[DemonicLemming]

Master & Commander OST, Agalloch, Blue Man Group, and Celtic Woman are making me glad I bought the LCD-2.  And that's with no burn-in.
 
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.anyone on the lcd 2 or on the hd800?

 

 

[MorbidToaster]

Master & Commander OST, Agalloch, Blue Man Group, and Celtic Woman are making me glad I bought the LCD-2.  And that's with no burn-in.
 


 

Celtic Women...Good choice.

 

[sphinxvc]

Zodiac Gold with Voltikus > RSA Apache > Sony R10
 
 

 

[brasewel]

Probably the same as sphinxvc.
The Red Wine Audio Isabella > Balanced LCD-2 was an unbelievable setup as well. It's the best I've ever heard the LCD-2 sound period.

 

[customcoco]

come on guys!!

 

[customcoco]

bumpitybump
 

 

[SHAHZADA123]

Olive 6HD Music Server>Balanced>Woo WA22>Grado RS1i Moon Audio Balanced Furutech XLRs>>>Multiple Eargasms  

 
Have other headphones as well ; LCD-2, PS1000, GS1000i & HD800,  BUT  IMO the RS1i are truly special.
 
STOPDROOLINGFOLKS

 

[customcoco]

^

 

[customcoco]

anyone on the o2?

 

[jpelg]

IME it has been the better source & recording that has influenced the listening experience moreso, rather than the headphone or amp. Am I alone?

 

[DirtyLaundry]

Grado HP2, which is surprising considering how neutral they are, I know. But they are the only headphones that I heard that get out the way better than any other and thus I can just enjoy the music
 
Although I've owned some "euphoric" headphones, none of them ever came close. Sennheiser HD600/Equinox cable and Grado RS1 would probably be the distant 2nd and 3rd. I haven't heard most headphones above the $1,000 range though, but I'm sure the HP2's would probably hold their own

 

[KingStyles]

 
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IME it has been the better source & recording that has influenced the listening experience moreso, rather than the headphone or amp. Am I alone?

I agree that the source/transport is going to have the biggest impact. The amp really can come into play when tubes are involved. They can really have an impact both positive or negative on the end result.

 

[brasewel]

I would think headphones, amp and source all have an equal role in one's setup. A bad link in the chain would cause the entire rig to crash and burn.

 

[dj_surya]

cheap tda1543 chip and esi08 studio monitor(opamp modded)..
 

 

[LugBug1]

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IME it has been the better source & recording that has influenced the listening experience moreso, rather than the headphone or amp. Am I alone?

Yeah I'd go with that. We all have our favorite recordings to test our new equipment out. Plus the start of the chain has to be important.
 
Also it's so hard to find a set up that cators for more ecclectic tastes. Fair enough if you are solely into rock for e.g, but if you want a system to sound good with classical, jazz and rock.... I've got 2 rigs going at the moment because I don't want to disturb my 650's classical music set up.  
 
Luckily it only took a little dot I+  to sort out my Jazz/rock Grado flings!