Rank the Headphones that You Own. - Page 197

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Originally Posted by erikfreedom hd 800 is like eating food whitout spices or seasonings. you taste the food raw. other headphones put spices and seasonings.

And by raw, you mean uncooked.

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Originally Posted by LugBug1 

Good stuff Prep. 

 

Thats pretty much all of the top dynamics available. Pleased that the HD800's are right up there! 

 

But I also know how much you luv the HE-6's. Looks like your gonna have to go electrostatic next my friend. There's nowhere else to go! 

Ha ha ha...  I know

Saving up as we speak...

I have a K701 that is falling apart (foam rings disintegrated, headband plastic guides broken, etc.), Ultrasone Pro 900, and Beyerdynamic DT880 (just got one to replace the K701)

Just ranking them on my time with them, with DT880 just a few hours. I'm sure it could change, but only three phones to compare, well it really wouldn't matter in the big scheme of just enjoying the music. I' not an audiophile, so please excuse my rather obtuse and pedestrian description of their sounds.

For Classical, in the order of preference: DT880, K701, Pro 900. DT880 has reduced soundstage but offers more in the low end than the K701, its highs are liquid and smooth, and the pleasant tonal quality extends to the bass. K701 has this open, airy quality that resolves the instruments very well, but after listening to the DT880, its low end, while quite adequate, seems a bit lacking. For Classical, Pro 900 seems confused, the bass overpowers and buries the rest of the sound.

For Electronic / Pop: Pro 900, K701, DT880: Pro 900 to me has this strange ability to separate various sounds in the music of this genre. It may have to do with its S-Logic that places drivers askew into the low and front area, but it is as if I can enjoy the resolved sounds separately, ponder on that particular sound before moving to another interesting tidbit...the music is presented in a very fun and engaging way. K701 presents the sound in a more cohesive whole, but the amount of bass is quite adequate. Perhaps I need to burn in the DT880s but it seems in certain areas it feels I am being assaulted by a wall of sound. Or a 2x4 when the sibilance kicks in.

My first two are a toss up, but it gets much easier from there.

1. Sennheiser HD650 (when matched with the right amp)
2. Beyerdynamic DT880 600-ohm
3. Shure SE425
4. Harman Kardon BT
5. Shure SE215

1) Sennheiser HD 650

2) Beyerdynamic DT-770 Ed. 2005 600 ohm

3) Denon AH-D2000

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4) Sennheiser PMX 100

5) Sennheiser HD 280 Pro

6 + 7) Sennheiser PMX 200, Sennheriser MX 580

8) JVC HA-S360 (white)

Since I got the Schiit Magni, the Denons are closer (in my ranking not in how they sound) to the DT-770 than when I had just the Graham Slee Novo, they sound less grainy and less sharp from the Magni than they sound from the Novo. I still somehow like the Beyers more, they have the cold steely sound which I can't really resist... Of course, the HD 650 cannot be challenged by either of those cans.

For those recently posting with the Shure SE215, would you say they are good for the price? I'm considering getting them, because of the comfort and isolation factor over my K340's. My list would then look like:

SR80i

HD518

SE215

K340