Well its not the most comfortable (as with any circumaural) but it works just fine. If you have glasses that have thick arms like Rayban Wayfarers its less comfortable than thin wire arms like Rayban Aviators. The pads are soft enough to not bee too much of a problem

Quick update, after some long listening sessions, I have settled on one dot per side for a perfectly balanced setup using V200 V800 setup. Two dots was too much on what is already a warmish setup. Made it too dark and stale. May even revert back to no dots later out of curiosity...   So far...

  Where are you located in Sydney? You're more than welcome to hear my setup...

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  Similar to Double Helix Cables, but I made them myself.   http://www.doublehelixcables.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=12&products_id=49   Mine are copper, 2 cables per channel (total 8), individually cotton wrapped, carbon fibre wrapped, mylar film insulated, Copper...

My pair has finally arrived! Listening now through Violectric V200 V800 stack and they sound superb right out of the box! Well done "Head master" Dan! Significant upgrade to Alphas and well worth it in my book. Thanks for the tunings dots, nice touch but to my ears they are not needed, the...

Yippee! That's me! Thanks Dan! I expected December 8th but it's going to be a whole month early! 

  I wasn't referring to sound signature at all. Simply put, if your amp cannot at least output 750mW (give or take) bare minimum at the ohms for your magnetic planar earphones (50 Ohm for Alpha Dogs) then there isn't enough power to sufficiently drive them.   Here's what Audeze has to say...

  It's something to do it "grip and control". Loudness doesn't mean that that the amp has wads of power to grab the earphones and wring every last drop from them. Especially true with magnetic planar. I noticed a big difference between about 500mW per channel and 2W per channel. Both were ear...

Thanks for the review john57! I have been thinking seriously about LCD3 or HE560 as an upgrade/side grade to Alpha Dogs, so the timing of the release for AP's was extremely good indeed!

  I've put in my order for Primes. And now the waiting game...

Today's prank will be tomorrow's reality! There probably will be an AK480 and it will have those specs, but maybe not at that price!

Any details on how I go about buying my lottery ticket??

Hey Expat,   Good to see you're still hanging around! @ANDEROAN wanted to buy my cable but I sold the Fostex with the cable. He may still be interested in buying a cable from you?

  haha so who's up for a beer? 

  I get you entirely and agree with you. I always use the age old and well tested home audio strategy when it comes to cables. Spent approx 10-20% of the price of the entire system on cables (roughly). Having a formula like this or similar hasn't hasn't ever let me down.   Definitely agree...

You are welcome!     Then you probably will hear a difference! Especially if you go with an external amplifier later on and use the HP-P1 as a DAC only. It seems to amplify the differences! haha.

  Let me explain by way of a fictional analogy:   If you had a Ferrari 458 and asked whether it mattered if you upgraded from Pirelli P Zero stock tyres to the new Pirelli P Zero Corsa tyres, the answer would be yes, you'd gain 0.5 secs a lap at the Nurburgring which is not a small amount of...

    Thanks Dan, I wrote this a couple of posts afterwards:   Quote:

Excellent my vote has been cast! I sincerely hope you win Dan! Good luck

I voted black although I love the original. Deep metallic gloss black would be awesome. Dan is there a link to where to vote for the FedEx grant? Tried looking for it but couldn't find it. I'll put in a reminder to vote once a day! Good luck!

Hey guys, I am happy to report that the AD's are a perfect match for Violectric V200 / V800 stack. My short review/impressions here: http://www.head-fi.org/t/551173/review-violectric-hpa-v200-amp/2460#post_10216228

Hi guys,   I've pulled the trigger on a V200 / V800 stack and boy I am blown away. Firstly thanks for all the contributors on this thread, I read the whole thing and it helped alot with the decision to buy.   I am running:   MSI Wind U100 with Jriver and Fidelizer --> HiFace Two -->...

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