading from my meter. I know the output and...

Hey Uncle.. you show make that Wiki! I read your posts across a few threads and you really know your stuff.   So getting back at on track... Both outputs, Z-680 and Zenn Micro are 32 Ohm. The Z-680 manual being useless for the HP output, after extensive searching the net, I could only...

Big thanks wankski and Xombie_X for clearing some of the smoke...   wankski you suggested to try other HP's, I already did. Quoting myself from original post :     As you can see, the headphones I liked the most were the Sennheisers HD650, witch are more expensive than the DT880's and...

I received my MB Quart 805 High Solid yesterday and decided to do a three way test with my current full-size HPs : Pioneer SE-505, Sennheiser HD330's and the Quarts'.   Started with the Blu-Ray movie called The Soloist knowing that good sound was assured. In turn I switch the headphones...

I do know they require a good amp... I meant in the next months I will buy one or both and the other maybe a year off. I'm puzzled though, I read that the STX supports 600Ohm output via a three way setting in the configuration panel. Will it not be sufficient?   Wankski, since you seem to...

Thanks wankski, that is exactly why I started this thread, to not buy anything useless. Pekingduck told me exactly what I wanted to know; that they will be "usable". I don't want to buy cheap stuff, I want the best I can afford. I WILL buy an good amp and/or a Xonar STX in the next months more...

*cry* after weeks of searching it has come to this... Damn you Head-Fi... my wallet cries in pain!   Still, I have sensitive hears, I NEVER listen at loud volumes. Could I USE the 600Ohm version from a ZenMicro, Audigy 2 ZS or Laptop? Or will it be inaudible and whisper like?  ...

Thats exactly the thing. Is it worth the 150-200$ amp for the 600Ohm just for something that you cannot notice unless you compare them within the same minute.What I want most I guess is a sound making you feel that you're there in the concert hall or the piano bar or whatever. Thus making...

  Prologue : I had my Sennheiser HD330's for about 12 years and bought them doing an A/B testing of under 99$CAD at the time. Until recently, they were the best sounding headphones I tried. They are now broken and the cushions have literally disappeared under the fabric (!?), repairs fees...