The Sony NW-A15 also has LDAC and it can even do EQ over Bluetooth which helped me to add some (drum) bass which the MDR-1000x lacks. The downside of EQ is that if you have any HD tracks then they will be downsampled so that the EQ effect can be applied - maybe you will hear the quality...

  You can be sure that there will be a volume limitation and constant nagging about hearing damage. Those were the reasons why I chose a device where those stupid things can be disabled. Seriously, anything other than modern overly compressed pop will not have enough volume and don't even get...

  Or NWZ-A15, that too has LDAC (will appear after running firmware update 1.10 if not preinstalled already).

If one wants to buy the MDR-1000X then imho they really need to use a playback device which uses LDAC. As far as aptX goes people are usually thinking that a 352 kpbs aptX is enough with a 320 kbps MP3 (or whaterver lossy format) but there's something to consider - there isn't any kind of...

Quote: Originally posted by elrod-tom Maybe I should just buy another set of headphones for listening to hefty bass...but I just LOVE the sweet mids that these things put out!!! That's exactly the reson I still use the K501s for music and the DT531s for movies. I'm not...

Quote: Originally posted by elrod-tom If you are looking for skull-cracking bass, I'm thinking that the 501's with tubes are the wrong choice in general...but someone, please, tell me if I'm wrong. It is possible to get "skull-crackling bass" from the K501s but it'll probably...

Quote: Originally posted by TimSchirmer Those K-501's are pretty nice, arent they I'd say the K501s are like women; it takes a lot of muscle to satisfy them But seriously, they are great heaphones if amping is done properly. Maxi

Hello Flatboy! I think you are going to be satisfied with the DT531s. I have them and they are a very good choice for headphones; they don't require a seperate heaphone amp and they sound really good. It's quite simple really, they lack nothing. And yes, the bass is there. After hearing them...

Quote: Originally posted by rawhit Maxi thanx for your input. I am also running both Live and Terratec cards at the same time in my system but I did not face any problem. As said I think it's the SB Live! + VIA chipset (motherboard using this chipset) combo that was the real...

Quote: Originally posted by rawhit Maxi thanx for the tip. By the way did you notice any burn-in effect for the card? ie did the card sound better after some usage? cheers RawHit I don't know if it was phychological or not but with me it took some time getting use to the...

Hello! Happy to see you like your new card. I have the same card too and I'm really happy for selecting it to replace my old Live! Platinum which suffered from a horrible hiss and resampling to 48 kHz just to name a few. The headphone out from the front panel is not particularly strong but...

Good thing it's not GreeD! Maxi

Quote: Originally posted by fiddler Also, I don't think a Creek drives the K501 adequately. They have a relatively low impedance (120 ohms), which means it requires a lot of current, and also has a low sensitivity (94 dB @ 1mW), even lower than the HD600. Those AKG's are probably one of...

Well today I finally got the Creed amp I had waited for ages and was hyped up. Lots of people here have recommended the amp for K501s saying it compensates the cans' somewhat weak bass presentation. I hooked up the amp to my Onkyo AV receiver but no positive effect. The bass started to break up...

Hello! I also have the K501s and boy they really do need an amp. I'd say that it's almost criminal not to have a good headphone amp with them. The lower (bass) end will suffer if they are not properly amped and I had to do some EQing until I got the lower end that I was after for. I have a...

Ripping: EAC (Exact Audio Copy) Encoder (lossy): MPC (musepack) Encoder (lossless): Monkey's Audio Player: Winamp with Enhancer plugin Wave editor: Cool Edit MPC (musepack) is an audio format like mp3. It was designed to provide transparency at bitrates > 160 kbs. I have used the format...

Quote: Originally posted by jlo mein the soundblaster live is reknowned (i dont think i spelled that right ) for its hissing... You are right there. With me after a sound card upgrade the hiss was gone. Besides, the Live! cards are known for another nasty thing; resampling...

I'm very impressed with the DT531s. They are easy to drive and are musically very balanced; lows, mids, highs all are there and nothing is missing; I can forget EQing completely with these cans. This is good news for me; I can't EQ when watching movies so the cans will have a job there (and...

I went ahead and bought the DT531s after auditing them at the store. I briefly tested them against the AKG K501s and immediately discovered how power-hungry the AKGs were. I'm now certain that they require a seperate headphone amp to work properly (getting one next month). I was also happy to...

Quote: Originally posted by TimSchirmer I think that the koss portapro is the perfect movie headphone. At its price...i'd give it a try. Yeah, I have those Koss Sportapro headphones and they are great for portables but with movies the sound starts to break up, which is not good...

Quote: But then again, you do say you EQ the hell out of it to compensate. A properly powered 501 isn't *that* bass shy it just doesn't have the deep bass extensions. This seemingly tells me that your amp isn't enough (remember, jsut because it's reated at 5x 100W doesn't mean theyput ****...

I need to correct myself here: I get music from the computer but I transfer it to my Onkyo amp which has 5x 100W power and it drives the AKG K501s well enough. Edit: the real question is: is it still enough or am I mistaken on this matter? Does DT770Pro/250 still need a seperate headphone amp...

Hmmm... this seems to be a difficult one. There is also the matter of availability: a store nearby has some Beyerdynamic models but I don't remember which models they had there. I'm heading there tomorrow to do some shopping. Currently candidates are: DT250, DT531, DT770Pro. Edit: Does anyone...

Thanx for the advices. It's good to notice that newbies are handled with care here The Sennheiser HD600 was first on my mind but budget-wise it would have hurt too much. I have more or less decided to get myself Beyerdynamic DT770Pro -headphones. A friend recommended them and they seem to be...

Hello! Yes, a board newbie here. I have AKG K501 headphones and I mostly listen to music via computer where I have managed to go around the "bass" problem by boosting lower frequencies; I'm happy there. Where I am not satisfied is watching movies. I could use some more bass there. The...