Can't read through 808 pages, but figured I'd post recent impressions. I had been listening to 650's through ipod touch 3, HiSound Anniv 3, liked them but didn't find it quite up to the hype (the HiSound was better-likely because it has more power-but I hate the UI). Recently got the National amp, makes a really big difference. The iPod/LOD/650;s are a really nice set up. (works nicely for the A900x as well, though they manage OK even without it). Had been tempted by the Lyr impressions, but I don't generally sit at my computer or stereo these days, like a portable I can knock around with, lay down in bed and listen, and these tube jobs seem too confining. Really happy with the purchase.
I did look through some of the thread, some people were wondering about walking around outside with the 650's. Assuming it's relatively quiet (as it generally is here in the 'burbs where I live), I have no problem outside with them-like to use them walking my dog. I'm older than the college kids who were posting, not too worried if I look cool or geeky...I did go into a coffee shop in the winter wearing them, the twenty year old (or so) girl working first complemented me on my cool earmuffs, then realized they were headphones, and went on and on about how she loved them, so maybe they're not as geeky in public as some assume (might have come in handy, along with my dog, with the ladies if I were single and 40 years younger...)
