Posts by Finnegans

Quote: Originally Posted by John Willett  I find the HD 800 neutral and not bright.   Completely agree - with neutral amp and source HD800 translate music as it is.  

From MixOnline:   Quote: While lows don’t have the thump of a sub moving air in a room (Prince’s 3121 helped with this bit of evaluation), the HD 800s are true and not hyped. The midrange is very smooth if slightly...

Try a soft dust cloth for glasses, LCD-screens, etc. – should help. I believe that some special cleaning liquid may be applied, but you must determine the nature of the smudge first. HD800 manual says that “all externally visible...

Interesting... I bought a pair of HD800 almost a year ago and they still look flawlessly, just the same as brand new, being in use every day though. Alkantara proved to be very enduring material - earpads are still in exellent conditon...

  I can strongly recommend HD800 for almost any classical music lover, but with (at least) two exceptions. There are people who just prefer “dark” sound; There are people who listen to old (archival)...

Half of my digital library is copied to three separate drivers (one external), so its x3 back up, but the other half is not (yet).

    Quote: I'm wondering about what studio monitors are best for normal listening(music, games, movies). None and any.

    Quote: What makes those manufacturers any more serious than the rest (other than Adam and Genelec cost a lot more...)?? We are talking about studio monitors here, and these brands make outstanding...

    Quote: Do yourself a favor - compare a bunch of players - say foobar / uLilith / XXHighEnd / Reclock, and come back telling me that Reclock and foobar sound the same.       I have...

  I’d recommend you to look into serious manufactures – Adam, Genelec, JBL, Mackie. And getting an absorption panel behind each monitor will remove the problem with positioning them close to a wall.