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Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

Thanks for the suggestions. Are the HD560s similar to the 558? Because, as stupid as this makes me sound, your post reminded me that I have a pair of 558's as well. I find Sennheiser's modeling conventions confusing.

Hi, I know there are great deals to be had in audio from the Chi-Fi (I hope that isn't an offensive term, if so, apologies) front in terms of headphone amps and DACs as well as IEMs. Are there any well performing and well priced over-the-ear headphones that I should know about? I'm looking for...

I will try this as well, thank you

Wow! Thank you! I will check out the CP100s asap. I wouldn't have known where to begin otherwise. Much appreciated!

Hi Friends, I have a pair of the TRUTHEAR x Crinacle Zero and tips keep coming off in my ears. It started with just the right one occasionally and now it happens on both, a lot. I can get them out, so it not like it requires a doctor's visit or something but it is certainly annoying and...

Rolls products aren't about high fidelity. They're typically tools for solving niche problems, often in live sound applications or similar applications, where you need it to "just work" rather than be of the utmost quality. These products were far more relevant 20-30 years ago before computer...

I know this is way late to comment, but I'm going to do it anyways. I bought a pair of these shortly after this review came out. I tried them for about 2 minutes and then set them aside. A few weeks ago, for reasons unimportant here, I needed a wired pair of headphones to work with my iPhone, so...

Thanks!

Question: Was it tested as it was positioned in the photo at the top? If so, why was "free" selected on the settings?

Has anyone bench tested any of the Manley tube products? I know for recording their EQs and such are amazing. They know tubes, but recording and playback are two different animals.

Ah, okay. Thank you for clearing that up. I appreciate it.

Can someone explain to me why this and the Onkyo TX-RZ50 that Amir reviewed today are in the same category? I know this was asked above, but no one seemed to answer it. Why is the Minidsp Flex considered AV? It doesn't do HDMI nor does it have the ability to decode any of the codecs in which AV...

Fair enough. It’s your site you can recommend (or not) as you wish. That said, to me, it feels arbitrary and out of keeping with the “science based” theme of the site. That is just my 2 cents (and I recognize that’s probably all it’s worth).

I read this review yesterday but had to come back and comment. @amirm I think you were a little harsh on the Monoprice cables given they seem to perform as well as the others and aren't overly expensive. I take your point about their feel but a headless panther and a "no" recommendation seems a...

Oh, I see. Yeah, I am not great at the EE/math side of this, so I assume all of that is correct. It's also possible that whatever I'm hearing and labeling as "noise" is really something else (recording noise or something else altogether). All can say is that to my ears the HD6xxs never...

But I can use the 558s on the lowest gain setting which keeps the noise floor down, whereas on the 6xx I have to use the second gain getting which pushes up the noise. That said, I don’t use the 558s all that often for listening because I usually use them for silent practice with my piano on the...

Really, it was just the A30. The phones and the DAC were fine. I had to bump up the gain on the A30 to properly drive the HD6xxs and that raised the noise floor in a way that irritated me. I replaced the D30 now as well, but that just circumstance. I also have a pair of HD558 which are like...

I ended up going a different direction. Sweetwater had the RME ADI-2 DAC FS on sale, like $250 off. So, I went for that. Now I've got an updated DAC, a nice headphone amp and my system is fully balanced (except to the headphones). Thanks again tp everyone for their help and suggestions.

You could well be right. I think the issue for me, regarding my current amp (the A30,) is that I have to click up the gain to adequately power the phones and as such the noise floor comes up too. So the problem is really the raised noise floor rather than absolute power itself? Not sure, I may...