FWIW, I started out on RAO (Usenet) 20 years ago and have debated this topic with Jim Johnston, Arny Krueger, Tom Nousaine, etc. The threads went on for years. This, well, is audio for the noob, the ignorant and the inexperienced. Sorry, but that's the truth of it.
Yes exactly, this is a Thread and A "helping Hand" for people with no experience (UNLIKE YOU) that for the most part do not have the budget to buy the best of the best or whatever thy want (APPARENTLY UNLIKE YOU.) It is in no way a "go and do this, this is the only thing that works" solution, it was made and works fantasticly as a steppingstone for these inexperienced Head-fiers to find Good recommendations without going through twohundred and a quasilion postes to get a general idea.
Ofcourse there will ALWAYS be other alternativs and combinations, but flaming the maker and/or the webpage he made does not making it better. Hell it does not help in any way. And even if you can with tweeking or other form of customisation make something many people would not look 2 times at, does not mean it must be included.
OH And, yes YOU started with experimenting and experiencing sound many many many years ago, but the world changes. And even if you feel that one DAC/AMP is fantastic, that may not be the general consensus, This is sound, it is Subjectiv. and yes Listening to a device and setup is always best, but the numbers can give you a general idea in the right directions (espesialy with a little bit of explanaton regarding terms and how they work) and there are also very few places where you can actualy go and listen to the particular setup you want. (and even if there are several around where you live, I know for a fakt that the closest to me personaly is 2-3 hours away by plane)
and lastly Jim Johnston, Arny Krueger, Tom Nousaine and so on. I do not think thy EVER discussed THIS TOPIC. Because this topic is originaly about http://www.audiobot9000.com, so that new folks would have somewhere to look at information reguarding a spesific headset along with a spesific dac/amp. and also so that more experienced people could say "hey you should add some tooltips" or "I think you should tailor the comments for each headphone." (of course along with adding an example and/or explanation of why the maker should do this.) and trothfully i find most of your comments have nothing to do with this... ergo you are off-topic.
on that bombshell ill say (
could we tag this thread as important (better yet make a new one to remove any flaming) so this stays at the top/beginning of this Board?
Sincerely, Shin Ookami
(ps: I hope the audiobot9000 will continiue to expand the selection of headsets headphones and IEM's and Dac's/amp's {I see more and more people wondering about the fearly new ATH-AD 900x and 700x and there brothers and sisters.[amongst others] } )