If anyone has compared these two directly then please share your impressions. I want an end game solid state amp and never think about the topic amplification again after I buy it. How would you describe the sound differences? Is the Niimbus better and if yes in what way and by how much...

I think the problem is solved. I had the earpads in the position Abyss recommend to start with. Now the seam is at 09:30 instead of 11:00 and the difference is night and day. 11 o'clock sounded like pierding distortion hell. Now at 11 o'clock the pads just barely touch the head and it's day and...

I'm using a Topping D90 / A90 stack. I'm playing around with earpad positioning now. I've bought them new.

I have had the LCD4, Susvara, LCD-4z and LCD-X in the past. Now living with the 1266 PHI TC. I must say I'm quite confused about what I'm hearing and I'm not sure if I have a broken pair. They sound detailled yes but I can't understand the fuss about the soundstage. There is none. Also, they...

OK. So you haven't compared the Audiobyte stack with the Terminator Plus. Would be an interesting shootout.

Do I understand this correctly that you heard the Terminator Plus with Gaia and directly compared the Audiobyte Zap/Vox at home? And then preferred the Audiobyte stack? Please elaborate a bit more. I cannot imagine that the Audiobyte sounds better in all aspects.

I must say that I can't quite follow. What are DS DACs? Do you mean the PS Audio Directstream? I'm not planning to get that. YOu think R2R DACs decimate sound? You think THX decimates sound? Can you please elaborate? What are example of low-feedback HP amps?

Maybe somebody here can help me with a question. I am aware that you cannot possibly have heard all these permutations but maybe you can make estimated assumptions to what could be best. I have a simple HP setup (THX AAA 789 + Audeze LCD4-z) and have just sold my DAC. I also have a pair of Kii...

Maybe somebody here can help me with a question. I am aware that you cannot possibly have heard all these permutations but maybe you can make estimated assumptions to what could be best. I have a simple HP setup (THX AAA 789 + Audeze LCD4-z) and have just sold my DAC. I also have a pair of Kii...

I have to also agree that the Empyrean is mid-fi in a nice suit. It is technically light-years behind a LCD-4Z, a Heddphone or a Utopia. It sound congested, small and has no transient leading edges. Besides the cross-over between the two membrane sections is not seamless and you can hear that...

A very good and attentive reply.

My suggestion to solve the TOTL headphone problem once and for all: As can be seen in the case of Coronavirus, private users donate their CPU/GPU power to folding@home to analyse the virus and find a cure/vaccine. Additionally states and companies donate supercomputers and this results in...

A 100 pages of this sh** and still no conclusive answer if these are endgame or note. Thank you headfi. Some hypers some haters. As always...

Can you please list your top ten in particular order?

A mystery to me...

There is so much bullshitting going on in this threat. Heddphones can be endgame. An LCD-4Z is not overpriced, worth every cent and an incredible endgame experience that leaves almost everything in the dust that exists in audio including all speakers in existence. I had 17 stereo setups in my...

Can anyone compare this more closely to the LCD-4z? HD 800 is not really the competition here...

I tested the Heddphone a few days ago in a loud environment. Therefore, I cannot judge their sound in a meaningful way. But I had no issues with the weight at all. What bothered me more was the heat! The Heddphone felt like a pair of ear-warmers to me. I was sweaty after 20 minutes. Also the...