Support Head-Fi.org by
starting all of your
Amazon.com shopping by
clicking here.
____________________________________________________________________
Today's Featured Head-Fi Blog: Jude's Blog
____________________________________________________________________
Please help
support Head-Fi by becoming a Contributing Member
CLICK
HERE -- Contributing Members, thank you
for your generous support! --
I just sent my order into RMC. This will be my very first set of headphones - I've been using IEMs exclusively for years. My current IEMs are UE11s. I've had some off line correspondence with others saying they think the Ed 9 and UE11s are perfect compliments. Since I can't afford Ed 9s (and didn't want my very first cans to be that expensive, what if i didn't like them or they didn't work for me?) I've decided to take a leap of faith on the HFI 780s. Comments that liken the 780s to Ed 9s are what pushed me over the edge. Hope you all are right.
I'll eventually report back when they arrive, have been burned in and I've had a chance to really listen to them. I expect this will be several weeks...
I spoke with the head of Ultrasone USA today. The HFI780's take what was learned from the Ed 9's, with a different placement of the driver, housing and tuning. It does use a different driver but other than that it is patterned very closely to the Ed 9 headphones, which is a good thing for those who want high quality sound at a medium or lower budget phone cost. I do wonder from having read accounts of the cable what a cable change would do.
__________________
John aka Jam and Jama Photo gallery at:www.pbase.com/jamato8
The one constant in life is change, so will that change?
Feel with your own heart, see with your own eyes and hear with your own ears. Sand is sand no matter where it is found. Listening to: The Greatful Dead, The Closing of Winterland 1978, Fillmore West 1969, Lucinda Williams Favorite headphone: Ultrasone Ed. 9 #1010 Listening to: Predator- an exceptional portable, Woo 6 Modified-pseudo dual PS, iBasso D2 Boa, the new Xin Reference Portable amp ratings: *1. a. Xin Reference 12,000uf, b. RSA Predator*2. iBasso P2 *2. Micro IV*3. Mini IV *3. SR71 *4. D1 iBasso upgraded amp *5. iBasso P1 (upgraded opamps) *6. C & C Box (good decay, tilted up high frequency, slightly synthetic) *8 iBasso T1 *9. iBasso T2*10. XTRA X-1 (warm not neutral, very musical) *11. LD M+ These amps are enjoyable to listen to and present a slightly different interpretation of the musical signal. Portable monitor ratings: *1. PortaPros, KSC35 (modified-a great value) *2. Amadana P-117 bamboo *3. UM2 (respond to top quality amplification but I don't enjoy their sound) *4. OVC 8+ Source: iRiver H130,140, D303 optical out, D-EJ955, D-EJ1000, D-EJ2000, 25s, 25, D-303, D-777 and others (optical out if available) Digital Conversion: Altoid tin Monica Dac I, Altoid tin Monica II Asynchronous Reclocking Dac. Headphone Amplifiers: iBasso D1, IV Micro, IV Mini, Xin Reference, SM3B, SuperMacro V LE, SM3 V6 Xin (IV all switches), XRTA X-1, LD Micro +, LD Micro Tube, C&C Box, iBasso P1, P2, D1, D2, Woo 3 Modified-Siemens 6922 driver, 7236 power tube, Woo 6 Modified Pseudo dual PS - Headphones: Ultra Ed. 9, HD650, Ultrasone 750, HFI780, PortaPro modified, KSC35, Equation RP-21, Westone UM2
These are more up front, but I don't think they're in your face like Grados. They're aggressive, but from maybe the second row instead of climbing onstage. I don't like in your face sound, but I enjoyed the HFI-700s sound, and these are probably similar in that aspect I would guess (by all means feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though).
I really should stop chiming in since I don't have direct experience with these specifically.
Hmm... So kinda in between the HD580 and the Grado sound sig?
Sounds good...
__________________
Team 15-year-old-Fi
Headphones: Etymotic ER6i, Audio Technica AD700, Beyerdynamic DT880, AKG K701
Sources: Audigy 2 ZS, Beresford TC-7510 Mk III, Rockboxed iRiver H120, Samsung YP-Z5
Ampage: GoVibe V6, Little Dot MK II
Music: Gomez, Radiohead, Wilco, Diana Krall, Pink Floyd, Explosions In the Sky
^They will not match your UE11s. I hope you know that...but they will be good after a good burn-in.
i personally think no IEM can match the sound of a good full-sized headphone. technically in sq yea but not in enjoyment of sound since fullsized cans give you a much larger speaker-like presentation that cannot be matched by tiny drivers placed so close to your eardrum.
i would never use an iem at home. and vastly prefer my full-sized cans over my earbuds/iems.
I tried both the PL750 and PL2500 and just couldn't get used to the S Logic. It's a shame really because both had a lot of good qualities that I like in a headphone. Is the S Logic Plus supposed to be better than plain old S Logic?
Originally Posted by MaloS
I don't get not being able to get used to S-Logic...its pretty trivial sounding, and pretty effective at what it does, very nice. It is not the S-Logic that I found to be bothersome O.o
x2...
Originally Posted by fraseyboy
Hmm... So kinda in between the HD580 and the Grado sound sig?
Sounds good...
this kinda hard to explained, have you ever heard K81dj/K518dj before ? if you do then, add more soundstaging there, more forward mid, more impact/agressive (i dont know what you ppl call about this one) on every detailed from sound instruments, deep bass response (20hz, oh my...)...this bass very tight and well controlled not bloated or even muddy on the mid bass, great impact though... and that are from what i've heard comming out from my DJ1... very forgiving cans...
i personally think no IEM can match the sound of a good full-sized headphone. technically in sq yea but not in enjoyment of sound since fullsized cans give you a much larger speaker-like presentation that cannot be matched by tiny drivers placed so close to your eardrum.
i would never use an iem at home. and vastly prefer my full-sized cans over my earbuds/iems.
Custom IEMs can do things substantially better than regular IEMs, and the detail retrieval / instrument separation, allowing for a more life-like presentation of instruments in space is top-notch in customs - while most 'good' full-size cans can't really do it until you reach similar price range. So it is between impact and believability of space queues...
__________________ Thinkpad T61 14.1" -> Stax SRM-252A -> Stax SR-003 Team Dispel the Myth.
)...this bass very tight and well controlled not bloated or even muddy on the mid bass, great impact though...
and that are from what i've heard comming out from my DJ1...
very forgiving cans...
