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Out of all the cans I ever plugged into a sound card or a portable, I'd say the CD1700's are _the worst_ for non-amplified listening. They are _distant_, congested, and very cold.
Naturally, all that changes when you feed them lots and lots of current, but even Sennheiser HD600's and Beyerdynamic DT831's sound less incompetent straight out of my Game Theater XP, or my portable Panasonic SL-SX510.
On the same note, the Grado RS-1's are _amazing_ at making a good thing out of bad sources. I can listen to 128kb mp3's with them out of my Game Theater and enjoy myself, whereas I can't do that with the 1700's.
Naturally, all that changes when you feed them lots and lots of current, but even Sennheiser HD600's and Beyerdynamic DT831's sound less incompetent straight out of my Game Theater XP, or my portable Panasonic SL-SX510.
On the same note, the Grado RS-1's are _amazing_ at making a good thing out of bad sources. I can listen to 128kb mp3's with them out of my Game Theater and enjoy myself, whereas I can't do that with the 1700's.