Rick,

I'd be for the closed back version as well. I was just excited at the idea of multiple models of headphones by GET! That seems like big news!!

Cheers,

T Cobe

Check out Mr. Speakers. All of his designs use planar magnetic drivers and are known to be very fast and neutral. I own the Mad Dogs, which are no longer sold as Dan, the founder has moved on to in-house designs. The company got started modding Fostex headphones and then 3D printing new driver enclosures and then on to their own designs. The fact that he went from modding headphones on a message board to a legit hi-fi headphone company should speak to the quality of his headphones.

Ok all, I'm now the proud owner of a Chord Mojo powering Sennheiser HD800-S's ! After demo-ing most of the cans recommended here and on other forums.

This simple combination does it for me.

If you're a bass heard (some Triton owners are) then the HD800's and HD800-S's probably won't do it for you. Mind you, these are brand new, so might take time for the bass to open up more.

But the mid range and high's really do it for me and they're really comfortable to wear.

The Mojo's designer really prefers the Toslink input (RF and galvanic isolation etc) over USB (unless you have galvanic isolation of the USB like Intona etc) so I use an optical cable direct from the iMac (which takes a 3.5mm optical plug). The Mojo is stated to eliminate all incoming jitter and PC noise is eliminated by the galvanic isolation of the optical connection. So no noise, no jitter makes for a really easy and high quality desktop setup. There's only a single downside to the Toslink connection via the iMac - limited to 24/96 so anything above that get's down-sampled. In my case Roon is doing the down-sampling and I'm fine with that.

The Dac/amp has enough power for the volumes I listen at. I've tried it with big and powerful headphone amps and didn't find a dedicated amp was needed for the volumes I listen at.

This really blows the Oppo PM-1 and HA-1 setup that I had, in terms of high freq detail.

I may get an Intona or Olimex USB isolator (the latter recommended by Chord's Dac designer himself) and use the microUSB connection of the Mojo, to enable DSD upsampling via Roon.

The thing I love best (besides the comfort and high freq) is that the overall balance from low end to high freq is exactly as it is with my Tritons setup. I get a lot of people telling me to turn my subs up higher but that's just the balance I like lol. But the bass levels for these cans (with the Mojo) are dead on perfect for how I have my Triton subs set, without any EQ required. Couldn't be happier.

PS: Pics to come once my headphone stand arrives next week !

Enjoy Em84!!
I think the Mojo go a long ways to make lesser sounding sources sound MUCH better, I have read a lot about it. It was made for folks who only have a mobile phone or laptop as a source.
But I would not have chosen the Senns. That is why the market is so big and diverse, different sounds appeal to different folks.
And your choice reminds me of the futility of our trying to recommend equipment (likely music as well) to others, as a bass head like me needs/wants a different sound than you do.
But it is great that you found your dream system. That is all that matters, ENJOY!!!!!
God Bless,
Wayne

Oh...FYI. Has anyone heard about the new FOCAL offerings? The Elear seems to be a rather awesome headphone. It is getting lots of good press. I will try to audition these. I might have found my next upgrade. Either these or the HiFiMan Edition X V2. (both at the $1,000.00 price arena)