I have been using this DAC/amp for over two years with my Lenovo laptop with Windows Media Player FLAC files converted from CDs. I have been using this only with USB power. What is the external power connection (DC 5V) there for?

This is your system: iMac+JRMC --PYST USB--> Wyrd --PYST USB--> Bifrost 4490 --PYST RCA--> Asgard 2 --Stock Cable--> AKG 712 Pro You are using AKG K712 Pro stock cable which is connected to the Asgard 2. Are you using some other adapter than the one which comes with the AKG K712 Pros? And I...

No, I have not got this figured out. I have both Asgard 2 and Lyr 2 amps and the Lyr 2 has no bass either. Maybe I should connect the amp to a CD-player. Could that solve the problem? What is that Wyrd thing you got in your setup?

No. I'm sending it back in the beginning of september. I was really wondering why this had no bass. Many songs sounded unlistenable. I have been using solely my Fireye DA -portable DAC/amp.

I also tried Bifrost 4490 + Asgard 2 combo with Beyerdynamic DT 860 headphones and the results were same. No bass, bright, mechanical... Beyerdynamic DT 860 are bright sounding hp's with bass. And I also tried them with Fireye DA + Asgard 2 combo with even worse results.   There's not many...

I think I have a defective Asgard 2.   My setup:   Lenovo laptop, Windown Media Player, FLAC files > PYST USB cable > Bifrost 4490 > PYST RCA cables > Asgard 2 > AKG K712 Pro     Through this setup, the headphones sounded a bit bright, harsh and there was no bass. As I know, the Asgard 2...

What do people here know about connecting Bifrost 4490 dac to a CD-player (to a digital output)?   Does it need anything else than optical or coaxial cable ?

No, it's not the he-6, it's some other...

  HFM ED.6 ?   You mean the Hifiman HE-6 ?

Yeah, currently listening the K712 through  Firestone Audios Fireye DA and I can hear the bass. Bal-Sagoth, Type O Negative, Therion and others sound compeletly different. The K712 through Fireye DA are darkish and better sounding. The Bifrost 4490 and Asgard 2 stack sounded cold, mechanical...

​You know what I think, I think it's the amplifier Asgard 2, and not the headphones K712.   Right now I am listening to my Beyerdynamic DT 860 through Firestone Audio Fireye DA -portable dac/amp and laptop FLAC files and the sound is better and there's also bass.   I earlier this...

Nothing.​   The sound is just anemic and bright with no bass. Clearly not darkish.   And the setup is   Lenovo G505s -laptop (FLAC files) > USB Bifrost 4490 > Asgard 2 > AKG K712 Pro

A thing that has also boggled me concerning these AKGs is that as I have listened these with Bifrost 4490 and Asgard 2 combination during Christmas, I think my pair seem to sound a bit bright, which odd because it shouldn't be that way, the Asgard 2s sound signature is, as I know, more on the...

There has been bad comments about Massdrop K7XX s extensive bass. This guy, Alex Roma, seems highly pissed for not getting the bass.   Some user commented that he got his K712 s also from chinese retailer and the revision number comes pretty close, 009*** but his unit does not contain these...

​Mine K712 Pros are fed By Bifrost 4490 and Asgard 2 and I don't hear great bass extension. The sound seems to be bit bright and it is airy and spacious, like the box says. However, it shouldn't be bright with Asgard 2 but more on the darker side because Asgard 2 is said to be warmer and darker...

​Concerning the K12 Pro and it's bass, you better read the following post By Alex Roma who did some investigation : _____________________________________________________________________-   Let me tel you a story, guys, about how did I moved from the fan side to the hated side of AKG K712 in...

  Nice to hear people talking about CD-players. I think it's stupid to listen to music with a computer, sitting the whole time infront of it and staring the screen.   I am myself searching a CD-player with FLAC/WAV supporting USB connection. I have a separate DAC, Schiit Bifrost 4490.   I...

Focal Spirit Professional has often been praised in this forum. They are said have punch and bass. Though two users, who auditioned them somewhere, have disagreed with it saying that they lacked punch in their opinion. I was going obtain a pair as well for poorly recorded black metal listening...

  ​YAMAHA MT-220   How do these perform rough sounding recordings, black metal recordings like Behexen - By the blessing of Satan or Watain - Rabid death's curse?

Behexen - By The Blessing Of Satan   Watain - Rabid Death's Curse   + other rougher sounding black metal albums     What kind of headphones are suitable for listening to the aforementioned stuff ?   I listened to these with Beyerdynamic DT 860 which are brighter sounding, open and have...

I have FireyeDA -dac/headphoneamp and two headphones, Beyerdynamic DT 860 & AKG K712 Pro and Lenovo G505s -laptop. I recently bought the Schiit Asgard 2 which I have been testing with aforementioned FireyeDA, using it only as a DAC. The problem is that the sound is bright, cold and bassless...

Anybody know why there's such a huge gap between the prices of Beyerdynamic DT 770 (130 €) and the new DT 1770 (580€) ?

  How about Fostex TH600? How does Fostex TH600 compare to AKG K712? Considering the price, TH600 cost twice the price of K712.

Quote:   How does Fostex TH 600 perform fast paced material ? Some reviews mention that for the fastest metal one should look for something else.   Might be interesting cans despite of this review:   http://www.head-fi.org/products/fostex-th600-dynamic-headphones/reviews/11739

I recently bought the Beyerdynamic DT 860. These Beyerdynamics are rarely mentioned anywhere. These are not the 770, 880 nor 990 but the 860. Beyerdynamic has discontinued the production of this model sometime ago. I have burned these in about 9 hours now and listened them tonight for the first...