[Vires]

Hey guys,
 
I'm still really new to all this stuff so I decided to ask here
 
If I have the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium, will buying a DAC such as the fiio e7 improve my sound?
 
Also, will the fiio e9 have enough power to drive the Ultrasone Pro 900's?

 

[MrJohnny]

Do the 900s sound ok or nice while listening to some Rock n Roll?

 

[Riku540]

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If I have the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium, will buying a DAC such as the fiio e7 improve my sound?
 
Also, will the fiio e9 have enough power to drive the Ultrasone Pro 900's?

The E7 is for those who do not have a DAC or decent soundcard. In your case the E7 won't really make much of a difference. The E9 was built to power headphones far more power hungry than the not at all power hungry PRO 900's... so yes it has more than enough power and then some.
 
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Do the 900s sound ok or nice while listening to some Rock n Roll?

They sound amazing with rock.
 

 

[santsant]

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Now I'm confused
The SR80 was not airy at all, and the Senn was the airiest headphone I've heard. I'm trying to find something with the Airyness of the Senn and its angled drivers but tighter bass and more of a fun sound.
I went ahead and ordered the 2900, I'll post up some impressions if anyone is interested.

when im tried the senn i find that they have a big sound stage but sound a little muddy that makes it sound not too airy "for me".. well maybe i heard them with a wrong setup,, i even think that senn hd 558 has airier sound than 598..
 
waiting for your pro 2900 impression then..

 

[n-phect]

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Do the 900s sound ok or nice while listening to some Rock n Roll?

i would have to say yes , they would be great IMO

 

[HynchSidrick]

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Now I'm confused
The SR80 was not airy at all, and the Senn was the airiest headphone I've heard. I'm trying to find something with the Airyness of the Senn and its angled drivers but tighter bass and more of a fun sound.
I went ahead and ordered the 2900, I'll post up some impressions if anyone is interested.

Good choice. You wont regret
One of the best portables imo

 

[Roller]

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Good choice. You wont regret
One of the best portables imo

Pro 2900, portable

 

[Arnotts]

For full sized headphones I think Ultrasone's are actually pretty good for portability
 
edit: although not the open ones so much :|

 

[MohawkUS]

. so far I find my K81s better than everything I have tried, the AD900 is about equal, lets hope the Ultrasones will be able to dethrone the $50 monster in my collection.
The Ultrasones will be here some time next week. I'm taking suggestions for songs to use in my mini review, I'm just starting to get into techno, trance, and the like. I'm a metalhead at heart black, death, drone, doom, and folk.

 

[Riku540]

Double.

 

[Riku540]

These make great demo tracks for the PRO 900:
 

 

[Arnotts]

These are the songs I put on a demo CD that I use with new headphones:
 
The Crystal Method - Name Of the Game
Massive Attack - Protection
Röyksopp - Eple
Rage Against the Machine - Born Of A Broken Man
Infected Mushroom - Poquito Mas
Feed Me - Blood Red
The Flashbulb - Autumn Insomnia Session
Oasis - She's Electric
Netsky - Secret Agent
Green Day - All the Time
Outkast - B.O.B.
Rise Against - Collapse (Post Amerika)
Pendulum - Ransom
Ellie Goulding - Lights (Bassnectar Remix)
Pendulum - Showdown
Silverchair - Freak
B-Complex - Three Dots
Rage Against the Machine - Take the Power Back
 
You should make your own one of songs that you enjoy, so that you know how they really sound, then test headphones with them .

 

[MohawkUS]

Yeah I already have a few, I use
Bathory - Death and Ressurection of a Northern Son to test speed
and Electric Wizard - Mind Transferal to test out the bass quantity
and Darkthrone - Those Treasures Will Never Befall You to test how well they do with growled vocals.
Thanks for the recommendations guys, I'll try to use a couple of them.

 

[arkanchyl]

i just have to say... i had the pro 900's, got the blue dragon cable, thought that was the end-all-be-all, a month later got denon d7000's, and had listed the pro 900's on ebay... since then, while i dearly love the d7k's, i've listed, ended, listed, and ended again the auction for the pro 900's... i just can't part with them! despite the smaller soundstage, scooped, metallic, sound, and (relative!) uncomfortableness... they still end up on my head at least a few times a day! for bass-heavy EDM, dubstep, etc... where mastering is poor, soundstage is rather irrelevant, and what you want is a bright, fun, powerful, sound with absolutely earth-shattering, vision-blurring bass... the pro 900's + BD cable + e7/e9 just make me smile. a lot. 

 

[n-phect]

I personally think the pro 900s take some time to get used to. You can't listen to them right away and decide you don't like them. I'm at about 300+ hours now and they take some time to get used to. I am starting to get into the sound signature, and like above find myself smiling.