The electronic music artist Stimming uses AKG 702s and Shure SRH 840s (in conjunction with his very high quality studio monitors, but he's a big fan of using both). Personally I think his production is top notch.  

I'd recommend carrying out a double-blind listening test to determine whether or not you can actually determine a difference in quality between formats if you're still concerned about hearing the best audio. I used to think I could differentiate them but after experimenting a bit I found that I...

Was a lurker for a while. Decided to join to a few months back but haven't posted too much yet. I intentionally avoid this place when I'm low on $, :) Happened upon a used pair of Denon D2k's (as recommended/raved about in these forums) for $180(!) and am quite content.

Occasionally you may be able to find Audio Technica ATH-M50s for $95. I believe they were in the $90 range around black friday last year on Amazon. Maybe just toss some $100+ phones in your shopping cart and request notifications for when the price changes.

Very cool. Unbelievable that headphones are a billion dollar industry now.

It does, thank you. These D2k's are basically my only pair of headphones for the time being so I'm somewhat trepidatious about modding them. I'll certainly leave it to pros though.   It's almost as if headphone manufacturers are purposefully engineering cons into their headphones to balance...

Loved the Alpha pads on the MDs, but just decided to replace my MDs with D2000s. I'm interested in these two options as well.   On another note, would a pad mod such as either of these decrease the sound leak or is that primarily due to the cups?

Ah, thank you.

My apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this, but what constitutes a "new member" and do I have permission to post a classified?

I take it this is the place to go to be able to edit my profile? :)

Haha my bad but you're probably the only person currently with experience of the two.   Wow, that sounds really impressive given what you've owned.

Matt, how would you compare the bass slam on those to the M50? And perhaps the D2k?

Very interested in Mad Dog Pro impressions.  Would that warrant a new thread?

  Quote:   I wouldn't call myself a basshead, but, especially after comparing them with an ATH-M50, there's some bass to be desired.   I should have mentioned that I'm most interested in a portable amp/setup. Ideally I'd like to use a portable for home too as my current home amp source (a...

I'm curious if there's any way to tune up the bass like the Alpha Dogs. I love almost everything about my Mad Dogs 3.2 except that I find the bass slam lacking in electronic genres (of which I primarily listen).  I'm pairing mine with an iBasso D6. Would a more powerful amp help in this regard?