Alejandro here, 10 years happy with Senn 650s in music room. The chatter here encourages me to swap to new drivers and see what that does. Jazz primary ear diet. With LD1+ hybrid I get all the sound stage I need from good old Meridian 24 cd player. Very happy not to have 5 other pairs of ? When...

Thanks for a great comparison of these two mythbuilders. I have the 650s for nearly 10years. Very much a listener of jazz and classic rock and happy with them. Steely Dan is my favorite for comparing anything, headphones or speakers. I understand that Senn has updated the drivers for my 650s...

HD650 and KossUR55. The first for critical listening and the second for walkin around amidst the chaos of life! Happy with both! Alejandro

Sorry, just musing on a rhyme via Dionne Warwick's old Bacarach tune, "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" which is near my old home town of Los Altos, CA....but I'm in New Zealand....and you're in WS I reckon. No harm no foul. Thanks for the lead on the cables. Want to get a pair for my older...

Yowza! Great Price and that's the way it should be! Canare, cardas, and Furutech...all the way to San Jose! oxox Alejandro

Most welcome Shakur. Be careful...the V4 and all of Neco's stuff is mighty powerful. Watcher ears mate! Enjoy. alejandro

I have the LD 1+ which is the hybrid cheaper model from yours, rolling tubes makes a sig difference too....quite happy with it playing through my HD650s.  I use the long Cardas cable (10') but also have the shorter Charleston midline cable for computer work. Both are good and I love the sound of...

Dearest Shakur I have not heard the earlier models...I have the V4 (not the newer V4.1 which has a different opamp from mine which has the OPA627). I am quite happy with this amps ability to take what I put in my computer drive and hear in my HD650s. I know I could get a different sound with a...

As a card carrying Senn freak, I recommend you go with the Grado SR80i...because you are a metal bass freak! I am a Jazz Snob and not into head banging at all. Acoustic jazz bass is where it's at for me. My BIL likes rock and metal. Good for him. So I bought him the Grados and he is quite...

Well as a Sennheiser believer (started with HD420 in 1981 and now am quite happy with HD650, wish I could afford HD800s) I would recommend you save your dosh for that time you could afford better by that brand. For lesser money, yes the ATH M40X mentioned above, is good for cheap budgets at or...

Look into getting a Charleston Cable for your 650s. You will be surprised how GOOD...for less money! Check 'em out. Alejandro

Seriously loving my after market Charleston Cable for my HD650s...Sennheiser is just trying to suck the life out of us HeadFiers!!! Why does this happen? Greedy b'tards.  alejandro

If you must use HD650 as portable rig you DEF need an amp. They are 300ohm speakers and need amp with grunt. Look at the NECO V4 or any of his products. Super! Good hunting! alejandro

And you're right again SkyBleu...the thickening you refer to I can think of as a depth or fullness in the midrange indeed. Yep the V4 fits that quality well. And that's where that full snap exceeds the quality of my LD1+ which is a very close second in SQ. Remember, if you get a copy of Bill...

Negative SkyBleu....if thickening the SQ means wooly, fatty, or dense I would say no. The V4s definition of the instruments and, in live jazz the obnoxiousness of chatty background audience, the clarity of their talking; the instrumental variations of wood or brass or reeds and the wordplay of...

Not me SkyBleu...I got the OPA627 and may be the only kiwi with one (V4 that is). I can only tell you this little amp really brings out the detail and leading edges on the jazz instruments I love (bass, piano, trumpet). I don't roll opamps. Not yet.  A

Kneel2Galvatron: Go with C3! I bought 6' Auric mid-line cable from C3 (Charleston Cable Company). EXcellent sound upgrade to Cardas. Great conductors, Furutech 1/4" is the way to go IMHO. Use them with either my 650s or older 420s...fit both well. The ARE a bit heavy but you're paying for...

Not me gdourado, I only have the V4 and Little Dot 1+ (not portable). Both of THOSE sound vastly different because of the warmth tubes of the LD1+ give and also the slight edge on speed/accuracy of the V4's SQ. These are very small differences. The V4 cost more than 2X the LD1+ but of course is...

Suggestion on HD650 replacement for your Cardas (I have the 10' version) cables. They are fine, indeed much better than stock cables. But for not much more you could buy a 6' foot Charleston Cables mid line AURIC cable...for about $160 and a little more for him to wrap it. That is my current...

Thanks both to JGW and Flysweep as usual! I am keen on the JDS ODAC...then there's the storage issue and here comes along the Fiio X-5 not quite out yet and not fully reviewed by HF community. But it has STORAGE in multiples of 128g cards and can out directly to my V4 which should be like jam on...

Envy indeed...the damn thing LIGHTS up my 650s...! Any tips on a good portable DAC/DAP ?  Not prepared to spend over $175-200. thanks, Alejandro

Anybody got a suggestion for a portable DAP which does NOT have a built in amplifier....or is that just not going to happen, meaning that they always build in an amp of some kind? Well maybe those can be bypassed but it seems a waste!  I am still VERY happy with my V4. Cheers, Rather Newbie...

Good on ya Hellenback. ME, I want a DAC w/o a built-in amp...the Neco V4 meets all my needs for a portability and my Lil Dot 1+ for the main room where rest of hifi rig sits and I want music without big speakers on. So if you or another reader can recommend a DAC or DAP (less likely) without a...

One last thing readers who can suggest a DAP for me: I have the Neco V4 headphone amplifier. Excellent! I use it after my computer card. So I want a DAP with no built in amplifier so I can go portable. There must be one under $200 of good quality which has storage possibilities such as Mython...