Posts by Mad Lust Envy

That I don't completely agree with. The CAL has quite a bit more bass than the 880. That and the fact that they are closed makes the bass bounce off the cuos and resonate, giving them a fuller, more enveloping level of bass, whereas open...

Trying to keep from shaking my head...

Nothing clamps like the 280s, but the Beyer Pro models do clamp quite a bit. Better off getti g the Premiums which don't clamp much.

If the DT880 is bass shy, dont bother with the Senns, which have even less. How much money can you afford to pay? If the 880 is bass shy to you, perhaps the 990 Pro will fit your needs.

The CAL is closed and presents music quite differently from the Sennheiser 558 and 598. CaL is bassy, quite warm and musical. The Seens are much more balanced and airy, but dont have the bass of the CAL by a longshot. For gaming, the...

The MD sounds great off my Compass 2 running off the Sabre ES9018 dac chip through spdif. Very clean sound, and neutral. Just swapping from my Marantz receiver to my Compass 2 gave tbe MD better instrument separation and cleaner sound....

The only burn in I believe and have experienced is brain burn in. I've heard countless headphones, and the burn in nonsense needs to stop. Your own brain and ears are a much bigger factor than the microscopic amount of changes in a...

Those pads are starting to scare me.

That's because the HD598 is mid rich, and most music is in the mids. The X1 is tipped upwards in the bass and treble, so mids are pushed back for most of the spectrum.

It's just odd that such a dark-voiced headphone can have sometimes harsh, artificial treble. At least it's not really fatiguing. It's just.... you can tell that it's off. I don't even blame the MD. Almost every headphone I've heard...