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Does the Zen DAC has enough power to properly drive a Beyerdynamic DT880 or 990 250 ohms? These, it seems, are a little difficult to drive, more than, say, an HD600 300 ohms...

I’m also interested in this, as I read somewhere that the tuning changed recently and the current production 80 ohms do not have the “famous” they used to have when compared to the 250 version (so the 250 ohm would be the one to get for bass). Don’t know if this is true, of course, this is what...

This is a bit old... but I'll give it a shot. How do you describe the sound of the AR5BT's? Do they have good punchy bass (I want a "fun" headphone, not a neutral one), good for metal music (thrash metal, death metal, etc.)?

Can the ZEN DAC, unbalanced out, effectively power a 600Ohm headphone, like the beyerdynamic DT880 or DT990 600 Ohm versions?

Anyone?

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Hi, I have my fair share of “neutral” headphones and I’m currently looking to get a Beyer, to add to my collection and since I don’t have any from this brand. I’m looking for a “fun” headphone to listen mainly to metal music, with a somewhat boosted bass (but not Beats levels boosted bass!)...

Has anyone bought the Amazon special edition in black? Are they any good/exactly the same as the regular ivory ones?

These are really great cans and I also bought mine at an amazing price. But I’m not shure if I have the “good” ones as I can’t compare to another pair, so I don’t know if I’m missing anything. One thing I noticed, on Metallica’s Master of Puppets and ...And Justice For All albums, the guitar...

Adding one more... what about the Audio Technica ATH-M50X? I guess I shouldn’t have mentioned these, as the OP mentioned only the Major III, SR60 and HD25...

This didn’t got many replies, and actually I’m also interested in this. Are the Marshall Major III (wired or wireless), with to the Marshall rock pedigree, be a good bet for metal? And the Grado SR60 and Sennheiser HD25 (read somewhere that these will “melt your face” for metal music...)?

Thanks all for the replies! Still wondering if should buy or not... oh decisions, decisions...

Sorry if this is a basic question but I’m new to this firmware thing. I want to try the firmware with the GPO filter. If I change the original firmware, can I revert it back to the one that came from the factory? if so, how? What’s the original factory version (there’s any place where I can...

Anyone? :(

Adding some more food for thought... for someone having a Sennheiser Momentum 2 on-ear and over-ear, an Audio Technica ATH-M50X and an iFi Zen DAC (which has a bass boost), would these V-Moda Crossfade Wireless for 76 Euros still be an worthy addition to a collection (just in terms of sound, not...

Hi all. I just found on a local store the V-MODA Crossfade Wireless on a limited sale price of 76 Euros. I must confess that for no reason, I never cared about the V-MODA brand, but seeing these at this price made me investigate a little more. So it seems they where released back in the day...

Thanks for the reply! I really like the 599 I have, one of my favorite headphones from my modest collection. Actually, I just found that the 598’s are “open box”, not shure what the store means with that and I just emailed them (it’s an online store). but basically, do you think that having...

I just found a NOS Sennheiser HD598 (beige ones, not the black ones on Amazon) for 110 Euros. Well, I already have the HD599's that I really enjoy. And from the rtings graphs, the 598 and 599 seem very identical in FR... Does someone had/have both that can compare between then? Are they...

I’m really tempted to buy this because of it’s great price and functions. But there’s one thing that worries me... everyone says that the balanced output to headphones is a must. The problem is, I don’t have balanced headphones, the Zen would be used to listen on an AKG K240 MkII, a K702/712...

I'm very tempted to pull the trigger on the K5Pro. My problem is that the price is very similar to the Zen DAC and I'm undecided about which one to get. Also, I will be using it with "difficult" to drive headphones: the AKG K702/K712 (is on my want list) and the AKG K240 MkII (so, I'll be...

Thanks for the reply. But with the AKG’s (240, 702/712) i can’t use balanced cables... :(

I'm very tempted to pull the trigger on the Zen DAC. My problem is that the price is very similar to the Fiio K5Pro and I'm undecided about which one to get. Also, I will be using it with "difficult" to drive headphones: the AKG K702/K712 (is on my want list) and the AKG K240 MkII (so, I'll be...

Thanks! I wasn’t aware that this trio referred to open back ones.

I just realized that I should have posted this on Portable Headphone Amps, please feel free to move this thread if needed...