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i heard the cheaper events (BAS 20/20), so yeah not really comparable to the focals. they didnt have the detailed 'hifi' sound which the focals had, just big bruisers really. the krks i actually tried in a different shop, and straight from my iphone so not really a fair comparison but they also...

2 months ago I decided to upgrade my speakers and amp. Budget was about £1000-2000. After trying more than a dozen speakers from kef, monitor audio, q acoustics, mordant short, b&w, Dali, rega and tannoy, and not being completely convinced by any of them, I almost gave up. Then I decided to...

thanks J2c, those ae compacts look pretty suitable. i think im going to keep the focals though - left it too long to return them and realised i might not get any better sound after going to the effort of changing them for a mini seperates sytem.

Hi everyone, I have a dacmagic plus and mj acoustics sub and have been looking for a speaker system for my desk: my old speakers and amp are just too large. i bought a set of focal xs books which were great but then realised i couldnt really integrate them properly with the sub. so ive been...

i decided to go with the hd650 in the end. i think they are better purely because they are open headphones: their massive soundstage gives them a '3D' sound (almost like listening to a pair of speakers), whilst the k550 had a more closed-off sound which was tiresome to listen to. still the k550s...

Well thanks again everyone for your help. I decided to order both the k550 and the hd650: I can return them within 7 days so seems the best way to properly try both and see which is best for me. Quadpatch from all my research it seems the k550 have pretty good isolation (compared to denon AH-D...

Ok thanks Andy. Quadpatch: seeing as how my dacmagic plus is already a little bright sounding (sometimes painfully so), do you not think it will cause problems when used with the q701s? This is something I really want to avoid - my sennheiser 555s already give me this problem.

Thanks everyone for your help. When I posted this I certainly didn't expect a response from the editor - cheers Andy. If you do read this post again, would you still recommend the k550 (when the q701 is available for only £280?). I imagine the k550 is simply more suited to my dacmagic plus?

Hi everyone,I bought a dacmagic plus 4 months ago, which I've been using with my old sennheiser hd555s. I am impressed with the sound, but do find it a little bright with distortion/sibilance at high frequencies, and perhaps a lack of excitement. That said I love the detail, realism, and wide...

you could get a dacmagic plus and the optional bt100 bluetooth reciever: http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/summary.php?PID=872&Title=DacMagic%20Plus%20Digital%20to%20Analogue%20converter i know its probably way out of your budget, but if you can save up i promise its worth it: whilst an ipod dock...