Just a general comment particularly to those who may not understand why HD700's might get some bad reviews. Apologies if someone has said this already but there's a lot of pages here...   These things have scalability. They don't need HD800 class rigs and can easily drop into HD598/558 level...

+1 on the Meridian Explorer, especially if you can source a V1 on the cheap. It's an excellent piece of kit. I've been using one for years - initially as part of my home rig and now when traveling. Unless you want MQA the Explorer 1 is perfect.

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Hi Guys,   Cool forum. I've been lurking and using your information to make decisions on my gear and no it's time to give a bit back.   I'm on a flac system from laptop through ifi, Meridian, Pro-ject to Sennheisers.   Hope you won't mind me throwing my oar in from time to time.   God...

Made in Ireland. Some entry level gear are put together in China but the better cans are made in Ireland or Germany.