This'll be based off enjoyment: 1: Stax SR-Lambda Signature 2: Stax SR-Gamma 3: Rotel RH-930 4: Stax SR-Lambda Professional 5: Stax SR-207 (507 pads) 6: Stax SR-5NB 7: Beyerdynamic Tesla T1 v2 8: Sennheiser HD540 Reference Gold (600 ohm drivers) 9: AKG K1000 BH 10: Stax SR-Sigma Professional...

Got mine a few days ago. They're modded, and I just finished replacing the cable with my own, with mini XLR fueled adapter dongles. Running them with the Schiit Valhalla 2 and Assemblage DAC-1. I plan on getting a new, solid state amp with a better power output (probably Asgard 3) soon, so...

Except that the Pt is cheaper?   Also good news, it's not the cable that's messed up, turns out it's my Clip+'s headphone jack, it faked me out because it cuts in and out randomly even when not moving at all.  Still replacing the stock cable though, the triboelectrics drive me nuts.

For the ER-4Pt at least, yes.  The plugs are quite tight though, they take a lot of force to pull out the first time.  Gentle rocking up and down will help ease the prongs out.  They connect at the point where the earpiece becomes a cylinder.  I don't have any of the other models, but I would...

That sucks, I assume you're talking about the Westone adapter that's too loose?  I guess I'll have to send the original cable to a cable maker and have them scrap it for the plugs.   They are in warranty, I am in the US, and there's no way I'm replacing it with another stock cable.

Unfortunate this had to be my first post here, I love these IEM's sound, but...the stock cable on these is utter garbage, it didn't even last a single winter before shorting right below both earpiece's plugs, so now I need a new one.  Does anyone have experience with Vesper Audio's cables?  How...

The ATH-M50s were anything but flat or neutral to me, their FR was a rollercoaster of awful, really.

Can anyone comment on which insulation has better dielectric properties, and which is most flexible? (XLPVC will be 28awg 7/36 stranded, XLPE will be 26awg 7/34 stranded, both are tinned copper)  I only know that XLPE has okay flexibilty, (in comparison to, say AKG's cables) very good dielectric...

Sennheiser HD600, Grado RS2i, Beyerdynamic DT235, Audatron whatever whatever, and Sony MDR-F1, Fostex T50RP for me. (ATH M50 too, but the remorse came like, 3 years after the purchase when I realized they were horrid in every way)   HD600, how anyone can say these sound true to life is so far...

New headphones, time to update my list:   1. AKG Q701

I think so too. :P  I'll be keeping the V6 as a compliment though...god damn do they put slam behind hardstyle's kicks, I just wish the upper registers snapped more so both parts of the kicks would be tactile.  I might try to write up a comparison when I get them, but the problem with that is...

As I seem to recall people discussing in other threads, Golden Ears measurements aren't exactly...good, and smoothing by 1/3 octave?  No thanks, that's such heavy smoothing that the result isn't worth looking at.  I'm definitely getting one of these soon though.  It was between the Q701 and the...

I'm pretty sure electrostatic diaphragms produce sound through excitation, they excite the molecules in the air by vibrating, to transfer sound.  How would a stat diaphragm push a gas that's heavier than itself around without shredding to bits?

I guess I should mention it here too, but I found the Beyerdynamic EDT 231 V pads to improve the sound quite a lot.  I used double sided tape to affix them to the baffle plate, as centered as I could.

If anyone wants to try this for themselves, I discovered that the Beyerdynamic EDT-231V pads improve the V6 quite a lot.  I originally hated the V6, but due to circumstances I had to find a closed can to use for a trip my family was taking to Canada.  I thought I might try putting different pads...

Updating with things I've heard:   1. Sony MDR-V6 w EDT 231V - Still, nothing has come close to touching it.  Missing amplitude in the treble which will scare most away, (it is there, but like a bass guitar in a rock song, it acts as subtle backing) but cleanliness and accuracy throughout the...

Quote: This is the kind of thing I'm always hesitant to tell other people I like...but I really really do.  It reminds me of how I felt when listening to the weirder more noise influenced Skinny Puppy songs, it just sort of makes sense to me, even though to most people, it's disgusting, and...

I think it's time for an update to my old rankings.   1. Sony MDR-V6 (modded, using Beyer EDT-231v, and a smidgen of damping)   Justifying this is going to be impossible to you people, even my mate thinks I'm full of s***...but, explanation as best I can put it in the spoiler.    ...

Any Venetian Snares album except Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett.  Any and all Nero's Day at Disneyland albums.  Probably most Throbbing Gristle albums.  Most people would consider Skinny Puppy on a thread like this too.  All of Coil's albums.  Necro Facility...I think we can just stick all old...

I'm looking at high end non-IEM portables for an upcoming trip, and settled on the SigPro, but I couldn't put the sound into perspective very well from the limited reviews of them available.  My question is, keeping in mind that I love the HD600, which Sig should I be looking at, and how does...

Update to my list:   Sennheiser HD600   The only thing I listen to anymore, very smooth and natural sounding.  The only complaint I could level with it is one I'm sure a lot of people would be surprised by; I don't think its quite "thick" enough.  It needs a hair less upper mids and a...

Actually that's a reasonable concern, the magnet could pull the screwdriver through the diaphragm.  Which is why you use a titanium or hardened plastic screwdriver.

From what I understand the 770/880/990s won't give you the same neutral but vivid sound, they have their own specific colorations, so the 770 might work for you if you like its slant.   Also be aware that some people have gotten DT1350s that have quality control defects that give it an...

Bass kick might be an issue if you're not looking for refinement, and instead for quantity, but the DT1350 is another one to check out.  Its sound is controlled most by the DAC you're using, even if you get just a FiiO D3, then it suddenly becomes an analytical detail monster that still retains...