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Originally Posted by jpelg
You have some very good sources. I suspect this is big reason you are able to listen with very revealing headphones w/o too much fatigue. This just goes to prove that even though a headphone is efficient, it doesn't mean it should be driven by an iPod. Loppsided systems are a sure path to disappointment.
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bingo! I hate writing this stuff as I don't ever want to come off as elitist, nor do I ever want to indicate that in order to enjoy a set of cans, one needs to have a mega buck source and amp combo...but honestly when one is in the upper levels, sadly it seems this is the case.
R10's, Qualias, HE60's, HE90's, Omega I's and II's, K1000's, L3000's and now the GS1000's. If one doesn't have the source, then sometimes things are going to come through make everything sound off. That does not mean that an iPod can't drive these phones (K1000's and electros excluded) adequately enough and sound decent overall, but in the end, putting 1k+ phones on a subpar source and things are going to get nasty, it really is the reality of the beast that is audio.
To put things in perspective, I once had the pleasure to listen to 35k system driving some 30k speakers. All in all, I was in heaven. Then we swapped in these 50k monoblocks and a 20k preamp and the source was absolute poo in comparison. The entire system revealed the flaws of this amazing frontend! 8k I think it retailed for and highly regarded. It took a really spiffy TT to get everything sounding right and then a 20k cdp.
Some will balk at this...and that is fine, but there were 8 of us who heard this and we were in awe by the differences. 8k is not anything to laugh at but this other gear simply outclassed it in every way.
Oh yeah...I still own mine and love them to pieces, the GS1k that is, not the 95k system