What are your favorite UNAMPED full-size phones?
Jan 10, 2009 at 12:48 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 89
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It's easy to talk about awesome phones that need awesome amps to drive them. But what are your favorite full-sized phones that you could listen to forever out of an iPod, laptop, etc, without craving a dedicated amp?

Right now, my favorites are the HD555 and the AD700. Both sound grand plugged straight into my Macbook.
 
Jan 10, 2009 at 3:46 AM Post #3 of 89
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It's easy to talk about awesome phones that need awesome amps to drive them. But what are your favorite full-sized phones that you could listen to forever out of an iPod, laptop, etc, without craving a dedicated amp?

Right now, my favorites are the HD555 and the AD700. Both sound grand plugged straight into my Macbook.


ALO modded Ultrasone 780's recabled with Jena SXC sound fantastic straight out of my 5th Generation i pod.
 
Jan 10, 2009 at 3:52 AM Post #5 of 89
I've heard Grado RS1/RS2 sound absolutely amazing straight out of an iPod!
 
Jan 10, 2009 at 4:41 AM Post #8 of 89
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I've heard Grado RS1/RS2 sound absolutely amazing straight out of an iPod!



And I'll testify to this.
 
Jan 10, 2009 at 4:53 AM Post #9 of 89
ATH-AD2000 was the one that gave me the most pleasure out of an mp3 player.
 
Jan 10, 2009 at 5:04 AM Post #12 of 89
I dont have any proper amps for my Ultrasone Pro 750, But yeah its acceptable SQ for me unamped. Very satisfied with it on my Realtek HD Audio soundcard, iPod Classic, and iPhone all great, the iPods needs higher volume but still very nice.

Ive also tried the AKG 171HD, i felt it withheld some details on both computer (AC97) and iPod.
 
Jan 10, 2009 at 5:46 AM Post #15 of 89
Denon D2000!
 
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