freitz
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Just picked up these headphones they feel nice on the head however the pad on the metal strap doesn't seem to be very comfortable anyway to make this a softer touch to the top of my head?
Any recommended players before spotify itunes etc?
It depends on if you want to listen to lossless files like Apple Lossless or FLAC. Any real audiophile will tell you you MUST listen to EVERYTHING in lossless format. If that's the case you can rip a couple albums in FLAC and throw them onto a Sansa, or just buy CD's (lol).
That being said, I use both iTunes and Spotify premium, coming out of a good DAC/Amp it's very hard to tell the difference between 320Kbs and FLAC. Unless you are born with mutant x-factor hearing or using a top-tier headphone like the HD-800 or STAX 009, you probably will be fine using iTunes with 320kbs MP3's or Apple Lossless files with your FiiO E11. (AAC or AIFF files which will play on any device running the newest iTunes)
Ii cant say exactly why I bought these as my first pair of audiophile headphones but I really do love them, I could go into it but I think they are just me. Yeah the treble isn't dead perfect but the whole is greater than its parts, I also think they benefit from amping. My few words aside, has anyone compared these to some FA-003's? From what I am reading they get similar descriptions
I have both the Digitech Pro (which is FA-003 equivalent for $50) and K550.
I mentioned this elsewhere in these forum, the only area which Digitech / FA-003 has an advantage is a thicker, fuller sound, particularly with vocals. In most other respects the K550 has the upper hand. There are quite a few complaints over the forum that the K550 tend to sound thin. I guess that is a valid concern for many but I did not found it to be a problem for me.