[Xander]

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Originally posted by KR... AKG 501 without an amp or a LI one = 100% boring POS!!! AKG 501 with HI amp = One kickass headphone!!! The difference is that huge, me thinks.

I definatly agree... There is nothing to speak of when theyre underpowered.. It's like a flat plane of lifeless sound. No punch, no kick, no separation, no dynamics, no treble....

 

[citroeniste]

You're in pretty good company. Those are John Dunlavy's favourite headphones. (Dunlavy makes some of the world's best speakers, provided you mind coffin-sized boxes that provide you with a listening window of about 20" by 20".....)

Me? I prefer the Senn '580s place on the smoothness-detail continuum. But to each his/her own.