Audio gd FUN

Merzbow and Boris sound fine on the D2000's. The extremely high resolution of these phones benefits music with complex harmonic structures, perhaps especially abstract noise music

Denon AH-D1001 is among the best for your styles of music that can be driven from an iPhone or similar device.

Well, I came down hard on General Failure, so I'll step up. The basic premise is this: Headphone manufacturers often state a headphones resistance in ohms as part of its specifications. The D2000 is 24 ohms, the AKG K701 are 62 ohms, and the Sennheiser HD600 are 300 ohms. People often...

Quote: Originally Posted by General Failure Well, well. You may think my description of D2000 is only caused by underamping. From what I've read in other forums, the D2000 is in no way considered to be picky in terms of amping. And to be honest, I just don't buy posits like an amp...

^^^what he said^^^ You are hearing deficiencies in your signal chain, not what the headphones themselves sound like. You described what my D2000's sound like straight from a sound card or portable device. This is very different from what they sound like from an audio-gd FUN, Compass, and even...

As a musician, a producer and owner and lover of the D2000's and D5000's I will say this: not ideal for mixing. They are "colored" in a very pleasant way, but by no means flat. Don't get me wrong, I love these phones, but not for mixing. Frankly, while headphones are a useful tool on...

If you have a source with a digital output (i.e. not the ipod), so that you can take advantage of the FUN's DAC, the I would say it's a whole different universe for the better. If you're just amping the headphone out from a portable device, then I'd say don't bother, the damge has been done and...

I am interested in differences between the FET and Diamond output stages.

I hadn't heard this previously, but will admit these posts are making my spidey sense tingle.

FWIW, last night I finally clipped the exterior capacitors from my Earth HDAM... ...as predicted, no ill effect. If anything, the balance seems better, perhaps an effect of fully seating the HDAM. Anywhoo...

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Portugal, The Man - Church Mouth

IAMX- The Kingdom of Welcome Addiction

I felt the same anxiety as my high schools years were ending. Joined the Army. Best decision I ever made. Now it's been 15 years since high school, and 10 since the Army. I can safely say I have more fun, friends, and appreciation of life, than I did in HS. The risks out in the Real World are...

the X series has netbook processor, Z series is far more powerful in the CPU. Adobe CS will work better on the Z.

They are quite different, while both retaining the Denon signature. Consider this, speaker drivers sound quite different in a wooden enclosure than they do in a plastic one. It's not coincidence that wood is the preferred material for instruments with resonating cavities. When was the last time...

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As you can see (hopefully photo is clear enough), both mine have the same cable. They were NIB straight from Amazon, no reseller. It does look and feel like the same cable. so you can see the different models more easily

The audio-gd stuff competes very well in that price range and pairs well with Denons.

I like playing with samplers, synths, and guitar, along with effects, jamming with friends. All hardware, no software, analog and digital. Also enjoy both motorcycling and bicycling, and paintball. I used to be pretty into flight simulators, and probably still would be, but there is only so much...

I have both the D2000 and D5000 in stock form, purchased this year from Amazon. I can post comparison pics, but they look identical (like the thicker cable) to me.

Looks nice. Thanks for the review. kunalraiker, thank you for posting your gear list, this helps others understand just how good a judge of "crude" or "refined" you might be.

YES YES YES, the difference is startling

I must admit I use the "soft1" favor setting with my d5000's, so your mileage may vary.