I've read (at least 10 times) people trying to figure out how to read the headphone-jack (PHONES) specs from typical Yamaha receivers and speaker integrated amps.   Examples: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yamaha A-S500...

Hey there, I think the title speak a bit for itself. There's a lot of good things about this hobby but the term 'Mid-fi' is not a happy one in my book.   A decade ago, the fresh Sennheiser HD650 was definitely considered a Hi-fi headphone, now it's just a 'Mid-fi' one, although it still...

  As short as possible take on: who am I and why am I here (for those interested) -you can skip this!    My name is Agustin and I'm from Argentina (by convention: somewhere in the south of the world). I'm now 23 years old. I've been listening to music since I was a child when my father bought...

I was looking at Brainwavz S1 and R3 specs on their official website: http://www.yourbrainwavz.com/index.php and I realized that their declared Max Input Power is only 2mW and their sensitivity is also pretty low (around 93/95 dB at 1mW).   Most headphones I've came across have declared Max...

I'm re-making this comparisson to make it more useful for people looking for budget open headphones. What to expect from each one and how do they compare in terms of sound quality?   The setup used is pretty simple: Laptop (foobar2000) >> Fiio E07K Andes Dac/Amp >> Takstar HI-2050 Laptop...

I've just bought a Fiio L7 because as far as I know that is the correct way of connecting my E07K to my integrated amp, but shipping will take two weeks. Are there any reasons to not connect my Fiio E07K to the integrated amplifier using a headphone out untill I get my L7?     Yamaha...

A lot of things have been said about how good Sennheiser HD800 could be when using the right amp and playing classical, jazz or acoustic music. Often when a headphone does something amazingly well, the rest it can do tend to be undervaluated or at least overshadowed. I'm starting this thread...

First of all, excuse me for starting another T1 vs HD800 thread, I've read a lot about them in other threads, but I haven't made my decision yet. T1's looks great, with their simple design, while HD800 looks plastic and I don't like them much. (Who cares?) Talking about sound and my...

I've recently got a Fiio E07K Andes (DAC/Amp) I use it with an ipod Shuffle 4G (Only Amp) and with a laptop or a desktop computer (DAC + Amp) As far as I've read, when a DAC/Amp is connected to a computer the best option in terms of sound quality is setting the computer volume at max. My...

Can you tell me if it is possible to drive Beyerdynamics T1 quite well using an Asus Xonar Essence STX? Many Thanks. Best luck!

There are not much headphone amps in the market here in Argentina, and usually some prices are highly inconvenient. My knowledge about headphone amps is not much then I'm here asking for some advice. Most of the time I listen to music using my Fidelio L1, Pioneer Se A1000, or Yamaha's HPH-200...

I really don't have much experience with IEMs but from the only experience I've had I got this idea about them: There are no cheap IEM's that sounds good. I'm sure that is not correct, but then I never get to those cheap and great sounding IEMs. I mean when talking about full sized...

I know graphs won't tell you everything but looking at these graphs I wonder how different this headphones sound. The pictures at the top are from Pioneer Se a1000 innerfidelity measurements while the ones at the bottom are from Grado -Proffesional Series- PS1000.      ...

Edited 2/16   The Fidelio L1 is a overly warm sounding headphone. Definitely boosted sub-bass, that's really present but not that clear, then the mid-bass is there but lacks punch next to the bigger sub-bass. The midrange is quite fine until you reach the 2kHz region when things start too mess...

Probably this is quite a hard question.   Does any of you know what is the difference between this two?   http://www.amazon.com/Philips-L1-28-Over-Ear-Headphones/dp/B006RUIWC0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359045463&sr=8-1&keywords=fidelio+l1%2F28  ...

If you have to choose between this five headphones considering sound quality, build quality and mainly what they are beyond how they sound. I mean, there are some products that is nice to have, no matter if they are perfect or not. An old mechanic watch for example, it doesn't matter how precise...

Here in Argentina headphones cost normally 50% more in dollars than in amazon and sometimes a 100% more. Except some products you have to look for really carefully. Yesterday I tried Shure's SRH 840, they sound good (quite strident at high volume, not very good for power or synphonic metal...

I was wondering about this problem: I have some different headphones here with some different specs. AKG K44 32 Ohms 115db/V Marshall Major 32 Ohms 115db/mW Yamaha HPH-200 48 Ohms Yamaha only says SPL: 98.5dB (I thought: ok! Nobody talks about efficiency then those are db/V -...

A promise is a promise! Here are some pictures of my new headphones (Sorry for the bad quality of the pictures)           Price: I've paid for them about 138 dollars.   (Coming from AKG K44)   Sound: Warm and detailed. Clear highs and good bass for open headphones. Particularly...