Current state at home. one more stax on the way tho

1 Stax Lambda nova Sig - resolution and bass and fluidity and and and 2 Yamaha Hp1 - the former king 3 Yamaha HP2 - I have two of these. Thats how good they are. Darker sounding vintage planar excellent for long listen both in sq and ergo. Comfy light, 4 Wharfedale ID2 - Thicc lush 5 Fostex...

Yes they are. Soundstage and presentation is less refined, more direct, also for me MY aniso hp1 has that magic x factor. This one does not. But it is a really good headphone nonetheless. I clearley put it between hp1 and 3. imho. 0.02cents etc....

Yamaha Hp2 just in. Supposed to be quite stock. I am liking it.

I am pretty sure most people would rate is an overrated mediocre thing. pretty basslight to start with. it is good bass. detailed textured and controlled. But not much of it.    The mids oh those delicious transparent wonderful fluent musical effortless mids ( and highs )

I am not even pretending I know anything about what and why sounds good or not, but these are open. So size might not be that much of a factor here. and they DO sound pretty effin epicly good.

found a topic called most overrated headphones... :D   Thought about posting "any dynamic" but maybe not...

1: Sansui SS100 2: Yamaha HP1 (aniso) 3: Sansui SS-L55 4: RFT HOK 80 v2 5: TDS 16 Smela 6: Sennheiser HD 650 7: Pearless PMB 100 8: Yamaha HP50 9: Yamaha HP3 10: Pearless PMB8

Yes they are identical and I havent had the chance yet but supposedly Sansui made a better job of the dampening as it is supected on wikiphonia as well. I am planning a visit to the person who infected me with the ortho virus, and he has an ath2 so it will be confirmed.   Just came back from a...

sorry wont do it again. I know what it is. Except it is better imho.

Yes I have a pair and I do love it. It is my go to phones. Works suprisingly good from the clip+ and wonderfully from everything else, and quita bassy for what it is, also isolation is pretty good better then expected. I was lucky to find a nice pair in eu a few weeks ago.   200 is a bit...

sansui ssl55 on bay

oreally?

a post from 2009 :D   and a yamaha yhd 1 or 2. I

worth every penny still. paid 70 pounds for my like new black box HP1. really really happy I did

and that is not a hok any more right? so the hok never beats the sansui nor the yamaha...

can you guide me to the mod you have in mind? might give it a go

And the best things I have heard.    Properly amped this thing is second to only the Sansui SS100 ( also properly amped ) Sansui at home... Yamaha at work...     

These count?        

if i was doing public transport a portable amp and hp1 would be my solution :D But riding a bike presents some other challanges. I love the clip+ sounds fine enough for portable use and the size and clip it to your shirt just rocks for bike riding for example.

wow. nice find. Sexy Waiting for sound impressions.

bought one 2 weeks ago.   and we do know that the ath2 is quite same just needs some dampening work...   also it doesnt change the fact that 150ohm and 92 db sensitivity will not give you volumes high enough for street use with some very specific DAP exceptions. and as I said. AK120 failed...

yh3/hp3 is portable but way too powerhungry for portable use. The only ortho I found suitable for running from portable gear is the sansui ssl55 so the ath 2 should be as well, tho I am pretty sure Sansui did something better with the stock config in the cups as I really love my but heard ath2's...

Hok80-2 More bass, punchier bass, and more low end bass. the TDS lacks to low end of the bass. HOK does not. All around I prefer the HOK 80 ( I am listening to that almost exclusively since it arrived ) It is also much harder to drive compared to the TDS.    I am really liking this. On the...