Source means what will be creating the sound, eg cd player, PC soundcard etc. I assume since you're talking about gaming it will be a PC soundcard and you prob won't be using an amp. I this case I think the DT880/990 etc would be overkill for what you need. You would get better results fro the...

Haven't used the A700.

AD700 are really good for their price, but they certainly don't have a lot of bass. They do tick most of your other boxes though.

haha, jeez.

Even the 32ohm DT880/990 suffer when not amped.I wouldn't get the Beyers without an amp.

Wow! that looks pretty bad! Sorry, but I don't have experience with this model, but it looks as if it is meant to snap back in to that c shaped female part, but it looks to be in less-than great nick.

Damn! I was thinking of selling my D7000, which I love, but only use occaisionally. But seeing your collection makes me want to keep them.

The 880s will improve noticeably with a good amp.

Quote: ugh!

I attempted to use a set of fairly expensive (admittedly Sony) ANC headphones for a reaserch project at uni and found that they performed far better with the ANC disabled (we were unable to produce a consistent db output with the ANC enabled when playing the same tone through them on repeated...

It's hard to sell at first, but it's definitely the way to go.

Quote: I agree that familiarity is the most important aspect.   My test albums are:   Joanna Newsome - Ys Raekwon - Only Buily For Cuban Links Part 2 Pixies - Surfer Rosa and Doolittle Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And...

I have no experiece with the ultrasones, but IMO the AD900 will sound "better" unamped than the Beyers, but the 990s will probably still have more bass than the AD900, but not necessarily better bass.

I have both the DT880 and K702 (Meier Opera and Cambridge 840c) and I find the 702s a bit hit and miss. For some things they are amazing, while for others they just don't work - usually due to lack of bass or "thin-ness", as others have mentioned. I find when I first listen to a new album I will...

I just got a corda opera yesterday and am not getting any audio out of any of the outputs (both headphones and preamp) when connected to my laptop via the usb cable. I was using it yesterday and it was fine, but today it isn't working. The led above the gain switch is on and not blinking as...