Sennheiser HD650 Appreciation Thread!! - Page 747

I don't know how to appraise the DAC. The only other one I ever used was the E7. The Magni is less warm than the E9 and less mind-bendingly awful than the O2.

I like the MSii+, but I have too little experience to advise.

Hey everybody, new here on head-fi (lurking quite a while though).

 

Just thought i share my lucky buy.

I found and bought a pair of 3 month old 650's for 230$, don't really know how it is on the US side but here in northern europe it was quite a steal.

 

And i must say i am in love, best price/preformance i've ever heard.

Nice deal. I also live in Nothern Europe (Sweden) and 230 dollars (1400 swedish kronor?) is a great price!

Welcime to head-fi!
Edited by muxamed - 3/8/13 at 7:39am

Yup sweden here to, 1500 with shipping :).

 

Thanks.

What amplifier do you use?

Essence STX.

Got mine yesterday - I love the sound.

They arrived with both earpads slightly defect (split at the base).

I called Sennheiser and they are sending me new earpads. Very good customer service.

Edited by Boerd - 3/8/13 at 8:45am

Yeah I meant new 650 pads. Don't think there are many options out there for different pads. I kept renewing mine (and they aren't cheap) till I realised that if you stretch the headband then they don't have the clamp pressure and then the pads stay plush and this helps with larger soundstage :)

anyone have any views on how the Lehmann Audio Black Cube Linear Headphone Amplifier will pair with the HD650.

Glad to hear there' still BCL follower out there despite new flashy amps being released everyday.

The detail my friend, the micro detail of BCL lowest gain is intoxicating. it's not all about slams.
I wonder how the recent audio gd amps like master8 or nfb-6 compared to BCL though, but I never get a solid comparison so far.

Man, I've been listening to my HD650s for the past week and I've grown to love them again. Their sound isn't nearly as exciting or engaging like my DT880s, but they are so smooth. Vocals are just gorgeous. They actually have a lot more detail than I remembered. Almost as much as my DT880s, though I'm reluctant to say they have just as much detail -- only because the DT880s make it more obvious and the HD650s aren't as quick, so they smooth over some quick notes sometimes. But I've been really enjoying the laid-back sound lately. It seems that me putting them up for sale made me give them another chance. I'm glad I didn't sell them. They are quite wonderful.

Sold my HD650's a while ago and just bought another pair. Definitely the most enjoyable headphones I have owned.

 

Yeeeeaaa... You should blast some electronica on them again. They are sooooooo good with electronica. 

It's coincident that my reply post appear after yours. Like I mentioned above, BCL is fantastic with hd650, even better with the lowest gain than the medium. Now curiosity itch is calling me to compare audio gd amps with BCL, or even with the Auditor or Phonitor.

A couple of pages back people were commenting on sound stage. I have a question. I am a relative newcomer to headphones and my 650s give me a gorgeous in the head experience. As a speaker man my understanding of a soundstage is a 3 dimensional image which projects between the speakers or even outside if you are truly lucky (and rich)in order to replicate listening to a concert in front of you on stage. Given that, what is a headphone soundstage? Is it just a transparency in the headphones or are we talking actual physical illusions about where the sound is? Have I even answered my own question. I don't know. Its a bit of a ramble really, but im just really curious.
For my part I love my 650s and they put me in the middle of the music more than any speaker system I've owned...