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    The hundred dollar Grado model works for me
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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWCCA View Post
    IMHO, this first-post smacks of viral marketing.
    Just for grins, I did a search on his username and discovered he's posted essentially the same message on a number of audio forums...

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnaec View Post
    ... he's posted essentially the same message on a number of (other) forums...
    same with witweew
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    how lame... for the record...

    i've been using Sony 7506s and Realistic LV-10s (which are essentially the same as Koss HV/1As)

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    Whatever happened to the KOSS pro4AAA or AA's?

    I still have some of those.

    Also I have AKG k140's that were a Christmas gift in 1978. Still use them when necessary.

    I am recently becoming interested in some newer cans for the booth and wonder what others are using.

    A DJ friend swears by the Sony MDR700(?). No other experience with recent headphones of the last 20 years.

    Any Help?

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    Longtime Alaskan Low-Fi Guy - E=MC² ±3db

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    Whatever happened to the KOSS pro4AAA or AA's?
    heh... pro4aa's were my first set... bought 'em while saving up for speakers.
    great bass, great isolation, then heavy and tiring... much later made the
    move to some nice sennheisers... still have those.

    Auditioned tube-amp/stax combo, ... wow... but $$$ at the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by grumpy View Post
    heh... pro4aa's were my first set... bought 'em while saving up for speakers.
    great bass, great isolation, then heavy and tiring...
    Then the ear pads dried out or leaked... they sounded OK for their time, but the newer offerings are far better.


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    Quote Originally Posted by toddalin View Post
    I also have AKG 240s and like them very much. Still, I have a hard time getting 5.1 channels out of them.
    Owned AKG 240 for 10 years. Listen to them every day at work. No boom, no sizzle, just right. like studio monitors on your head. And not too expensive either.
    Why buy used when you can build your own?

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    Quote Originally Posted by louped garouv View Post
    how lame... for the record...

    i've been using Sony 7506s and Realistic LV-10s (which are essentially the same as Koss HV/1As)
    I owned HV/1a's for years but they fell apart in many ways. Great sound, poor quality.
    Why buy used when you can build your own?

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    Only looosers bought the Koss. The rest of us discriminating folk went for the Superex from Yonkers, NY! Well, a few of iconoclasts did. And I still have mine, complete with a JBL badge on one side.

    (I think the badges came in the JBL cabinet construction kit?)

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    Only looosers bought the Koss.
    "... and I'm not what I appear to be"

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    Quote Originally Posted by grumpy View Post
    "... and I'm not what I appear to be"
    That ST-Pro B-V; "She was a girl in a million, my friend!"


    Well what do you know! A no-bid pair on Epay last month.


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    oooohhh, looking good supertex.
    but the kosses look good to, imho.

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    this thread turned out rather nicely dont you think?
    hey dre! monster marketing your ...cans!


    cheers,
    mikey

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    the latest Stereophile mag gave a rave recommendation to these

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826402014

    and for listing at $249, thot the $104 at Newegg was outstanding.
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    Great PDF about detail, neutral response and spatial presentation in general...

    ...but Stax Omega II headphones in particular as well. It will definitely explain what the fuss over Stax is about. Note that one implication is that headphone listening is neither two channel nor surround in presentation, but something else all together. I find it closer to reality than either.

    I am tempted to post this in General Audio Discussion instead of a headphone thread. It's implications are broad enough. I think it covers these topics better than any speaker article or paper I have ever read.

    http://www.overclock.net/attachments...ega2review.pdf

    You can save it or open it. It was written by a poster at Head-Fi known as Darth Nut.

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