Someone stole my T1s out of my car, so I bought some new headphones, thought I would provide some feed back.   My Goal: see if I can replace my T1s for cheaper 2 years latter and continue the quest to find my perfect pair of headphones.    Price (that I paid at the time): $269.99  for...

Do you mean the same T1s I had or a different headphone you would recommend that combines the sound of the HE 500s and T1s?

Some one stole my Beyerdynamic T-1s out of my car.  Life without music sucks.......    I haven't been keeping up with the headphone scene for a while because I was basically happy with my T-1s.   Headphones I have owned, to give you guys and idea of what I am looking for:   Sennheiser HD...

  Should I do a subjective review with my T1s and HE-500s? It came in the mail yesterday.  Its an O2/DAC limited edition from JDS labs.

No amps are the least important, in fact it can be argued that objectively there is no difference between amps unless they are driven to clip.   Like I said you should google the story of the objective 02 amp.     The idea behind an amp is to NOT have a sound, aka just make the signal...

I haven't actually got to try any schiit audio products, people around here like them alot.  Don't putt too much money into the amp/dac, the headphones are the MOST important part by far they are 99% of the puzzle. The difference between your schiit audio stuff and the $5000 top of the line...

    Yes it's kind of an issue, super unlikely to be audible.  If you are worried about measurements buy an amp desgined by measurements :P.    http://www.jdslabs.com/products/48/o2-odac-combo/   If you don't already know the story behind this amp, google it.  The objective amp/dac does not...

More gain does not mean more power, gain is the ratio to witch the imput signal is amplified.  More gain does NOT mean more power.  Yes it only effect loudness.    No they are not wasting there time entirely but yes pretty much all amps sound the same ( or atleast so close it makes no...

This is not exactly correct, you can only hear deltas in SQ related to power issues if the amp clips. SQ can be effected by other things like THD or impedance etc......   He is correct in saying that just because a headphone is loud that does not mean the amp is not clipping or distorting in...

SQ is in same league of almost half the $$$ lol :P

Strangly enough I dont know what my end game headphone would be but I KNOW what it would sound like.    Sound stage equal too or greater than, T1      Bass and speed equal too or greater then HE-500      so if some one could combine those too headphones into some sort of hybrid it...

Any ways bottom line my best advice is read he who must not be named blog. And if you believe in the objective approach to audio gear design then the objective 02 amp/dac combo is basically the best amp money can buy I can subjectively confirm that it sounds balling out of control.

The reason headphones have 1/4 or 1/8th inch a along plugs is because that is the industry standard for stereo headphones. As far as digital audio goes USB is ideal for use from PCs because its less Susceptible to electrical noise and less like to be effected by things like jitter and even if it...

Maybe the newer sound cars have better hardware or software for off loading sound processing. I did have an older sound card. I actually pay around with ram disks that's why I have that much and because it was cheap. In any event what I said about $200 invested in other PC sub systems netting...

I'm a PC gammer too, you most certainly won't get 5fps because of a sound card. In very rare instances you might get 1 or 2fps AT BEST. I play alot of fps games counter strike being my favorite and if you know anything about that game audio is super important. My PC is 4770k, 32gigs of ram...

true but if he gets O2amp/dac he wont need a sound card in the first place.  Also he can use the USB  for his headphones when SQ matters and the sound card for surround sound or audio caputre if he needs thoose features. 

Google: objective 02 blog. We seriously cant talk about him here or link to his blog.     My brother sound card is this one.  Its the older creative X-FI sound cards, still very much in line with there newer stuff or any high end sound card for that matter.   ...

I would strongly recomend you look into the Objective 02 amp/dac.   The amp and dac have a fantastic story, you should google it. Depending on how you view the world this might be the last dac/amp you ever need to buy.  The designer of the amp is not allowed to be talked about here and is...

well its technichly part time. I work 32 hours a week, but I get to set them.  It's not easy but I have to pay for the paper that the school is holding hostage for an unreasonably large sum of money some how.  My weekends and nights are never free.....   Any ways I would highly recomend making...

I have both the HD-650s and the T1s.    They dont sound the same.    I have trouble hearing differences between source gear and amps, so much so I almost convinced that dacs/amps don't matter ( for my ears any way)  as long as you have enough power.  With that said I clearly dont have the...

Ya I got this feeling from AC/DC back in black on some HD-800s at a headphone meet in Charolette NC.  Untill that point I just didnt know it was possible.  Ive never been able to afford the HD-800s however both my HE-500s and beyerdynamic T1s do it alot.  TBH goose bumps require TOL headphones...

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Same reasoning as I posted above 

well I generalized alot in this review to keep it short.  Specifically for heavey metal and death metal the HE-500s greater speed helped them not get lost on crazy things like double or quad kick drumbs with super distorted guitars.  So to me it sounded more detailed, however you are right when...

some "budget" stuff I have a maverick audio amp/dac and an objective 02 amp.   If you have recomendations I m open too them.  I m actually thinking that the T1s are the cans for me as time passes.  I use them every day for atleast 4 hours a day so comfort is a big deal.  With that in mind if you...