Hi all,   I need a very isolated pair of headphones for biking to university, portability and just for when its too damn loud for my dt990's haha.  I had a pair of MEelectronics and I believe I had the m6 model and those worked really well but were a little lacking on the sound quality front. ...

I recently got a Mcintosh mc2205 speaker power amp from my dad that's from the late 70's. 200 watts per channel rms and 500 watts per channel peak. And that's rated true across the entire frequency range with low distortion to 500 watts. Really an amazing amp. It has an auto former so it has 1...

Quote: Thanks for the reply, I've mostly been looking at the He-400 (planar magnetic is very tempting) but was wondering if the He-500 would give an overall BETTER sound (clearer, more detailed, soundstage etc.) than the He-400. If so, would it be worth it to buy the He-500 and wait to save...

Can anyone help me maybe decide between the He-400 and AKG K702 Annie? Also, is the He-500 much of an upgrade over the He-400?

Nice. So it sounds like a good find. I'm going to make an offer then. Thanks for your help!

Hey everyone. I currently own a Entry level Sony turntable that I bought for $100 and now realize kinda sucks. But I just pulled it out and listened to a couple records and remember how much I love the "vinyl sound" even though it doesn't sound great on the setup I have. Now I'm looking to...

I'm still really confused...can someone explain? What's so special about the screw?

Ya I'm really new to this too, but I'm pretty sure for it to work we need to live in the same area... Can someone with more experience help out?

I understand that the power is less because power is lost inside the the amp but how does that effect sound quality? And I'm electrical engineering major so I was kinda looking for a technical response haha And I'm using a splitter.

If I have a high output impeadance amp like from my reciever(about 100 ohms), plugging in my cousins 32 ohm dt880's doesnt sound too good.  Now when I plug in my 250 ohm dt990 with his 32 ohm dt880's it seems to degrade the sound of my dt990's compared to having just my 990's plugged in.   I...

Hey everyone, I downloaded the trial for redline's plugin and setup foobar with vst stuff like I was supposed to and got the plugin to show up through the vst. Right off the bat without touching the settings I could tell it wasn't working. I then tried it through very separated songs (all the...

Hi. I have pink Floyd's dark side of the moon recorded at 5.1 96/24 (massive files haha) and I'm trying to down sample it to stereo 48/24 wav for my iPhone. When i downsaple it and listen to it it doesn't sound right. It sounds the same as when I'm playing the flac and set my device in vlc as a...

I have realized that the problem was that the pads of the ear cups on the dt880 that I had ordered were worn down in comparison to the dt990 and therefore caused that problem. However, do the pro's have a more stiff and solid build to them than the premiums? And does the tighter clamp seem too...

I have recently ordered a pair of dt880 premium 32ohms (amazon's mistake, I actually ordered the 250ohm)  and was quite disappointed because the inner ear cup was very shallow. It touched my ear and felt much less open (physically) than my cousin's dt990 pros. I was also disappointed by the...

I hear people say all the time that an underpowered amp isn't going to sound good. For example I'm looking into the bottlehead crack and planning to eventually upgrade to an lcd2. I understand that the crack will only be able to drive it with maybe 100mw but that's 111db and much more than I...

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I'm just getting into headphones and unfortunately missed the meet in Seattle a couple weeks ago... I'm now unsure on what amp/dac to get and how much I care. I was wondering when the next meet is around the northwest(willing to drive to Portland and Vancouver too). That or is there any way i...

Hey.  Ive never done a group buy before but Im wondering how hard it is to set up a group buy for the bottlehead and if its worth it.  I already have me and another person getting a bottlehead so we'd be saving 30 dollars over the 2 quantity price each.  Is it even worth the hassle?   Thanks

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Oh ok. Nice to know. And if I put a custom stain on the wood, what do you think a good sell price would be?

I'm set on buying the bottlehead crack and I saw that if I buy two then I save. It would basically cost 220+shipping for the second one. I was thinking about getting two and building the second one just to sell it. I've seen the price going for around 300 bucks for a well assembled crack...

Hi all. Ive just been getting into the audiophile world and I started out with an asus xonar dg(mistake) and Dt990 250's.  Now I just brought my harmon kardon 254 receiver down and Im using optical out to that as dac and amp.  Wow what a difference haha.   Now Im looking into upgrading to...

Ok so Ive narrowed it down to the little dot line, but im wondering if there is a noticable difference jumping up to the mk3 from the mk2.  Also, right now Im using my harmon kardon 254 as a dac and receiver.  Would getting the modi first or the mk2/mk3 give the biggest immediate difference?

Cool. Lots of good advice.  So Im now deciding between the schiit magni, ld mk2, the o2 and the bottlehead crack.  Im leaning towards the bottlehead crack but i read it has 150 ohm output impeadance...what would go best with my 'phones.   And Ive decided to go with schiit modi as the dac

I just got my pair of dt990 pros 250 paired with an e11 amp. Down the road I'm looking into adding a full size amp for home use as well. When I look up reviews, a lot of the time I see people suggesting $200-300 amps and others saying those are even inexpensive. My experience has always been...