[labrat]

Del

 

[Audioholic123]

This thread is so innocent and comical. We are all on a journey of discovery trying to find our end-game system but the truth is, that could amount to an $80 headphone and $100 tube amp...many people might hear a $2,600 Naim UnitiLight (for example) and think "hmm sounds a bit too analytical for my taste...that Marantz Melody system I have at home sounds so much more fun...!!"

 

[Music Alchemist]

  This thread is so innocent and comical. We are all on a journey of discovery trying to find our end-game system but the truth is, that could amount to an $80 headphone and $100 tube amp...many people might hear a $2,600 Naim UnitiLight (for example) and think "hmm sounds a bit too analytical for my taste...that Marantz Melody system I have at home sounds so much more fun...!!"

 
I'm listening to $15 headphones right now that sound a heck of a lot better than some much more expensive ones.

 
But gah...I'm trying to bury this thread.

 

[mulveling]

 
I'm listening to $15 headphones right now that sound a heck of a lot better than some much more expensive ones.

Yep, that happens to a lot of folks who "discover" various cheap Koss models (e.g. PortaPros) while having certain Grados/Ultrasones on hand. I might as well add the Shure SE535 to that inglorious list (2005 Grado RS-1, Ultrasone Edition 9), since I thought those sucked for the price when I had them. Not that the PortaPro were better than these headphones...but I thought they were fairly close to competitive.
 
But that nonsense stops once you go Stax.

 

[wink]

Yep, Stax stack up to good sound...!

 

[paradoxper]

Gotta have Stax for Stax.