Introduction
The ASG-2 is Aurisonics' second (official) foray into the world of iems. The guys over at Aurisonics cater primarily to the music professional crowd, and their products are...
My opinions
Sound
The sound produced by the HD558 is rich, a bit light, and isn't bloated with bass which is a good thing. It has a crisp treble and punchy bass, very great...
Introduction
In the past 2 years VentureCraft has been successfully creating amps and DAC/Amp packaged components with their GD-03, Go-DAP 4.0 for iPhone 4(s), and Go-DAP X for their...
A friend of mine needed a new headphone, which was cheap, closed and good sounding. I said to him, dream on friend it will be very tough to find a headphone with those criteria.
But then after...
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Summary
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The AKG K550...
Welcome again to that famous headfi-wisdom, Andrea. Down into the dust with all us rednecks that can't afford the higher glory of property & wealth and its related gear
I've always been down here, save for a short parenthesis, closed a half-decade ago, my golden age of property and glory
I have bought and sold two different HD650's and I might someday buy a third. Every time I hear a pair I love the sound (moreso than the GS1000, RS-1, or K701). The only cans I've heard that I really like better were the W5000 w/ HA5000 and the Stax O2. They really shine with the right tube amp.
I bought the grado's 325i and after a week and a half I took them back. Lots of ear pain. I got the Sennheiser 650's and am in heaven. I added a Little dot 2 + headphone amp and I really am in heaven.
I finally realized after listening to so many different headphones, $100 pairs to $5000 i still realized that, i still love my sennheiser hd650s. i have never heard another headphone that can produce detailed but heavy bass like the sennheiser hd650s. Even though the sound is a little laid back, i still love them. i tried the grado sr325is and i just didnt like the sound, it was sort of muffled, there was (to me) hardly any detail. all i have to say is I LOVE MY 650s! No one can take them away from me!
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now tell about your experiences =).
Just curious, but which $5000 pairs did you like better than the HD650?
Impressive aren't they? I auditioned the 580, 600, and 650. The 650 was the stand out leader. I also returned the Grado 325i I had because of bad ear pain. Yuppers no contest and with a headphone amp like the LD2+ when the wife shouts "will you turn that down?" I can put the 650s on and be in heaven.
Impressive aren't they? I auditioned the 580, 600, and 650. The 650 was the stand out leader. I also returned the Grado 325i I had because of bad ear pain. Yuppers no contest and with a headphone amp like the LD2+ when the wife shouts "will you turn that down?" I can put the 650s on and be in heaven.
I never auditioned any other Senn can...I went to the top --figured I couldn't go wrong after spending hours reading here.
I almost bought the MS2i. I think it's good that I didn't, it might have been an expensive bad move because of the small soundstage that I read about seems like a contrast to what I like with full size cans.
Got mine 3 weeks ago and like them a lot. I sold my HD580 and chose to keep the 650.
Now what I am wondering is , do I need the black dragon v2 on those (the cable is on them right now), or would I better spend that money for something else in my sound chain.
But regardless, it is a keeper !
Something that makes me angry ;-) is to have to pick the 600 smiley !
Lionel
PS : Here they are
I've compared both HD600 and my DT880.
for me the HD600 is better than the beyer but I can support HD600 bass...
how are these whit the 650?
please, tell me the 650 is better that the 600 in mid-bass(more details, more clean, more dynamic, less present)
for my beyer, I bought a silver dragon(not yet receved) but I think that will be a big mistake because, the beyer will be too clear...
I wish to buy a senn and recable this one with the silver dragon but where to buy senn connectors??