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No doubt, that $65 price is a knockout. I just posted a review of the 551s compared to the new Head-Direct RE2s. I like them both. And I also like the smaller form factor of the 551s over the C700s, which always seemed too large to me. You should really try some Complys. I should send you a pair, on the slow boat.
Update - after about 20 hours of burn-in, the harshness I detected on certain music with the C751s has been reduced significantly. These are still definitely forward sounding headphones, but I am much happier with their sound now.
One other point - I swapped the ear pieces with those from my old Senn CX300s. Even though they look almost identical, the CX300s ear pices fit *much* better than the Denons, and really made the bass tick up a notch or two (the only other thing that I was less than thrilled about in my initial impression of the C751s).
I think we have a winner here ...
Originally Posted by jrbdmb
After living with the Senn CX300s for about a year, I finally decided that it was time for an upgrade, and the current deal on the C751s was too good to pass up.
After listening to them to a few hours, I am generally pleased with the sound, esp. the nice tight bass compared to the boom-boom of the CX300s. My only concern is the midrange/treble. These are certainly more forward than the CX300s, and remind me a bit of the HD595s; they sound great on most vocals / classical / jazz.
However, on some songs the C751s are just *too* forward and become irritating. I esp. notice this on older material which tends to be more mid-rangey to begin with; I remember switching to an old Dave Clark Five song (circa 1964) on my IPod Classic and thinking "damn, this sounds crappy".
So, will the sound signature of these change significantly and I use them a bit more, or am a just finding out that better IEMs reveal a poorly balanced recording more than the IEMs I used before?
Update - after about 20 hours of burn-in, the harshness I detected on certain music with the C751s has been reduced significantly. These are still definitely forward sounding headphones, but I am much happier with their sound now.
One other point - I swapped the ear pieces with those from my old Senn CX300s. Even though they look almost identical, the CX300s ear pices fit *much* better than the Denons, and really made the bass tick up a notch or two (the only other thing that I was less than thrilled about in my initial impression of the C751s).
I think we have a winner here ...
That's pretty much what I went through. With some burn in and proper amping these became brilliant portable cans (a bit bass heavy though). My ears adjusted a fair bit to the sound as well - I was never a big treble fan before.
Picked up the AH-C700 from Fry's for about $60-ish. I had the AH-D1001 before, but I always find that full-size headphones make my ears too hot. Anyway, I've been trying various tips from other earbuds I've bought over the years and the Denons been good to me so far. Here's my solution for the lack of a carrying case.
Hi guys, I today recieved my new C700s, as iHeadphones only got them in stock yesterday...
First impressions, with my Shuffle, are OK. The trebles are a bit muffled, but that is cus I need to get used to them, and no EQ tweaks yet. The bass is awesome, I don't need anymore. The detail is impressive, but I feel that the Shuffle isn't quite good enough for these, I will see as time progresses.
From what I can see, they are very well built. I am worried they might scratch though, can somebody run up on this?
Treble was harsh after I first received them but after 10 hours of burning-in with pink noise, it started to smoothen out. It seems that from this thread, these phones need at least 100 hours of good burning in before it reveals its true potential.
Treble was harsh after I first received them but after 10 hours of burning-in with pink noise, it started to smoothen out. It seems that from this thread, these phones need at least 100 hours of good burning in before it reveals its true potential.
What player do you have? I received mine today (hardly off my ears since lunchtime), I found the treble to be fine, plenty detail and sweet on iAudio 7, EQ flat.
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