deepak

I had to work this out in my head to convince myself not to: The benefits of source upgrades in my experience has been in improving imaging, spacial cues and soundstage mainly (aside from DAC house sounds). I'd want a balls to the wall speaker set to take advantage of the Emm gear, not a pair of headphones. It will be sold before the evil side of the brain gets a chance to kick in.

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlconv&1175278144 Holee shit. Normally non SE combo goes for at least $9000. And he's using a K1000 with the setup Temping > :'(

Bump for any new members, we need to get to 15 so we have group lists

Cool picture

The UR8 are over $100 for 1 meter. BJC is about $30, I don't know if he has a strict budget to stay in the price range. In the range of BJC, you're probably better off making your own. Signal Cable might be a bit more expensive. Some options in the over $100 price range (for 1 meter, I'm guessing you'll need 1.5m): Grover S or UR8 HomeGrown Audio Silver Spirit Kimber PBJ or Hero Guerrila Audio Copper just off the top of my head.

Not a bad deal on the Levinson No 36 DAC that was up last night With USB...damnit would have snatched that [

Casual: NPR's Guide to Classical Music What to Listen For In Music - Aaron Copland Study: USMLE Board Review for the Step 2

Good deal. I really dig the 588 CDP That would ruin....it for the rest of us Theres not much to know

Also using NOD32, hasn't failed me yet.

Nice, good looking headphones.

So what about the HD580 Jubilee? All carbon fiber housing, or just paint? Even better driver matching than the HD600, or same spec?

A two box BH (from Headamp) has been done before, iirc AppleBook sold one last year.

Yeah I know. I've been lazy, I have the spare cable here and everything. It's getting done soon.

I hate you... I was getting ready to sell the HD650

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I'm still waiting for someone reputable to get the partsconnexion modded DAC1 627's in the DAC1, might actually bring out the sound a bit more

Emm Labs DCC2, pleeeeenty of outputs

Damn after some Lost and music these things are killing my ears. edit: if I can't improve the comfort these are gone.

Personally I would look for an appropriate amp after you get a better pair of headphones. It seems a lot of people are buying amps and looking for headphones that would mate well with the amp, when it should be the other way around since headphones make the biggest difference in sound.

Are you using an ipod? If so my SR-60 sounded fine straight out of the headphone out with the photo and video.

Tried it around my gaming PC/file server (which has 5 fans @ 32 db) and at normal listening levels I was barely able to hear the fans from 4 feet away. And then tried it with the TV on with the laptop (TV at normal listening volume) and I could hear a bit of the TV. Can't comment on how much sound it leaks.

Is the foam 2 black discs about 3 cm in diameter, 2-3 mm thick? These might already have the foam removed, since these 2 black discs were sent separately with the documents, I'll have to ask the guy. edit: will also give these a run through a less than stellar source with music and movies (my laptop) which they were intended for. Hopefully much doesn't change.

Giving them the source treatment On burn in: the previous owner told me he didn't burn them in and listened to them straight out of the box for around 3 hours. I've put maybe another 2 on them, so these are pretty much new. First thoughts on build, looks, comfort: -impressive for a cheap pair of headphones. -everything feels very sturdy, earpads are nice and soft, mostly plastic construction but AKG made a few peaces look like metal -cups swivel in and out so you can get nearly any placement you want -don't look too bad. I wouldn't have any problem wearing these on a flight (makes it a bit easier seeing all the Bose users), nice silver accents on the earcups -numbered adjustments for the headband are the sweet; every headphone should have these -thinnest cable I've seen on a pair of headphones (even thinner than the KSC35/75) which is great for portable use -cable is right length for home use (wraps around my DAC, behind the Pass Labs and to my chair), bit too long for portable -using them straight for 2 hours now and they're more comfortable than the SR-60 (without any headband bending). Since the cups swivel in many directions I've found perfect placement Sound: so far I've played select tracks from: AC/DC - Live (2 disc) Spock's Beard - The Kindness of Strangers Eric Clapton - Unplugged Sunn O))) - Black One Boris - Amplifier Worship Yes - Fragile (MFSL) The Who - Live at Leeds basically nothing really audiophile-ish -sound has impressed me -just the right amount of bass (stock), kickdrums sound real -not the best high freq extension -tonally these do nothing wrong -not hearing any midrange recession, but haven't listened to vocal heavy music -electric guitars sound fun, but not as in your face as the SR-60 -can get slightly claustrophobic in complex prog passages -bass lines sound great, can hear the different bass guitar notes clearly -can't say too much about soundstage and imaging just yet -bass is punchy and fun -on Clapton's Unplugged there is more air around the notes on the SR-60, and the recording sounds a bit more open I'm really happy with them for what I paid and I don't think I'll need to do the foam mod. I might add an update if much changes after 50 hours, but I'm not going to actively burn them in. I was expecting really heavy boomy, one note bass based off previous descriptions and having the DJ label, but notso off my source. Will be doing more comparison's with the SR-60 (which are my favorite pair of headphones under $100)

Oh lol I read to much into your post

I wish I had my HD580 to try this experiment. I have 2 stock HD650 cables right now. Someone I trust on another hardware forum (with a very good setup) said the difference was about 2% between those cables.