Tired after 6 hours of research in Head-fi. Can you please let me know how it features with HD 700?
1961971
Can't really answer how the combination of the Fiio E17 matches up with the HD 700 head phones. If your're going to spend that much on headphones I would suggest checking out the DAT's and Amps on HeadRoom @ www.headphones.com
1961972
Well I jut use them with my Band and Olufsen H6 that are high fidelity headphones. They improve the performance of my headphone for sure its a complete difference. I use as source my Mac book pro and a optical cable. I love it but be careful not to get the volume to high you can damage your headphones. So buy it but, be careful of not pushing your headphones to the limit.
1961973
I use this with the HD 650 (300 ohm), this amplify the sound for weaker media players that can't provide much output power to the headphones, or to complement media players that need an extra boost in power output. This also provides a bass and treble boost if desired.
1961974
It works great. Plenty of power and it has some adjustments that are nice to use at times as well. I use AKG 702 and they work great infact I liked it so much that I got it for my son to work with his HD 700 and they work great.
797287
I have a samsung tablet and a pair of beyerdynamic dt770s which run at 250ohms. The amp is needed to drive them and it more than does the job. Totally different with them at such a cheap price. Actual sound is comparable to systems costing 5 to 10 times as much.
2032969
I have no idea. I didn't keep them long enough to learn anything like that, I switched to another brand of headphones. That was another thing that really bothered me about them, the manual/documentation is horrible and I could not find any info online for help.
671473
15 - 28,000 Hz is the frequency response. The comfort is good, it's not great. It's definitely a step up from the ATH-m50. I guess it really has to do with your head size. My head is huge - it's about a large in helmet size - so with a smaller head, it should be a lot better.
2163033
Hey Jason, I cannot compare the two since I only have the HD7084. All the stations I receive are within 40 miles and the land is flat here in Florida. Good luck.
1184798
There are literally a ton of options, but I can't recommend the FiiO E10K highly enough. It runs around 75 bucks and gives you a very clinical sound. There's others like the Bravo Ocean that are excellent, but they're tube amps, which will alter the sound a bit to prefer warmth. While I personally like a warm sound signature, I'd rather get that out of my headphones, not the amplifier. Amps shouldn't color the sound, it should only make it louder to power higher impedance headphones. Now, if you want something that you'll plug both the headphones and microphone into (most onboard sound cards don't do so well with the microphone input), I'd look into the Omni by Creative, which hovers at the same 75 bucks as the FiiO. That's my two cents, hope it helps!
1235575
I suggest first you refer to your receiver manual and tweak from there. if you use it for music and movies you may have more than one setting. it will be trial and error and you might have to make more adjustments after the break in period. good luck and enjoy!
307111
All of what has already been said, AND, the headphone link is very noisy. Mine is anyway. Buzzes...hums... Same with two different inputs, two different power sources, no matter where it is placed. It's not an enviromentally induced noise...it's the converter.
2044636
Not great, in all honesty if you're looking for more bass go with with the hd280pro's. the HD555's are no slouch, but they're meant to be a natural warm listening experience, not bass heavy. I do think they're balanced but wouldn't mind just a tad more low end, and they'd be perfect, but I prefer the open ear design (kinda seems to keep ears a little cooler vs closed designs as well. I altered the 555 to 595 mod (youtube) by punching a few holes into the rectangular pads hidded on the inside of the cans to help a tiny bit with bass response, without removing them all together (your ears will become treble fatigued with them totally removed, if you listen at higher levels, I've found.. especally if you use an external amplifier for that added punch)
246742
I haven't heard the hd650 but these have a massive sennheiser veil. They are such dull sounding headphones because of the veil that i am shocked at how popular they are. I couldn't wait to get rid of mine.
916983
I would agree that the sound quality goes down a bit after about 75 on a complex or bass heavy track, but it is damn loud at 70. I would get complaints in my apt if I listened to it at 60-65 for more than a short period of time and I can be pretty loud here. If you're looking feel the base at a really loud setting, look for a solid 2.1 system, but I think this is a solid choice for clarity, and base up to a modestly, not get kicked out of your apartment volume level and price.
171988
Iv found you can get the bass pretty high well low :p and iv had them extremely high volume wile testing tho i leave it in matrix mode due to it sounds clearer and more even wile still getting the surround sound effect.
935836
Yep. I really like mine. Maybe look at your windows settings? Ensure stereo is enabled?
551256
I think that many of us (Me!) would love to hear what others feel about Mr. Timofei's statement that the S700 has "CD Direct" which makes "a huge difference in the sound." If that's so,...I certainly want a 700 rather than a 500 or a 300. How do you 300 and 500 owners feel?!
554234
I just bought it & have Windows 7. It works fine except it has a hum that I can't get rid of. I've played with the gain button & the mic volume, but it's still there. Any suggestions?
1659097
Check out head-fi.org there are many discussions that will help. The HP-P1 a great piece of kit.
2021299
I just bought a Mcintosh MHA100 DAC/AMP and it is brilliant with the HD600. It completely changed the performance and took it to a level that in my opinion was better than $1800 cans I tried. If you like tubes Woo Audio WA7 has some excellent feedback