Well as far as headphone prediction goes... I think I'm pretty good with LCD-X as being my "fun" open option for a while, and I actually just got 660S' to be my neutral/gaming/all other open set. I have some low impedance Sony closed back's for my mobile listening and I don't see myself spending...

I think that is my plan based on the input so far.

Ah okay, yes I agree with that. So do any users pick amps for more than just total power output? Assuming you have a few amps that have THD's that are .000X or better and supply clean, ample power... would the only discriminating factor be price?

Other than the balanced in/out, is there any other advantage to the amp? Lower noise floor... better THD, etc?

I'm confused. I was referring to the damping factor of running LCD-X's off the Topping. If Magni was an end game amp just based on power... nobody would be running anything else.

Again... no expert but I just read the Topping output impedance (balanced) is 9ohm... So driving anything less than 40ohm is probably not going to give the best experience, no? The LCD-X are only a 20ohm load. Not sure how the impedance changes over the frequency spectrum, but I've always read...

Plan on buying some LCD-X's as my "end game" cans for listening to metal/rock and other loud boom boom noises during movies/non-competitive games. I have a Magni 3 (fed by Modi) and I'm wondering what it would take to get an actual upgrade to this amp (keeping solid state). I know I don't really...

So in a few weeks my home office is being moved into my living room because we live in a 2br condo, and my newborn will be getting this room. At night when I'm on my PC, my wife is watching TV so now I will be in the same room as her. I have a closed back set of MDR-1A's and I know these will...

Yeah I see multiple X00's on eBay for 50% of their new price on Massdrop. With something so subjective... I'd never buy it blind like that knowing resale is poor. I'd just be curious to see how they compare against X and also Sundara.

So...There's probably going to be some supply on eBay in the near future then.... I don't think I could blind buy something without the ability to return it if I didn't like it after day... 7 days or something. Edit: HE-XX just dropped... If somebody grabs these please post your review!

Do you game with them at all? Also semi off topic, but.. does Massdrop let you return product you don't like? Not sure I could buy a drop blindly if I couldn't return for a refund if I didn't like the sound.

Well from the looks of it the XX will have less mids even than the original but catches up in the low trebs. It looks like it would be a particularly warm sound of out these?

As far as imaging goes, AD700 is excellent, but there is better. However, for comp in particular you don't want a massive sound stage and you don't want tons of bass. For the price AD700 is probably the best value for games. Technically 702's have better imaging and overall better sound, but the...

At $600 it seems like a great price. Looking at the frequency response though... these look to be particularly lacking in the upper mids?? Looks to be a -2dB drop between 1 and 2k. Entire bass and low mids look awesome though. Just worry vocals will suffer bit. Am I right in thinking this? Can...

@bwuak I played Fortnite and CSGO last night with both Razer sound on & off, and also the 3D Virtual on and off for CSGO. What I found was that with Fornite, it made no difference if the Razer was on or off. I did actually get into a situation where I was on a roof and a guy was inside a house...

So my point is I know that I can't get a fun headphone that will also be extremely precise with really good imaging. By all accounts, AD700's do image very well, but they have virtually no bass and I'm sure there's a better "fun" experience to be had with V shaped designs (thus the X2's). My...

Sure, I will try to play both CSGO and Fortnite tonight for a little while without Razr running. I'd love for this to solve my issue! Then I only need to buy the X2's for "fun" gaming where I don't care about precise locations and just want to hear things go BOOOM ^__^ (AD700's don't do much of...

I use the RAZR software and I have a good gaming mobo so no sound card needed. Running off a modi/magni also. According to the spec sheet, the Magni should be plenty of power even for 300ohm cans. Not sure if I'll get any noise as I have 0% experience driving anything but low expedience stuff on...

So I already plan to get X2HR's for "fun" casual gaming, say the new COD. But for competitive CSGO or any other games where footsteps and imaging in particular are very important, I feel like there's better. From what I saw, HD800 would be to absolute best money could buy right now as far as...

Cool, I will read in to them, thanks. I'll probably buy the X2's next month or December depending on budget situation (just had to spend $4k on house repairs this month) and slowly buy others to compare against it.

I mean this is just a general list but I'd say my mainstays are: Killswitch Engage All That Remains (RIP Oli) Disturbed Lamb of God Parkway Drive August Burns Red Others Genre: Alter Bridge Eminem Post Malone Modest Mouse I'd say sound stage is important, but it's not like there's 50...

Would you say either the 1990 or the X2HR are very good for music? Specifically metal or heavier rock (think down tuned guitars, double bass, etc). I'm not sure if this community views Z Reviews in high regard or not... but he tends to say that good gaming headphones aren't really good music...

In your opinion... does it need to be on a tube? Seems like everybody says Senn's need a tube amp to "come alive".

Hello all, Did a quick search in this topic but I didn't find exactly what I was looking for. I know it's not an apples to apples comparison because of price, but I was trying to see if anybody has compared the X2HR's to the HD660S and or DT1990s. I know it may be tough to buy one can to...

Sounds good, I'll keep my eye out for deals. Seems like most people in the community agree. Thanks.