Also, Iāve been listening to the Asgard today as I donāt yet have a balanced cable to play a borrowed set of Audeze on my Liquid Plat. Every time I go back to the Asgard I think āDamn, this is such a good amp for $200.ā
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@WaveTheory And Iām already full of cake (and my homemade reubens with sister and daughter.) VERY tempting. and thanks for the birthday wishes. Iāve been around a long time; have sung, played, conducted and listened to a LOT of music, but I have never enjoyed listening as much as I do now. All this technology and refinement of equipment, streaming at the touch of a keyboard and Amazing level of detail, richness and overall quality is absolutely wonderful to me, who started out with monaural 78ās!!
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Cool. I can appreciate what you say. Iāve always loved music and audio. It got even crazier when I first got a Tidal subscription. Then the music I could listen to was no longer constrained by what my album/file-buying budget could allow. I went even deeper into audiophilia. No regrets.
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Wait till you listen to Tidal through Roonā¦
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āand thatās about the time she walked away from me!ā
Nice write-up! 
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Good stuff. You made me love my 880ās even more now lmao. Thanks for nipping my curiosity quite nicely, you saved me from some buyers remorse 
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I appreciate the words, but also thereās no substitute for your own ears.
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Thatās the thing about not having the option of ever getting to demo stuff. I just try to work with whatās said and what I know fro my own experiences. I am bad with this audiophile descriptions on how something sounds but I can grasp what you said about the 880 and it feels inline with my own experience. To that effect I feel Iād be somewhat disappointed. Maybe if I didnāt have the 880s but who knows?
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I hear you on that. I also have to buy sight unseen. Some big disappointments, but the 880ās are not one of them. 
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A downside to my DT880/600 - Asgard 3 combo: Some recordings simply are better than others. Iāve been able to hear the difference before, but now the difference is in greater relief. I am becoming pickier. And thereās no way to predict which will be good or bad: listening on Tidal to different versions of, say the same Bach cantata, I find meaningful differences in recording quality, but information like record labels or orchestras donāt predict the sound.
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That can happen sometimes lol, more information is both a good and bad thing to have
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@dcofficehack I find the same thing is true with my Sundaras.
I am fussier about timbre, proper balance between instruments, and especially hall resonance. Good problem to haveā¦most of the time! 
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Guys, I know this thread seems to be inactive at the moment but, any suggestions for a possible new ear pad replacement for the DT880 Pros? because the stock pads of mine in terms of its comfort are losing and itās getting a bit hard to be placed on my ears.
Either just buy stock or go grab Dekoni Elite velours as they are thicker
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I would buy the Dekoni Elites if they are available here in the first place, at least my country sells Brainwavz here but I am afraid it might alter the sounds of my DT880 if I bought a Brainwavz ear pads.
if you dont wanna aler the sound stock is your best bet
So Iāve been going back and forth between my dt 880/990s 600 ohm for the past month powered by a mag 3+ and they are both absolutely phenomenal. For gaming, I find myself using the 990s more because of the noticably wider soundstage over the 88s and the laser sharp imaging. The detail reproduction is amazing on the 880s and I donāt really find the bass all that lacking when I play songs that I know have low end throughout.
Looking at whether itāll be worth it to save up for a lyr or go right ahead for the asgard. Is it a big enough of an improvement for these cans?
I love the stock pads on the DT 880ās theyāre so comfy, are there any velours as comfy as the stock pads or any other pads as comfy as these??