Saw the monster thread but was pretty lost going through it. Thanks for the response, just what i was after. Much appreciated : )

I've been away from head-fi for a while after selling all my gear, i'm now after a budget set of IEM's and have found lot's of praise for the VSD1's by vsonic.   I'm trying to work out which version to buy, i've heard a few people mention slight sibilance in one, whereas the 'S' version has a...

the main issue i've experienced is the upper treble roll-off (i'm talking somewhere in the 15khz area), this is pretty obvious compared to any other amp and is noticeable on every set of speakers i've tried. Should this be expected ...sound signature wise or does that sound pretty off? Every...

I've been reading into all this hype recently about the original T-Amp and it's souped up derivatives using the Tripath TA2024 chip and the reviews gushing praise so with a little money ready to waste i went out and bought a chinese variant (still using the TA2024). Now i always go into...

Quote: Originally Posted by cooperpwc Electricity and ohms is not my speciality but I think that this is wrong. High ohm headphones require massive voltage swings. That is why OTL tube amps, which produce that, match high ohm headphones so well but are challenged with low ohms depending...

Thinking about buying a valve headphone amp, the output is specified at 300-600ohms, the headphones i'm intending to use with this thing range from 32-75ohms ...what kind of problems or conflicts will this cause me? Any help is appreciated!

Just had an instant urge to try this mod after reading about it and after some ham-handed soldering with questionable results i managed to create a cable with two 75 ohm metal film resistors in place on the left and right channel. After a quick test everything seems to be connected fine, i've...

Quote: Originally Posted by Albatross05 Resurrecting an older thread....maybe not wise. I dunno. Roger Waters is, and always has been, a difficult person. He is indeed a little full of himself as Aman says. But then, maybe he has a right to be. He's credited for writing most of the...

even when db level is exactly the same or even less ...What are you on about?

Quote: Originally Posted by TiTaN This is precisely a rehash of the original thread, if you commented in that one feel free to comment in this one, but only if you agree to keep it PG-13. The other one got out of hand and had to be moved out of the public domain. So the question is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jon L LOL... I have not listened to a single down-the-line neutral component in all my years, PERIOD. This is regarless of price and includes headphones, speakers, amps, sources, cables, and even footers. I don't consider headphones any more colored than...

Quote: Originally Posted by braillediver I'm referring to a real source not a sound card. You'll Never know what the RS-1's are capable of if you're using a sound card. End of story. If you’ve read the posting here when people finally move up to a real source they are amazed at...

Quote: Originally Posted by Carl There are certainly headphones out there that'll be more neutral than such speakers. That said, if you're happy with the sound you're getting from those speakers, I say stick with them. i'm not so much saying i'm happy with my speakers, the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Carl Making a speaker that is at least reasonably neutral isn't that hard. Making a room that is though, now that is very difficult. What seperates headphones and speakers is that headphones come with their room "built in", so to speak. Room colourations are...

Quote: Originally Posted by Meyvn Tried any with foamies? They completely take away that feeling, IMO. completely agree with that, i get a superior seal with plastic/rubber sleeves but like the original poster says i get like a 'decompression' in my ears (which i find actually...

^^thats sort of how i remember my E2c's being, they rest along your ear and then curve into your ear canal (the ER4's seemed to stick right out of my ears, i chose them over the E4c's but i wasn't ever going to consider wearing the ER4's in public...)

Quote: Originally Posted by braillediver “an EMU 0404 with intention of using the digital output with a DAC and Amp to bring Hifi to my world. I have around $2000-$3000” Source first dude. The RS-1’s can do much better with a better quality source. $2000-$3000 for an amp to amplify...

I've just bought a pair of speakers from ebay without a demo, my main concern was that they wouldn't fit my preferred sound signature (which i'm very picky about) ...after 5 minutes use i came to the conclusion that they were fine ...pretty much neutral to what i'm used to. Then i start...

pretty much a novice in this area but as far as i know there is no such thing, the idea is that high resolution camera's have the ability to crop pictures to pretty much any 'screen ratio' without much effect on print quality, whereas my 3 megapixel powershot S1 produces a great pictures yet...

Quote: Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek Etymotic ER4 I'm about to recieve a pair of these within the next few days, it must be the angle because i don't remember them going in so deep...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChickenGod Now im super confused. Now I either want to get Ety's or Shure I have been in the same situation but recently found a great ebay IEM seller that does a try before you buy scheme (which is great for me, in the UK it's very hard to audition...

Quote: Originally Posted by warrior05 admittedly it was a brief demo but i really didn't like the DT880s - just not my cup of tea. way too much emphasis on the highs. i'm a mid to low kind of guy. although i wouldn't say i hated them at all the really weren't tuned to 'my' sound...

All i will say is that i've owned SR225's, DT880's and i'm still using the my trusty HP890's today. Basicly they have no real flaws except for being less detailed than better phones and are great headphones to start with

It's actually hard to tell where the mic is connect at first, the connector blends in so well and doesn't look out of place at all. Great work