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I have been very much enjoying the AKGs, and the sound is too good for me to think that a separate headphone amp could be an improvement. The only remaining issues are comfort and ambient noise. I have ordered a pair of Beyerdynamic DT770s for comparison (closed and rated highly for comfort.)...

I listened to my first true dummy-head binaural recording this weekend. I have since ordered as many more as I can find, because the experience is jaw-droppingly awesome!:cool:

No doubt about it, the Cambridge electronics work beautifully with the AKGs! There is absolutely no audible hiss at any volume, and it is plenty loud enough with the volume knob at 9:00. The sound is phenominally detailed, and even some non-binaural recordings sound totally 3D (Madonna's Ray of...

The headphones arrived on Thursday. They definitely sound like headphones rather than speakers, but within that limitation they sound incredible! I am picking out details I never even suspected on recordings I have heard a thousand times! Having the soundstage centered in my head and extending...

Not true. I happen to like both.

Any device with a headphone jack has a headphone amp in it (by definition.:)) The question is how the quality compares with a stand-alone unit. You answered this question well: It depends!

Wow. I have read some steaming piles of crap in my day, but this one absolutely tops them all! I don't even know where to begin pointing out the holes in this insane statement, because it is all holes and no fabric! All of the energy in our brains and body come from the food we eat. When we...

The most blatant ripoff I have heard was Ice, Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice. It was nothing but Under Pressure by Queen with different lyrics! At least Coldplay were not quite that obvious about it.

I have one Beatles CD (the Yellow Submarine soundtrack) that was remastered much more recently than the rest. Sound-quality wise, it absolutely stomps the others into the dirt. (Since I also have Sgt. Pepper, and since the two CDs have some songs in common, I have had a chance to directly A/B...

It was your comment to that effect that prompted this (more general) thread. I wanted to give the dissenters a chance to voice their opinions. Also, if there are those who believe that headphone amps (and/or headphone DACs) do offer higher performance, I would like them to explain why. In the...

Suppose a person has a quality home audio device (not portable, and not computer speakers) with a headphone output, such as a CD player, receiver or integrated amp. Also suppose that the headphones being driven are very high quality (perhaps requiring a relatively large amount of power.) In...

The only information I have found about that for the 340A is that they recommend using headphones with "impedance >32 Ohms". Since the AKGs are 62 Ohms, that should be fine. They arrive Thursday!:) (I hope the extension cord arrives at the same time. I also hope that open-back 'phones were the...

This would definitely start a flame war if it were posted on one of the fanatical headphone sites, such as Head-Fi!:D

I certainly always thought so! I have been doing yoga for 30 years, and I have zero interest in anything of a religious or spiritual nature!:eek:

That is good to know. If I can enjoy my new 'phones without thinking "these would sound even better if I bought a ___", I will be happy! (Note: Yes, I am still with the girlfriend. She tolerates my hobby because she is a birder and spends a fortune on binoculars, scopes, books, etc.:D)

Thanks, but all of those require a source! I was looking for something with the CD player included.

My original thought was that if I were to buy a separate headphone amp, then I would need a CD player for it because my current CD player only has one set of analog outputs and they are connected to my integrated amp (switching between them would thus be highly inconvenient!) This led to the...

Yoga is a purely physical discipline. It is all about flexibility, strength, and balance. It has nothing to do with religion or philosophy, so why would religious leaders care about it one way or another?:confused: Isn't that a bit like saying christians shouldn't do chin-ups?:confused:

I posted this question in the CD section, but it moves slooow, so I will repeat it here: Has anyone heard the Shanling PCD 300A (CD player with built-in headphone amp)? Is it worth $500? Is it better than a more conventional CD player with headphone output such as the Marantz CD5003? Is there a...

Now that I have ordered fancy headphones (AKG K701s), I want to convert them into an extremely excellent sounding stand-alone system. There are a lot of headphone amps on the market which can be used with any CD player, but I would prefer both in a single chassis. The only two products like...