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02-23-2008, 01:48 PM
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I'm at 195 hours now. The sibilance or slight brightness (same thing to me) is unchanged, not worse, not gone, not too bad. It does nothing to take away from the enjoyment of these cans.
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I feel exactly the same way, and mine are over 300 hours.
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02-23-2008, 03:50 PM
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HFI-780 vs Beyerdynamic DT990 (New version.) ?
I'd like to know if someone has compared the 780s with the DT990s (the new version.) ?
Which one would be better for Heavy, Prog and Symphonic Metal ? (I know that the 990s are very good but I'm wondering if the 780s are on par ?)
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02-23-2008, 04:10 PM
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I do think it is better for Rock then the Denon's and I own the D2000 as well and still like it but this Can, to me. is more suited to Rock as it has more forward mids and is a more aggressive sound, I just compared to D2000 and the D2000 sounded so soft compared to the Ultrasone HFI 780.
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This is exactly how I feel about my Edition 9 compared to the D2000. I know that the D2000 is recommended for rock but they really come out as soft when compared with Edition 9. I've listened to some AC/DC recently and there is no question which can I prefer.
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02-23-2008, 04:55 PM
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Interesting pair of 'phones anyone know what their retail price is in Europe?
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02-23-2008, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by FrederikS|TPU
Interesting pair of 'phones anyone know what their retail price is in Europe?
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List price in Europe is €195.
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02-23-2008, 05:33 PM
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This is exactly how I feel about my Edition 9 compared to the D2000. I know that the D2000 is recommended for rock but they really come out as soft when compared with Edition 9. I've listened to some AC/DC recently and there is no question which can I prefer.
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I definitely agree with this. The D2000's are too polite!
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02-23-2008, 05:41 PM
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Has anyone compared the HFI780 to the CD780?
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02-23-2008, 06:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pfillion
I'd like to know if someone has compared the 780s with the DT990s (the new version.) ?
Which one would be better for Heavy, Prog and Symphonic Metal ? (I know that the 990s are very good but I'm wondering if the 780s are on par ?)
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I'd like to hear that comparison as well. I have the old version DT990, the 250 ohm. I read that skylab has the 600 ohm version.
Not sure who has the new version.
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02-23-2008, 06:31 PM
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I wasn't going to say anything about this till I got them, but I have the FIRST PAIR of OFFICIAL ALO RE-CABLED HFI780 WITH DIODE REMOVED, which already shipped to me on the 20th. ALO is AHEAD OF THE CURVE on this one guys.
They should be here today or Monday and they reportedly sound fantastic with only 36 hours on them to make sure they could handle a lot of power. This basically voids the warrantee on the drivers of course, as the board likely protects them from too much power. But they seem pretty hardy without the diode board.
ALO should be announcing these this weekend, and if I understand correctly, you buy the HFI780 from them already modded - not send yours in. It would be logical to assume that, because they have no idea how abused your old ones might be, and if they die would not want to be blamed either way. I'm awaiting the offical word from Ken this weekend, so check out the ALO vendor forums for news.
Cheers!
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02-23-2008, 08:13 PM
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Crikey, aren't you the sly devil, Larry! 
Single or dual-entry?
Fair to say that this effectively doubles the price of admission?
Looking forward to your findings...
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02-23-2008, 08:17 PM
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I'm wondering if others would agree that the HFI-780's are good for for rock like Foo Fighters, Muse, some punk, prog rock, metal, and math rock (modern rock in general). Personally I really enjoy the Grado sound signature, so the sibilance of these sound like it won't be much of a problem at all. Again, I'm just finding that my D2000's are too polite in the bass impact, and the midrange at times seems sucked out. I guess...would HFI-780's be comparable to the closed version of Grado's?
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02-23-2008, 08:27 PM
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Quote:
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I'm wondering if others would agree that the HFI-780's are good for for rock like Foo Fighters, Muse, some punk, prog rock, metal, and math rock (modern rock in general).
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Let me start out by saying I've been a lurker and I'm a headphone noob.
I got my pair of 780s a few days ago and they've been burning in ever since (only 40ish hours on them so far). They're my first pair of "real" headphones so I can't compare them to anything. I do have a pair of Shure 530s, but I won't even embarass myself trying to compare them. That said, I do love these things. Plenty of bass, nice midrange. I like them. I just threw in some Foo Fighters and Muse and they sound great to me on these cans (take that for what it's worth while noting my first sentence). I really like these with trance and electronica...Crystal Method sounds very nice.
As I sad, I'm a noob and have no basis for comparison to other cans, but I like them a lot. I had noticed some changes over the first couple hours , but not much since then. My ears either suck, I'm immune to psychoacoustics or again, I'm a noob.
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02-23-2008, 08:32 PM
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Quote:
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Let me start out by saying I've been a lurker and I'm a headphone noob.
I got my pair of 780s a few days ago and they've been burning in ever since (only 40ish hours on them so far). They're my first pair of "real" headphones so I can't compare them to anything. I do have a pair of Shure 530s, but I won't even embarass myself trying to compare them. That said, I do love these things. Plenty of bass, nice midrange. I like them. I just threw in some Foo Fighters and Muse and they sound great to me on these cans (take that for what it's worth while noting my first sentence). I really like these with trance and electronica...Crystal Method sounds very nice.
As I sad, I'm a noob and have no basis for comparison to other cans, but I like them a lot. I had noticed some changes over the first couple hours , but not much since then. My ears either suck, I'm immune to psychoacoustics or again, I'm a noob.
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Thanks for your input!
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Sluffo, are you running the 780s off an amp?
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02-23-2008, 08:39 PM
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ALO HFI-780 Mod & Recable Thread on Head-Fi
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