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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #640 on: October 21, 2014, 09:29:43 PM »
Quote from: thegunner100 on October 21, 2014, 07:55:13 PM
Are you in the US? The dt990/250 pro goes for $178.56 used, on Amazon warehouse. That frees up money for perhaps a modi + wyrd + vali? If the treble gets to be too much, you can EQ it down a bit.
I am in the us. Is the difference.between the 250 and 600 ohm worth the value? Also is the amazon warehouse really that reliable? I feelfeel like it is a gamble.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #641 on: October 21, 2014, 09:31:51 PM »
Quote from: zerodeefex on October 21, 2014, 09:20:11 PM
geek out 450 + HD650. Portable and GREAT synergy.
Have they fixed the volume problems yet?
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #642 on: October 21, 2014, 09:58:29 PM »
Quote from: c61746961 on October 21, 2014, 09:31:51 PM
Quote from: zerodeefex on October 21, 2014, 09:20:11 PM
geek out 450 + HD650. Portable and GREAT synergy.
Have they fixed the volume problems yet?

Yup, new firmware.  Volume is controlled on the player side among other little enhancements.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #643 on: October 21, 2014, 10:26:16 PM »
Good!, can you also tell me what's not-so-great about the 1W version?
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #644 on: October 21, 2014, 10:39:12 PM »
the 1000, and the 720 to a lesser extent, skew toward sounding a little more lush and a little bassier. Especially since you're considering bassy headphones, I'd strongly encourage you to consider the more neutral 450.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #645 on: October 21, 2014, 11:47:54 PM »
To help a little for the first time. DT990 are great, used them once at friend's studio. However, they have boosted bass. There is one trick tho (that's what I do because HD215 glue sound horribly) to mix the whole song without sub and then mix sub last.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #646 on: October 21, 2014, 11:54:36 PM »
I think I made my mind, I'm 90% sure about buying Superlux HD668b, but I'm so confused about this they need amp/they don't need amp thing.

Since they are 56ohm, (and I have Sennheiser HD 215 that are 32ohm, that work pretty good on laptop), from what I understood that's not big at all, but people are still recommanding an amp. On the other, some guy said he used 80ohm headphones without an amp for years and didn't need it. Someone also said  on AKG K240 topic that that's the nominal impedance and that the real one (or whatever he said it's called) is about 140, but third dude said that it's only important that SPL is not beyond 100, and they are (HD668b) 98.

Can someone make it clear to me, do I need an amp or not? Thank you.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #647 on: October 22, 2014, 12:10:31 AM »
See here and here. They seem to have a sensitivity of 98 dB SPL @ 1mw, 56 ohm.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #648 on: October 22, 2014, 12:48:29 AM »
Quote from: Darsus on October 21, 2014, 11:54:36 PM
Can someone make it clear to me, do I need an amp or not? Thank you.

A lot of headphones don't need an amp. If it plays from your laptop out, you are fine. Most lower end amps are a trade-off. You will get more power, but at the loss of transparency. With efficiency headphones like Grado, an amp usually doesn't do anything, unless you pair with a really good DAC. For example, I preferred Grados straight from my Sony X Walkman more than with any amp in between.

Most of the regular folks here are nutjobs with several thousand dollar DACs, amps, etc. That's a different story and different game. My recommendation for most normal folks is at least to try without an amp, at least with the efficient headphones, and then perhaps try with an amp (maybe from Amazon with full return privileges). Keep an open mind and consider that maybe an amp really didn't do much.

Sometimes however with more power, you will hear a greater ease of presentation or perhaps more detail because an amp provides more juice for a headphone to properly do its thing. Just keep an open mind and realize that it can go either way. Win with some things. Lose with others. Trade offs.
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Re: The All Purpose Advice Thread
« Reply #649 on: October 22, 2014, 07:05:59 AM »
Quote from: marvey on October 22, 2014, 12:48:29 AM
Quote from: Darsus on October 21, 2014, 11:54:36 PM
Can someone make it clear to me, do I need an amp or not? Thank you.

A lot of headphones don't need an amp. If it plays from your laptop out, you are fine. Most lower end amps are a trade-off. You will get more power, but at the loss of transparency. With efficiency headphones like Grado, an amp usually doesn't do anything, unless you pair with a really good DAC. For example, I preferred Grados straight from my Sony X Walkman more than with any amp in between.

Most of the regular folks here are nutjobs with several thousand dollar DACs, amps, etc. That's a different story and different game. My recommendation for most normal folks is at least to try without an amp, at least with the efficient headphones, and then perhaps try with an amp (maybe from Amazon with full return privileges). Keep an open mind and consider that maybe an amp really didn't do much.

Sometimes however with more power, you will hear a greater ease of presentation or perhaps more detail because an amp provides more juice for a headphone to properly do its thing. Just keep an open mind and realize that it can go either way. Win with some things. Lose with others. Trade offs.

Thks for that.  Just Thks.  This is the kind of post I would like to read more often.
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