The 650s are a little more aggressive and absolutely have more bass. The 600s have a bit more of an open/airy sound to them. IMO it's really a preference thing and in my case I prefer the bass increase that the 650s provide.
I ended up going with the Sony KDS-55A2000 it arrived on Monday and I've been enjoying it ever since. Just waiting on Comcast to come and install their HD box next Friday and I think I'll pick up one of the Toshiba HD-XA2's soon. That should cover the video side of things for now.
1) Simple just look at all that guys posts recently he couldn't be a bigger RSA shill if he tried.
2) No idea but it's great free marketing for Ray
3) Yep, welcome to the amazing stupidity of head-fiers
4) Like he wasn't already making enough profit on them
I've heard pretty much all the Ultrasones phones and honestly they are all pretty terrible. While I'm not a big fan of the W5000 they really probably are the best currently available closed phone, which just goes to show the sad state of full-sized headphones (especially closed phones).
Pair of K1000s that I bought from hungrych arrived today. This is my 2nd go around with them, I never should have sold my first pair. Even using just my ppx slam with 6bl7 output tubes they sound absolutely fantastic.
Speaking of my 6528 amp I should be getting it back early next week (I'm hoping Tuesday). I was talking with Mikhail a little while ago about just how over the top for my amp is for headphones. When I have it running 6528s as output tubes total draw on the power supply is about 17 amps
The internals are pretty much what I think most people expected. Pretty similar to the Apollo except 1-dac per channel and some extra power supply filtering.
Yeah I tend to always call him just because I know e-mailing him is so hit or miss. I think he really needs to get the new website up and keep all the prices and options updated on the site. That would cover probably 90% of all the e-mails he gets.