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I am looking at the Music Fedility V Can amp. Does anyone know anything about this amp ?
Yeah its hard to say. I know im getting carried away with recomendations but its really all I have to go by, I dont really have any stores nearby that carry any of these headphons. I went to best buy today and half their selection was Beats by Dre haha .
Agree with you on the level of differences in headphones (and hype on Head-Fi) - but if you ever get the chance, you should try a simple abx (using Foobar). It's really enlightening, and it does make you think twice about immediately recommending lossless for a DAP. I see you have a 160 Gb iPod classic. Even with level 8, you're still going to get to eventually get to a stage where you have too many songs to fit comfortably (I'd already be over that limit). When you realise that there isn't going to be an audible difference (ie human discernable) between aac256 and lossless, it kind of makes more sense then to recommend ripping to lossless (for archive), but using a good lossy format for your actual player.
Anyway - I'm taking this off topic, so I'll cease now. I've already had a quick pm exchange with the OP, and have been thinking about writing a how-to for a while (setting up an abx with Foobar) - so it'll give me something to do this weekend
you need to go to a best buy w/ a magnolia home theater center to find a demo section w/ all the audiophile/studio stuff. UE 6000 is in the fashion section though.
I think im going to go with the Mad Dogs. They just seem like they put a lot of time and effort to ensure an excellent sounding headphone. I mean there are literally houndreds of headphones to choose from in this price range with most of them being a well known brand name like pioneer, sony, bose, sennheiser, beyerdynamic ect. I like that Mad Dogs are a pretty small company and family owned. I just sent them an email asking about their headphones and I got an email back in 20 mins haha I mean come on thats customer service !!
Also good choice on the mad dogs, they are easily driven any Fio amp will do it even e5/e6 and they can work without one fine.
Even an E7? I thought I'd have to wait for the E12 to drive these buggers for portable use.
i messaged dan before when i had an e17 that if the e17 can drive the mad dog, he said yes
I don't have an E17, I have an E7.
Even an E7? I thought I'd have to wait for the E12 to drive these buggers for portable use.
I wouldn't say the Mad Dogs are portable.
hey bro,
i think you might be getting kinda carried away by people's recommendations. yea, the mad dogs are supposed to be a great pair of headphones, but they don't really fit your original goal of a portable (non-amp required) headphones.
I think you should legit go and try the multitude of great closed portable headphones that don't need an amp, and if you think that there is still something missing & you can tell what change in sound signature you want in comparison to the headphones you tried, come back & research to see if Mad Dogs or whatever else fits that change.
I mean, what happens if you go to the store and find that you like the additional bass of something like the Ultrasone Pro 900 over the AKG K550?
Yes the Mad Dogs can be run from a E7. It works fine with some of the lowest power outputs like the E5/6, so your E7 should be fine.
Overall the Mad Dogs are quite efficient for being a ortho design. I think they are superb for a portable setup, especially for when the OP plans on using them. They isolate decent, they are comfortable, and they aren't terrible hard to drive. Not a bad looking headphone either.
I think that the OP is taking what he has and thinking on it, which is fine. Obviously take all of what we recommend with a grain of salt, do your own research, and get more than one person's review/opinion on a particular headphone. When I started out, I did tons of readings, but not much auditioning because there isn't a huge presence of Hi-Fi where I live. A few consumer shops with high end brands, but they are all swayed more towards speakers... so many of my purchases where through reading and testimonies of people that have owned or extensively heard the products I was interested in. Best Buy or any other retail store more than likely won't have huge selection and their workers know nothing and aren't educated to answer any real questions... so to me reading on these forums are much more informative and helpful.
i also think auditioning can only go so far, one has to actually own the headphone so he can do extensive listening
I think im pretty much sold on the Mad Dogs. I am doing a little research on an amp now. iBasso looks like they have some really good ones, I have no clue what to look for so if you guys have any suggestions that would be great. I know the E11 is supposed to be good but what would I be benifiting from if I got the iBasso T5 for example or the D6 ?