Thank you everyone for posting!    I have went with selling my desktop monitors in favor of the HD800S. I feel a bit cheated by the T1, at such a price point you would expect them to greatly outperform the now old HD650. Your posts helped me to confirm what many hours of back and forth A/B...

Oh man, more time spent and I wonder if all of this isnt just the huge difference in sound signatures. The HD is bright and forward, it is a bit more exciting. But the T1 is more warm, lush, carrying the same details or more in a better soundstage with more pinpoint instrument location. Hmmm...

Hey all,   This is a hard one for me to write about. Recently I picked up a Chord Mojo in anticipation for some Beyerdynamic T1 (gen2) I got used for a good price on ebay. I have owned a pair of HD650s that I love dearly and the Chord Mojo took everything I was less than impressed with about...

Also I want to add, I am very skeptical about DACs and amps and there improvement of sound at a certain point. Sure, going from a cheap laptop amp/dac to an external one I can understand as well as more amp power for high ohm cans. I also understand a lower noise floor being important, but I am...

I have been wondering for some time why the Stoner Acoustics EGD/EGA Stack isn't getting much attention, I have been in the market for a stack or DAC/Amp with balanced outs for some time now in this price range, and wanted to see what people think between these two setups would be the best bang...

How about Native Instruments Audio8, 4, and 2?

If anyone can prove that digital data DEGRADES over time, I'd be massively impressed! :-P Isnt that kinda why we use it? So we dont have to worry about wear and tear? Either the 0's and 1's are on your hard drive, or there not. If there not, the file is corrupted or incomplete and probably...

Quote: Originally Posted by welchie I have experience with both. I just got some UM3X's for $334.00 on ebay. They're awesome !! Very detailed in all highs, mids and lows. They're like the UM2's which I had 2 yrs ago, but are more thorough in all frequency ranges. The SE530's are really...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChgoMike What about Shure SE530? Are those still highly regarded compared to other models? I agree, the SE530's schould go on the list. Im enjoying them on an itouch as we speak.

I recently received my D5000 from Denon after having them repaired (the right driver was going bad) only to find that the right driver is now louder then the left, placing what should be a centered voice off to the right where my right eyeball is instead of in the center of my head. It...

Quote: Originally Posted by mckickflip If you want to be fashionable, have the latest iPod nano and use stock white earbuds. I'm completely serious. Im a little bias about trendy stuff because i think its all just sillyness, but just because everyone's wearin em, dosent make it...

Quote: Originally Posted by qusp I think you underestimate people; sure I used some technical terms, but I started out with a description in fairly simple language and then explained it further in a more technical way. IMO soundstage is a fairly descriptive term and even wiothout proir...

People, people. Were talking to an "outsider" here! He dosent know what a sound stage is, or all these fancy terms. Lets make this short and simple, ill use an analogy of sorts... An ipod+headphones is like a regular old tv or a youtube video. You basicly see the focus of whats showing...

Quote: Originally Posted by jamesjamesjames as long as you dont buy skullcandys... oh damn, godwins law! i like the px100s, they look especialy nice folded up.. if you ever want to take them off also, i adore the koss porta pros! James IMO Koss Porta Pro's=HUGE NERD...

HFI-780's are nice looking. And the audio technica's. But if you really worried about the fashion, go with IEM's there the least obvious.

Quote: Originally Posted by MatsudaMan Why does it need to be between 200 and 400 bucks? I'm using a Furman PST-8d right now and it works great - clean sound and the dynamic slam is not lost. I think you can get them for around 150. I didnt realize you could get a decent one that...

Im looking for a power conditioner in the pricerange of $200-400. So far, the best thing i can find is the PS Audio Duet Power Center: I only need to plug in 2 things, so i dont need alot of outlets. Only other power conditioners i can find in that price range are these: Panamax MAX...

Very cool to see them being made, the driver looks huge!!! How dose this can stack up against stax stuff? I keep hearing all this "worlds best" talk, but the way i understand it, stax rules all.

lol im glad to hear that this isnt a "good/benifical" thing to do. I lost hope in audiophiles for a little bit there, haha. I mean sure we probably pay wayyyy to much for our gear, but not "go bankrupt" style like a 25k power cord will do. Ill take a used 350Z or somthing, thanks.

Can someone PLEASE explain to me how spending 25,000$ on an insanly large cord is going to make your sound come to life? What, dose it make a computer 300 times faster too? pppshh, ha! IMO-all of this silly expencive stuff, especially power cables, can only effect so much. what about the...

Quote: Originally Posted by EFN Don't forget the source files. At a minimum you would not want to use anything less than 244kbps AAC for your Nano. The Silver LOD I am sending you will be very revealing, paired with a superb amp like the Predator, low bitrates will rear their ugly heads...

Quote: Originally Posted by JadeEast unfortunately many are not great quality sound wise. Agreed, ive never seen one over 192k most are 128. Sad, no love for the electronic lovers.

I <3 HeadRoom even more now. :-D Now wheres that mp3 player with a built in SQ oriented amp? No more Lance Armstrong bands and mini interconnects! Down with them! Bahhh! I want a single unit! :-P

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Quote: Originally Posted by Gensou Headroom graphs make me >_>. Why?! Why dose everyone discredit headroom's graphs!? I thought headroom was one of the good guys.