Spotify is music on demand , at 320 bps. You can play specific albums in their entirety. And their library includes just about everything.

Thanks, http://mediaserv30.live-streams.nl:2199/tunein/hionlineclassic.pls I have Spotify Premium and this actually sounds better.

The counterfeit headphones sound like crap, anyone who is in the least knowledgeable can tell the difference. It isn't a close call.

I will agree with 128. and that is unlistenable for classical music, at least for me.

My ears say that Itunes Radio isn't at 256 AAC,, or anything close to it.

I don't know if Itunes Radio is at 256 AAC, sounds more like 196, and can't touch Mog 320 MP3

AKG K702 is the way to go

the hd 598s aren't great portable headphones. you may be buying the wrong style.

I don't want to sound patronizing but I am guessing that many of you have never heard an upscale speaker and subwoofer system. There is no way headphones can touch a good speaker system, it is just physically impossible.

I am listening to classical music on my floor standing speakers and subwoofer, and it sounds like a concert. Listening to the same music on headphones doesn't sound like a concert, maybe more like a small studio session if that. You never forget you are listening to headphones. I actually put...

The phones come with a free two year warranty. If you put the charge on American Express the third year is free.

I don't recall saying it was. What is your point?

I am now back to using my headphones. There is a time and place for headphones, they certainly give you a different take on your most popular music. And while headphones have a somewhat artificial sound, they also help you pick out subtleties that you can't get from speakers. Plus you can play...

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Who cares about so-called "transparency" in sound recording? I am looking for sound equipment that can duplicate the original performance. Go to a concert and you wills e that they use speakers to project the sound in rock concerts and even in classical and jazz music.

I got everything on sale, some refurbished. Polk 75T Monitors $360 new for two Polk PSW 505 $155 like new Sherwood 4306 $60 refurb 100x2 RMS, with sub out, and vitual dolby surround grand total $575 , but that is everything on sale. How much money do I need to spend to get headphones...

Me too, I will buy them for $150 and sell them to you for $200.

By your standard, what headphones sound ideal or close to ideal? When you start paying over $1000 for a pair of headphones , there better be a good reason, with superb bass.

Keep adding $10 to the price until you stop feeling bad.

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I have a $700 2.1 Stereo system that sounds better than any headphone out there. It is physically impossible for headphones to create the same bass sounds as a quality stereo system with a subwoofer. It is simple physics. I can understand using headphones when you have to. When you don't want...

It really sounds like you have never owned a subwoofer. You would know that the location of the subwoofer is up to you . . you can move it wherever it gives you the most satisfactory result. Also , a subwoofer has a volume control. . you can turn it down to next to nothing or up to the max so...

You are just missing anything under 50 hz. lol I was surprised about the low range of the harp. If you want to do a quick test of your system, demo some harp music. It can be very difficult to record because there is no place to "hide" distortion anywhere in the mix.

Floor-standing speakers tend to have 6 or 7 inch subwoofers. . That just can't compete with a 12 inch sub . . physically impossible. And how do we expect head-phones to have that kind of bass response?