shadow_keeper
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Hi gang,
You all are loaded here with information, but the more I read the more I get confused too, lol. I've got a pair of Beyer 990, Sen 555, and now a new pair of AKG 701 phones...I like comfort if you can't tell
I push them out of Denon AVR-2803 receiver but I want to actually FEEL what these phones can do and not just empty bass (the Beyers do well on my Mac G5 though, pretty decently anyway, the AKGs suck up all the power at full volume and do nothing for me other than feel good around the ears). The Sen 555s actuallly sound really good on my Yamaha Synth phone port.
Do tube amps like the little dots and darkvoice's actually change the sound of the music I'm listening to? Any websites have hi-fi wav clips you can download to tell the difference between solid state and tube amps?
The reading I get around here is get a DV-336i, or a Little Dot III or better. They have a MKV which is solid state though but not much more info on the sound?
Thanks guys for any input...just want a good amp to push these phones and not break the bank. If I finally get hooked on a good amp and the phones come alive, I might just get the Senn 650s for my birthday in a couple of months.
Oh...whoever the idiot at AKG was for publishing ~55 ohm resistance for the 701 is on drugs obviously. My Beyers are 250 ohm, and my comfort volume level on my Denon with those on is about -16. Plugging in the AKGs I have to crank the volume all the way up to 0 to about +2 for the same effect, which probably explains why at full volume on the Mac machine is not even loud.
Thanks,
Larry
You all are loaded here with information, but the more I read the more I get confused too, lol. I've got a pair of Beyer 990, Sen 555, and now a new pair of AKG 701 phones...I like comfort if you can't tell
I push them out of Denon AVR-2803 receiver but I want to actually FEEL what these phones can do and not just empty bass (the Beyers do well on my Mac G5 though, pretty decently anyway, the AKGs suck up all the power at full volume and do nothing for me other than feel good around the ears). The Sen 555s actuallly sound really good on my Yamaha Synth phone port.
Do tube amps like the little dots and darkvoice's actually change the sound of the music I'm listening to? Any websites have hi-fi wav clips you can download to tell the difference between solid state and tube amps?
The reading I get around here is get a DV-336i, or a Little Dot III or better. They have a MKV which is solid state though but not much more info on the sound?
Thanks guys for any input...just want a good amp to push these phones and not break the bank. If I finally get hooked on a good amp and the phones come alive, I might just get the Senn 650s for my birthday in a couple of months.
Oh...whoever the idiot at AKG was for publishing ~55 ohm resistance for the 701 is on drugs obviously. My Beyers are 250 ohm, and my comfort volume level on my Denon with those on is about -16. Plugging in the AKGs I have to crank the volume all the way up to 0 to about +2 for the same effect, which probably explains why at full volume on the Mac machine is not even loud.
Thanks,
Larry
