Some people might call me a heretic for saying this, but the Sennheiser HD700 sound awful right out of the box, but completely transform with this software. I actually liked these better than the far more expensive HD800S after using True-Fi. (Keep in mind that the 800S sound waaaaay better...

Glad to see someone else touting the ability of True-Fi to turn the HD700 into something special. I use it on my desktop and think it makes the HD700 sound as good as the HD800S. That probably makes me some kind of heretic. :-)

Did you make sure that both sides are pulled out the same amount? If they aren't, you can get uneven pressure on your ears. Like someone else said, these are some very comfortable headphones. I have a big head, so it can be a pain for me to find headphones that don't have too much clamping...

SMPhoo: I would recommend trying out the free trial version of True-Fi from the Sonarworks website. They do a good job explaining how their software takes down peaks (whether in the treble, mid or bass region), and then also brings up those parts of the frequency response spectrum that a...

Solid state amps and DACs add incredibly little distortion, right? If True-Fi corrects for the inaccuracies of the headphones, then the final sound has to be awfully close to reference flat. Am I wrong? Tube amps might be a different deal. But just how much warmth do they add?

I figured out that True-Fi leaves the HD700 a good bit brighter sounding than the HD800, at least for my phones. But that's one advantage to being a male near 50: to make them close in sound, all I have to do is adjust the age compensation slider to 10% on the HD700 to make them sound VERY...

Yes, classical is remarkably improved on the HD700 with Sonarworks. Without the software, some instruments were hard to hear, and others were too prominent. It was horribly unbalanced, leading to my criticism of the HD700 as being not as clear as my much cheaper HD598.

It was tough deciding between the HD700 and HD800, once I used True-Fi. Once they got that close in quality, then the $600 difference in price was hard to overlook, so I may be pickier about the HD800 than is really fair.

I tried the HD660S. I see why people like it. But I didn't think it was nearly as comfortable as the HD700, especially for someone with a big fat melon like me. :-)

So I tried out both the HD800 and HD800S. The HD800S is clearly superior, in my opinion, to the HD800, if you're listening to both right out of the box. But I read that the HD800 can sound exactly like the HD800S if you properly EQ them. So I got a trial version of Sonarworks True-Fi and...

Got the HD700 today ... and the HD800 is going back! The HD700 can handle the low end just fine. No, the HD700 will not sound exactly like the HD800, even with True-Fi trying to compensate both to a flat response curve. Some of the remaining difference in sound could be attributable to...

I bought both the HD800 and HD800S. Out of the box, I far preferred HD800S. I had read, though, that EQ could make them sound the same. So I tried this software, since the cost is so much less than the difference in price between the headphones. I will say that the two sets of phones do sound...

Even if I sell the Mojo, I need to keep it under $1k.

Right now, the Mojo is the only headphone amp I have. Yowza. My wife may have to shoot me if I spend $2k to $3k on an amp, on top of the cost of the 800S phones. So, a Lyr 3 would give me better sound than the Mojo? If so, which model to get? Multibit? Should I get the one with LISST and...

So, I have been working my way thru the Sennheiser lineup. I've had a pair of HD598 for a few years, and been pretty happy with them, but always wanted more: more detail, more soundstage, more oomph. I tried the HD700 a few weeks ago. Didn't like them at all. Didn't even sound as good as...

When you get your HD800 phones, they should come with a zip drive. On the drive will be a mapping of the frequency response curve. It's quite flat ... except for: * "Spike" around 6 kHz * Doesn't show anything for the ends of the range of human hearing (down near 20 Hz, for instance.) Which...

Because a lot of folks will say that the HD800 headphones are not neutral. A tube amp can give you more bass, and balance out the high end. The folks who do this are trying to minimize processing, so rather than use EQ, they tell you to go with an amp that will naturally warm the sound.

Yeah, the HD700 headphones I received must have been damaged, then. They weren't remotely close to the HD800 headphones I have now. I have a pretty good ear for picking things out in music, but I'm not one of the people who can hear any difference in things like swapping cables.

Does DacMagicPlus handle MQA rendering? A lot of folks let the desktop app handle the first "unfolding" with MQA files, unless their DAC has MQA decoding built in. If you turned off MQA decoding in the app, then aren't you getting less than the full possible resolution? Then again, maybe you...

Yep. I got the free trial version, and have been able to use it with Tidal or iTunes. It basically adds its own control panel, and you select what speaker system you want your headphones to emulate. There's a thread on it here...

I checked out Darin Fong Audio's trial version of "Out Of Your Head" software. Wow, that's cool stuff. I sent an email asking if they'll be running a sale again any time soon, and he says he plans one for June. Great timing. I'll just have to tell the kids that's what I want for Father's...

How did you get everything for $1900? Since I missed the $439 deal on the HDVA 600, I'm not seeing prices anywhere near that level. I'm afraid I don't have anywhere near me to try this stuff out. So it's trial and error, buying stuff online.