I ended up getting the BeyDy T5P's and now all the parts everyone talks about made perfect sense. I made the right choice. The T5p can run on an ipod w/o an amp and sound good. I have them connected to my Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi wh/ has a built in amp and these things can get pumped with...

What did you end up getting? I want to get the DB T5p and am looking for info if it needs an amp and reviews on it.

I grew up with .shn for grateful dead shows, ripping CDs to .Flac with EAC. I'm familiar with m4p, mp3, ogg, aiff. also sacd's and dvd-a's. I read in this site that audio quality, source and playback a a big factor. I believe that a 24bit-192khz flac version of an album is as good as you can get...

I love music. i consider myself an audiophile. I have a couple headphones. I was looking at the Oppo PM-3 and thought, why not really go for it. I am ready for such a commitment b/c I am that much into sound. I just don't know how to shop in that range of headphones. like needing a DAC or amp...

I searched for 'thousand dollar headphones to try loved them. there's so much to top-rate headphones that i don't want to purchase and be missing essential things. idu why there is a 3 pole cable with 1/4 & 2 3.5.

I am looking to get full-size headphones for about $1000. All I have used are Bose over-ear headphones. They easily played on mp3 players and computers. I know there is a lot more to consider with thousand dollar cans. ie) amps, cabling, etc. I am thinking about getting Beyerdynamics T 5 P...