Hahaha wow, no worries mate. I tend to keep it on podcast mode for a more neutral frequency response. Have a great day!

It all started with finding a solution to late night TV watching without disturbing the wife and kid. Being on call till 6am for my job as an emergency roadside breakdown car mechanic means there are quiet times that need filling in on occasions. With technology moving at a frightening pace...

I think great details can be broken down into two elements in a headphone. 1. Precise pressure control 2. Sheer driver speed Precise pressure control requires a total air control system with rigid and 'torquey' motors that can push the mids and bass into seamless cohesion and excellent...

I have never heard a closed back headphone that didn't somehow destroy the mids. You could spend more money to try chase the unattainable perfection, but I have found that price never equals performance. For example, the Koss Portapros and Sennheiser PX100 have areas in the midrange so good...

It's the best headphone I have ever heard. The precision and clarity and tonal balance of the centre mids to upper mids puts my HD800S to shame. The best I ever heard period. Cymbals and Hi hats are almost on par with the HD800S. Although my LCD2 still renders these elements the best in my...

Yeah, something about tube amps and my HD650. Whenever I crave some HD650 flavour, it's always served with a tube sauce. I think in ways the tube helps the HD650 breathe better in some frequencies. Unlike with the eyes, where depth perception is an absolute function of stereoscopic vision...

Had a bit of a play with Hellblade Senuas Sacrifice a while back. Tried both the HD650 and HD58X with Dolby Atmos enabled on the XBoX 1X. This game is encoded binaurally supposedly. The whispers in the ears exhibit greater depth and directionality on the HD58X. The HD 650 did well, but it...

I don't think so at all. My HD58X does not sound worse than my HD650. It sounds different, but not worse. The HD650 does something better and the HD58X does other things better. I feel they compliment each other perfectly. They have the same tonal balance with vastly different sound signatures.

That's a refreshing take on headphone appreciation. I never quite understood the obsession with soundstage and imaging until I properly set up studio monitors. Then I understood that spatial elements are encoded by the creators of the music to portray elements of 3 dimensionality. Going...

Interesting post. I always felt that we as humans are very responsive to the resonant qualities of wood as that was the natural material used for the first musical instruments in human evolution. The aluminium enclosure of my Neumann monitors definitely contribute to its signature. Although I...

I think imaging and soundstage can be quite different on different recordings. Some tracks might be mastered and produced on a speaker set that is more 'compatible' to a certain type of headphone technology. I think there are so many different monitor speaker types that are all technically...

Poetry. Poetry with a rhythm. You move your hips to the rhythm. Because those hips don't lie. Especially in bed!

Yes. Indeed it is. :deadhorse: I am with the post two posts previous to your post and hear grain on all dynamic headphones. Except orthodynamic. I hear it in dome and paper tweeters. Compression horn tweeters would 'blend' it away (as does my K701 headphone)... except piezoelectric horns...

I think it's a good idea to have some idea of listening levels and get educated about it. The phone might prove useful without the expenses. Geez... I start to feel as I get older that as we age...we start to dislike loud bass. Old people probably don't like treble...they just find bass to be...

Yes. The Valhalla 2 was designed with low impedance headphones and high impedance headphones. There is a switch in the back to toggle between the two. I bought the Valhalla specifically to drive my Grado HF2. To my surprise...it drives all dynamics very well. It is a very good full tube...

Relying on a decade long memory is definitely flawed. Otherwise I agree with most of your observations. The HD650, my one, has a tad more uppermid volume than the 58X. The 58X presents more space and air in the uppermids. Acoustic instruments recorded in a studio sounds a bit better with the...

I think of headphone motors like combustion motors. Each different type of combustion motor, whether diesel, petrol, Wankel, piston etc, has different efficiency and effectiveness throughout its revolution frequency range....so too do different headphone drivers. Like a rotary engine will have...

If the K712 is anything like the Austrian units, then you seem to be perceiving brighter headphones as more detailed and more technical. The K701 had an upper midrange peak and a resonant cup. It isn't more detailed at all. More brighter, yes. Know when you are in a test market. I do...

I heard the HE60 side by side with several boxy cup styled STAX. I am afraid of spending on STAX electrostats since. The HE60 sounded far more natural and full bodied compared to the STAX. Unfortunately, they are out of production and serviceability. The more I think about it, I wonder how...

I have the original K701 made in Austria version. I run them balanced. They are my go to gaming headphone due to comfort and you can keep the volume very low and still hear great detail. In ways, I think they are great...lean mean machine...but sibilance are so smooth and lack grain. Were...

The HD58X has sound quality performance that exceeds the HD800/S. Now, the discussion is over. :smile_phones:

I too am not understanding this HD58X does not scale as well as other headphones. It scales like every other hi-performance headphone... I can hear the intricate and delicate difference between every DAC and amp. At the moment the most transparent combination I have and use most commonly is...

Very insightful observations SilverEars...perhaps its time to upgrade your status to PlatinumEars! I have never heard the Focal line...at first I wouldn't believe that the Focals could be better than the HD800S on a technical level, but with the HD58X expanding my mindset into what can be...

The Valhalla 2 is an awesome tube amp for just about any headphone and is particularly well suited to the HD650. My BH Crack with speedball upgrade is also well suited, however, I generally recommend people the Valhalla 2 over the BH Crack due to versatility. The Valhalla 2 is an incredibly...

Fact is, the entire HD6 series line is a superbly, naturally sounding line of headphones. P.S. no offence, seeing how easily offended some are.