Member Reviews: Ultrasone Edition 8 Ruthenium

For some years now I've been pondering a good transportable headphone rig, including a good pair of closed cans.  I tried the ED9s twice and was disappointed that I didn't feel they were any improvement over the Denon D5000s I had at the time, especially with the S-Logic making the sound more as if it were in my head than other headphones. With reports that the ED8s were more neutral, I decided to give them a go.   As much as I tried to like these headphones, all I got was bass overwhelming everything else and very average resolution regardless of whether I used an iPod or high-end gear. While the sound signature might be ok for pop or the like, it was hopeless for jazz...

Hey guys, it's me Triple8Fidelity. This is my first review and also venture into head-fi.   First of all, i'm a music student at Monash University specializing in 'cello. I listen to a lot of  classical music works, many which I have played in e.g. Beethoven's 9th, Carmina Burana, Elgar cello concerto as a soloist and Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker suite to name a few.   In short, I am a perfectionist for true musical reproduction seeking to get the sound of a recital or concerthall performance through a pair headphones or speakers.   I predominantly listen to music through a pair of B&W 802ds amped up with Musical Fidelity Nu Vistas, however with the...

Here is the deal. I really don't care how they look. I don't care how they are built (they are headphones for god-sakes). I don't care if they smudge or whatever else. So you won't see me wasting your time reading about that stuff.    I will tell you that on their own, these headphones are good. That is until I made two very big improvements that made these lift off to the moon!   I started listening exclusively to MOG with is at 320 kbps but more importantly than that, it allows me to find really, really good recordings.    Secondly, I bought the bel canto 1.5 DAC/headphone amp. Sweet baby jesus, I could not believe what I was hearing. Frankly, I...

This headphone has outstanding Design and Perfomance. Very balanced and natural sound one thing i have to talk about is its ear pad. this earpad is just attatched with double side tape............... I can't believe that they just used tape to hold them...and it is over $1000 headphone..... but it sounds the best out of my portable system.