I own the latter. I'm thinking of grabbing an 007 to go with it. I don't want to raise a debate about it, but it's necessary to properly frame my question. Where other headphones are concerned, I'm an objectivist about amps and DACs. I'm more than happy using my HD800 with a JDS Labs Atom and...

Then what do you think the chances are someone is going to eventually kill off the whole industry by developing a flat, low-distortion driver coupled with a DSP hardware full of presets that mimic the house sounds of all the diffetent popular brands with the flick of a switch? Even if...

I just sold my LCD-4. I'm going to miss it, the main reason I let go was my anxiety over driver failure – and that funded the VC purchase, which has a lifetime warranty and I'm very happy with it. I'm about to try a Stax404 with an 006t amp that I can keep using if I upgrade to 007/009. I'll...

My main use: plugging 300 Ohm cans into the 30-pin to line-out end of an iPod. Do amp+DACs accept 3.5mm input, or am I limited to amps? I have a Modi 2 -> Lyr 2 at my desk, and am wondering if I could get something that would also optionally substitute for the Modi 2. And something I could also...

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And what were your thoughts?

I love the LCD2 so much I'm interested in selling all my other equipment to get an LCD3. I've stuck with the LCD2C til now because $600 is all I feel comfortable putting in something I believe will eventually die. However, I've heard that Audeze hasn't had any issues with this since a time...

So I just had the chance to audition a Valhalla 2 side-by-side with a Magni 2 for the first time. These are the only two amps besides portable stuff made by FiiO that I've actually had the chance to listen to. I definitely enjoyed the Val2 more, and I could certainly hear some differences...

Frequently when I turn them off while my computer is still on, change the headphones and turn them back on, either no sound comes out or there's some really ****ed up obvious distortion going on. This doesn't always happen, but when it does happen, I usually have to reset my PC for it to work...

I could also bring along a pair of pre-Fazor, Revision 2 LCD-2s for the trouble if anyone is nearby :)

I don't mind keeping the Magni 2 if, say, the Magni 3 would be only marginal improvement for the HD800 so I might as well keep the Magni 2 for amping the HD800, but the Gustard H10 would still be a significant enough upgrade for the LCD-2. It sounds like this particular scenario isn't very...

And be a step up from the basic Schiit Magni 2!

So, the bug hit me very recently. I tried the HD 600’s, compared them to everything else I’ve used and was blown away. I tried out HiFiMan’s HE400S and HE560, and ended up getting my hands on a pair of HD 800’s. It was just an experiment of sorts at first. Cool, a $1000 pair of headphones...