I love my pa2v2 amp with my M50s.  A whole lot of amp for not a lot of cash!

I'd suggest the ATH-M50s.  Really pleased with mine and uncompressed audio through my iPod touch sounds amazing!

Quote: I use exactly this setup (except my touch is a 2nd gen) and I use a Fiio line out cable to hook the amp to the touch.  Make sure you rip your music to the touch at a decent rate (I personally use lossless but >=320kbs for the generalised win!) and it'll sound pretty awesome in my...

Quote: I'll second this!

Quote: I did and I think they sound amazing to my ears through it!  The other thing that will make a difference if you are using MP3s etc is to increase the bit-rate you are ripping at.  I've moved to lossless and the difference between that and 192KB is staggering.  Of course some people...

Also have a look at the PA2V2 amp - great price and very highly rated around these parts!

KT Tunstall - Eye to the telescope Metallica & San Francisco Orchestra - S&M   Both lossless copies make my new ATH-M50's sing!

That's what I bought for my M50's

Shame - I literally unboxed mine about an hour ago - they are amazing!

PA2v2 amp.

I'm burning my new m50's using pink noise on my iPod unamped. As for a nice little amp I've just bought a pa2v2 for mine but it's not arrived yet.

I really like the style on those military skull candy

This is where I got mine from!

Thanks - there's a lot of good info here!   To put some real context around it.  I found these headphones (the SPs) on my desk when I moved office and have never been able to find the owner!  With that in mind I've been using them for about 2.5 years so they are well run in.   I've just...

Any idea how the SPs compare to say the audio technica m50s?

that was quick!   Sound quality wise how are these compared to the Sennheiser HD 25-1 II?

Can anyone identify which model these are please?  

The one cd that really jumped out at me through the store kit was the second KT Tunstall album. To be fair I mainly listen to metal, hip hop and some drum and bass / electronica type stuff so CDs of that nature are generally not the ones to be demoing due to the compex sound. The Tunstall cd...

Thanks for all the advice here, putting my mind at ease again, I can probably stretch to an e5 or 7 too so will look into those too!

Just been given a decent bonus by my employer so decided to get my first proper pair of 'big boy' headphones. Went to my local hifi store today to demo a pair of Grado sr80s (it's either these or the audio technica m50's) and they were connected to a denon cd player that had a built in headphone...