I'm glad my thread is getting a lot of hype!!!! I have bought an mdac to be put in the middle of my audiolab 8000cd and a tweaked version of the hpa 100 which kind of makes it inbetween a hpa100 and hpa200 into my akgk702's.... I'm getting a surpringly vast amount of detail and bottom end for a...

I really enjoyed starting out with with LDMKIII + sr80i.   Though agree with malvauex. If you are on a budget - rather than buy average headphones and average amp buy a good headphone like k70x hd650 hd600 and get a cheaper amp - fiio, ldmkii.   $300 headphones will scale up when...

Hi all,   I have an LD MKIII and I have had the stock tubes in for over a year and want to change them to get more clarity and detail through the mid-high ranges, and deeper and tighter bass.   I only listen to female vocalists such as Mariah Carey, Eva Cassidy etc so I am looking for...

Cheers Bangraman +1   by the way, i do not use ipod as a source, it was merely an A/B test. Source has to be either CDP or flac via wasapi on foobar, nobody is questioning how bad the ipod is as a direct source - its pretty bad in hi fi terms and head fi terms - lets not go down that route

If im using my ipod i use ALAC which is apples version of FLAC. Ive done A/B testing on foobar wasapi FLAC vs itunes ALAC and theres a clear difference in smoothness in favour of foobar but thats another topic. as for this topic.. still talkin about amped/unamped grados - the ipod cannot deliver...

bump againn ... come on people spill the beans.   or if there is a member of head fi who does customs based in the UK that would be just as valuable.   thanks  

Also from a diminishing returns point of view... surely buying an amp for your grado's would be economies of scale   the LD MKIII can power up to 600ohms, and is $240 delivered. Its quite capable of getting good results from AKG701/2 HD650/600/555 SR325is DT880 etc etc oh so ive read - A...

+1 i agree jimbob and estreeter   I think its a head fi phenomena and its like a brainwashing plague! Im happy as a newbie I went against convention and amped my grado's. The fact that sr80i do not need to be amped, its all bs. ALL cans can benefit from amping IMHO and experience!   I...

+1! Good stuff sling   I'm not sure - maybe my Vintage Marantz isnt even a good vintage model, but although I found the bass extension quite pleasing, and the sound stage widish, i found it to be a similar size to the LD MKIII, but the marantz sounded a bit muddy or foggy with a lot of floor...

Bump any body else got any recommendations for which power amp i should buy from the ones stated above?!

Hi thanks for your input!   Wow those are some great figures and a V nice set up   I have my dads old Vintage Marantz 1072 which has ... the following figures   THD 0.08% FR 15hz - 60kHz  +=-1db   Im not sure what this means exactly.. but i dont find the amp particularly...

Bump ... anybody??

Nobody at all!??! surely there is a small company doing these things somewhere???

Yes my LD MKIII is also a pre amp!! it his phono in and phono out yeah sick!

Lechango - i will let you know of my experience and how the marantz coped with having the LD MKIII tube amp in the tape loop..