On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 17:59, Chris Pickett wrote: > I had a pair of K141's, and I had to crank the headphone control on my > mixer to 10/10 (with per-channel levels at 0 db). With 271S's and > anything else, louder than 5/10 is actually painful. But, I really > loved the sound of the K141's as well (they fell apart eventually). > > By the way, is any old leather softener fine for the ear pieces? I find > that the hardened leather hurts my ears after a while. > > Chris I have a pair of K141's as well, I use them for pretty much everything. They are hard to drive, but I have an amp so I don't really care. :) I like the sound of them over almost any set of 'phones I've heard though... -DR-