TheAdmiralty
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You people can't get rid of me around this section, can you?
Well, I'm back again, still looking to upgrade the same pair of SRH-940s that I was looking to replace several months ago. Well, I've picked up some steam and my budget just doubled from $500 to $1000, so NOW it's time to get serious. Random thoughts - after punching two 1.5mm holes through the tops of both cups, along with the SRH-1540 pads, these actually sound pleasantly warm on a Maverick D1 + Burr Brown OPAMPS.
As usual, I'm bottoming out my wallet here - I know I said I could be flexible last time around, but the four digit mark is going to be an absolute max this time. Still looking mainly at closed cans, and every time I can add a bit more bass to the old 940s I smile just a bit more, though I'm at the point where detail is starting to suffer... I'd say I've got everything possible out of these. A pair of LCD2's are definitely in budget, but I'd really like to go closed-back since I'm still a poor college student living around other people. What would happen were someone to put a pair of the LCD-XC's wood panels in place of the aluminum plates on a pair of LCD2s? I'm assuming something unpleasant, but it's worth wondering about, and they appear to have the same screw patterns. I was also poking around the Fostex TH900, which sounds like the perfect match for me, but I'd have to find something either used or open-box, and I have to wonder why they didn't put a detachable cable on those things. Also considered were the Alpha Dogs + a Schiit Asgard II, but I'm not sure if it would be worth getting a standalone amp over just dropping that money into a better pair of cans on my current Mav D1 alone. It seems to do a pretty respectable job. I could always go with the SRH-1540s like I said I was going to half a year ago, but there must be better options out there for twice the money. Beyer's new cans in my budget don't seem too highly regarded at the moment, so that's out, and Denon seems to have basically ceased to exist. Audio Technica's ATH-W5000's look interesting, but do they compare to the LCD2 at all, being in a similar price bracket?
I promise, this is the last time I'll be asking: with this budget ($1K), what would you buy to replace an old pair of Shure SRH-940s? Music tastes haven't changed - still mostly either rock/metal (Alter Bridge, Evanescence) or a massive collection of epic score (Two Steps from Hell, etc). I am not a basshead, but I like my percussion to be deep and pounding as much as possible without sacrificing anything. Any thoughts? Whatever comes out of this thread is going to be in my mailbox in two weeks, so this is it.
Well, I'm back again, still looking to upgrade the same pair of SRH-940s that I was looking to replace several months ago. Well, I've picked up some steam and my budget just doubled from $500 to $1000, so NOW it's time to get serious. Random thoughts - after punching two 1.5mm holes through the tops of both cups, along with the SRH-1540 pads, these actually sound pleasantly warm on a Maverick D1 + Burr Brown OPAMPS.
As usual, I'm bottoming out my wallet here - I know I said I could be flexible last time around, but the four digit mark is going to be an absolute max this time. Still looking mainly at closed cans, and every time I can add a bit more bass to the old 940s I smile just a bit more, though I'm at the point where detail is starting to suffer... I'd say I've got everything possible out of these. A pair of LCD2's are definitely in budget, but I'd really like to go closed-back since I'm still a poor college student living around other people. What would happen were someone to put a pair of the LCD-XC's wood panels in place of the aluminum plates on a pair of LCD2s? I'm assuming something unpleasant, but it's worth wondering about, and they appear to have the same screw patterns. I was also poking around the Fostex TH900, which sounds like the perfect match for me, but I'd have to find something either used or open-box, and I have to wonder why they didn't put a detachable cable on those things. Also considered were the Alpha Dogs + a Schiit Asgard II, but I'm not sure if it would be worth getting a standalone amp over just dropping that money into a better pair of cans on my current Mav D1 alone. It seems to do a pretty respectable job. I could always go with the SRH-1540s like I said I was going to half a year ago, but there must be better options out there for twice the money. Beyer's new cans in my budget don't seem too highly regarded at the moment, so that's out, and Denon seems to have basically ceased to exist. Audio Technica's ATH-W5000's look interesting, but do they compare to the LCD2 at all, being in a similar price bracket?
I promise, this is the last time I'll be asking: with this budget ($1K), what would you buy to replace an old pair of Shure SRH-940s? Music tastes haven't changed - still mostly either rock/metal (Alter Bridge, Evanescence) or a massive collection of epic score (Two Steps from Hell, etc). I am not a basshead, but I like my percussion to be deep and pounding as much as possible without sacrificing anything. Any thoughts? Whatever comes out of this thread is going to be in my mailbox in two weeks, so this is it.
