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  1. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    Good! Then I helped calibrate how we hear different, and achieved my goal. I prefer the HD 800S too, but the HD 800 is what I have. It’s great for gaming, and I can listen to an album with it, but I wouldn’t want anything brighter. Yeah I bought that when I saw it on sale… but I haven’t had...
  2. Evshrug

    Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'

    Was it weird to use spoilers to organize and expand the different sections?
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  3. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    Yep! The earcup entry port is still balanced, 2.5mm TRRS. As far as dual entry being “better…” I’m going to go out on a limb and say it’s a little better to use dual entry cables (two 2.5mm TRRS plugs). With the single-entry style, the other earcup is fed by a cable running inside the headband...
  4. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    I felt like the HD 599 was too dark, I preferred the older HD 598 and even the Game One over the HD 599. The HD 560S may be too bright to you… it wasn’t harsh to me, so it’s hard to say if the HD 560S would sound harsh to you or not harsh to someone else. It’s not the brightest sounding...
  5. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    I have a 4.4mm to XLR4 adapter, it works really well because the pentaconn tip fits right inside. I prefer this to other cables designed to be modular, because at least one tip is hard-soldered to the cable. You can adapt balanced to single ended (in fact many cables are wired balanced but...
  6. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    Music listening notes (with Apogee Groove dongle DAC and Apple Music Hi Res) added via edit: https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/drop-grell-oae1-signature-headphones.27216/review/33836/
  7. Evshrug

    Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'

    @Trinkle I don't feel like it's less detailed. It's really detailed! Sometimes it does seem like male vocals are less forward than female ones. I didn't notice much till 2am tonight though, so my fatigue may be a factor. I also didn't notice till I saw the graph... interesting.
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  8. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    Best of luck! I was ready to use my credit card… but I just received an unexpected expense, gotta love ‘em Whether you were joking or not, I honestly do think some people will/have already. But, it’s a good reminder that I meant to describe what that sounds like in my review. Here’s my notes...
  9. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    “I’m convinced the headphone is out of phase!” Like I said in my review… just looking at the cups it’s not immediately obvious. But looking through the grill, or inside the pad opening, you can see the driver and should know it’s towards the front. But people put the HD 800 on backwards all...
  10. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    I prefer velour too!
  11. Evshrug

    Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'

    @Shane D It’s hard to think about what somebody else won’t like when I do like something… I have to think about things people didn’t like about similar parts in other headphones, like the upper mids in the HD 650, but it’s still blended into the mix of many freqs & instruments playing at once...
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  12. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    Yeah, my listening notes were a massive wall of jumbled thoughts, I’m going to try to cut to the chase. But I’ve been staying up late recently, and frankly after I made dinner I had to fall asleep. That happened tonight too, woke up now but I’ve got a headache. I’ll post a notification in this...
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    Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'

    @Trinkle my very first impression I had it hooked up to my PS5 because that’s what was already set up in front of me, with Creative G5 as DAC and a line out to my Cavalli Liquid Carbon as amp. I hadn’t noticed the G5’s EQ was on and it had a pretty colored V-shaped boost on, obviously the result...
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  14. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    outer diameter about 10cm, inner diameter about 5.5cm, at least according to the middle of my tape measure. I left my calipers at my day job, someone else will need them to make eyeglasses properly! According to Axel, who I also count as an expert, the physical attributes of the sound waves DO...
  15. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    Apparently they're going to refund shipping, even international shipping, so that's cool! TAX (including Value Added Tax) will still apply though... gotta pay Caesar his due! I posted my review, I'm going to be adding in a condensed version of my listening notes and gear comparisons throughout...
  16. Evshrug

    Review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'

    The grell OAE1 was not what I was expecting. At first, when news that Axel Grell was making an analog, open back wired headphone, I thought it was squarely within his wheelhouse, the perfect move to show what grell is best at. But the show impressions on prototypes started trickling in, and it...
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  17. Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones

    Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones

    SPECS Headphones Drop + grell Headphone type: Open-back Ear coupling: Over-ear Drivers: Biocellulose dynamic drivers Sound characteristic: Front oriented diffuse field equalization Adaption to the individual hearing curve: Soundfield pinna interaction Nominal impedance: 38 ohms Frequency...
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    • bass comfortable grell open soundstage
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    • Category: Over-Ear
  18. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    (Tonight is probably going to be a very late night. So was yesterday 😂)
  19. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    I think there’s room for both to coexist. I’ve been hoping for a closed-back HD 660S for years!! The HD 620 is a very different product serving a different use case, I feel. Closed back headphones will sound better than open backed ones in environments with distracting background noise, and...
  20. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    I’m trying to get my review done tonight. Just got off work.
  21. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    Could mean a couple things. Could mean first batch is 1k, could mean “signature” is limited to 1k, etc.
  22. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    I believe it’s actually the opposite… planar drivers don’t have as much excursion, so they have to be relatively larger than dynamic driver types in order to create equivalent air displacement. If you had a dynamic and planar driver of equal size and same enclosure, it’s the planar that would...
  23. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    Yeah… if I find an IEM uncomfortable, it’s immediately dead in the water for me. And I’ve tried dozens of IEMs but none have ever truly felt comfortable or disappeared, merely some felt tolerable. I do appreciate that they’re easier to take on the go, and wireless ones are like an adapter where...
  24. Evshrug

    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    Good thing is I can assure you it sounds drastically different from any IEM. I’m a fan of the build quality: they managed to do metal (aluminum or magnesium? 🤷‍♂️) in such a way that it’s still lightweight, but it looks sleek and doesn’t creak. I also appreciate the design touches for replacing...
  25. Evshrug

    Official Unofficial 8XX Discussion Thread - UPDATE SENNHEISER HAS BEEN SOLD!!! GT(heck)IH

    Aaand that’s a DAC/amp… I don’t really need another DAC/amp, buuuut I used to have the OG Mojo and it sounded really good to me.
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