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Despite its size and weight you hardly notice it on the ears - for against the sound is stunning - in the string quartets of Beethoven we see precisely where exactly is each musician in the room and in a more modern register - The Avener for example - low in the womb can feel

Use imperatively with a headphone amp - the Beyerdynamic A20 fits the bill and an Ipod is fine as a source if it is connected with the original Apple AV cable (40 :-( but either) for that cable takes sound directly the Ipod without going through the amplification of the iPod (iPod volume on biensur do not produce results in this configuration - the volume can only be set on the amp).