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Interesting. I don't agree (as long as you have a powerful enough amplifier with enough control) but a valid point none the less. I think the biggest weakness will be the variation with volume but I am not sure how strong that is. After Christmas I think we may find out.... I have lots of Fourier transform math to check though to make sure I can invert the response measured with the set of phones you own to be the one measured with the phones you want but it appears to be true.

Actually convolution does capture phase response and impulse response, that's the point over straight equalization. I don't know about "energy storage" but I assume you mean the driver response which again should be captured. My understanding from everyone that I have spoken to is that with the Smyth system they could not tell the difference between the speakers and the headphones which is pretty damning. It's nice to have transducers that naturally do these things but if you can work out a way to get your system to do it anyway (with some work) I can't see why not. Tubes will likely be a bigger issue. I'm thinking it might capture the response at one volume but not at another where the effects will differ slightly. I have already done this with my headphones just through equalization and they all end up sounding about the same (to a lot smaller margin than people would like to believe, and my bet is that the margin is mostly due to technique and equalizer limitations). I've even done it to R10s Anyway it's all fun. I don't expect people to want to buy a "black box"that turns their headphones from one to another but I can at least build myself one

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For me accurate means accurate response (highs included). I prefer my headphones to give as close to ideal response as possible and if I need to equalize them to get rid of highs because the recording has issues (for example most internet radio has noise in the upper register) then so be it. Anyway I listened to the phones for about 45 minutes before I packed them up for my wife to wrap and they are bass heavy and rolled off much like the SE500s though not as bad. They do sound nice though. Things may improve after burn in so I will withhold final judgment until then.

With regards to the output impedance thanks for the replies. If Nate and Justin don't think it'll be an issue so I assume it will not be KirkWall: The amp is SE. Unfortunately it's not balanced. If the review goes well I'm thinking of asking them if they have plans to make the cross feed and functions in a separate box and let people use their own headphone amps.

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hmmm, mine arrived in the mail today. I was planning on waiting until christmas to open them but now I'm worried that if I need to return them I can't wait until then. I had the e500s and bought the W3's on the promise of balanced sound to match my Etys ER4s. If that's the case well maybe it's time to plan for a return (of course I haven't heard them yet).

Sorry if I came across as or dissagreeing that wasn't my intention. The system I was hearing was years ago and in a fairly poorly setup room. For all I know they have something crappy going on now and it wouldn't surprise me. As far as accurate = screechy for a lot of people that is true. The HD650's are laid back and so are many other phones that are supposedly accurate. I'm not saying artificially screechy but "accurate" usually ruins a lot of recordings (For some reason I can look past recording issues as long I know they are there). Flame away.

I'm sure we can work something out.

Well I just got confirmation from SPL USA today that they are going to send me a SPL Phonitor for me to do a review on Head-Case and the other site. Good stuff, all I need to do is give them a CC# as collateral. The only issue I see with this is the fact that the amp has a 9 ohm output impedance which it seems to me would cause some weird responses with low impedance phones (unless their impedance doesn't vary much). I probably won't get it for a couple weeks but hopefully I'll get it before Christmas.

ding ding ding..... buy something halfway decent too.

Well I haven't heard much BC stuff but it has a very rabid following. I had a neighbor growing up that had a pretty amazing BC setup. I remember thinking it looked like crap but sounded very good (I like accurate, which many call screechy). Wow their current DAC is pricey:http://www.bluecircle.com/index.php?menu_id=3159

Headroom Menace?

Quite!

cool! I wonder if it will be op amp mixed with discrete again.

You infringer you!

I want people... you lawyers get all the fun.

I ordered a pair through E-Bay from earphone solutions and with coupon and cash-back got them for 40% off. My wife is giving me then for Christmas though so no tunes until the 25th (well maybe a 30 minute trial).

Sounds like you're one happy guy. When did you get the ATC 50's? I thought you had Gallos. Very nice setup.

Not that rich ones actually: Universal Audio 2192 | Sweetwater.com DSD is likely going to be useless for ever since you can't get a stream from anywhere and who gives a hoot about HDMI for 2 channel? If it was a multichannel DAC that would be a different story.

That post is a bit troubling... Congrats on your new baby Al!

me too

Al, I wish you and your unicorn all the luck in the world. May you have a long and prosperous relationship

Yeah I'd looked at the Korg and they don't appear to have digital outs at least on the portable ones.