So what's the word on the new Ultrasone HFI-780???? - Page 15

Very good impressions, Congratulations!.
I like very much the Daft Funk music and videos too.
♫One more time...♫ hehehe, the headphones are/seem to Worth the Money!.
Only hoping for the impressions from Mr. Skylab...

Remember that this is one persons opinion and the only one here stating it. He apparently has all three for a while to say this with so much authority.

I don't think this way myself.

Absolutely most gorgeous few words in this thread as I know this can be said about the former models.

I went trough this thread interested in the 780 but, as always, no conclusions can be drawn from this read. Interesting they appear to be more close to the ed9 than the 750's. 16th of march will hopefully be the day I'll get to hear them for myself and compare them with my 750's. Looking forward, that's for sure

-> Yes, Proline 2500 is much better than Darth Beyers in the midrange.
-> SR-Lambda Pro upper midrange is terrifying - the spikes/suck-outs are great enough to produce substantial difference between volume of individual notes (try listening to a flute). Good example of what a bad chassis can do to a majestic driver...
-> Edition 9 does have far more forward midrange than Proline 2500 - that is the most notable difference. Decay is still whacky (not as much, dampening is better), it is troublesome when listening to very percussion oriented pieces (high-pitch percussive effects). It is definitely by far not the worst in the department, but it places the headphone short of perfect. Good example of how well designed a chassis can be - but it does leave most people with high end equipment wishing for a bit more.

If you don't hear this substantially enough to bother you - lucky. Edition 9 is very good, as are the Proline 2500/750, but there are limitations...

MINI HFI-780 REVIEW - DECIDED NOT TO POST A NEW THREAD

Well, I got my HFI780 today.

I took a quick listen right out of the box and liked them already, then set them aside to burn-in and do some other tasks. Out of the box they did not have the micro-details of my Denon D2000 but they have more bass, like that of the Edition 9.

I have been burning in my HFI780 since 6pm (6 hours), while I finished up a cable review, and I'm just now listening to the HFI780 again and they sound even better. This is after spending 5 hours with HD600's on my head, and enjoying those the whole time, but the two cans are different. The HFI780 are certainly more efficient than my HD600. I could play them at full volume low gain on my predator, and have to go to medium gain on the HD600 at almost full volume to match these. I've still not heard a can that demands the high gain on the Predator.

The HFI780 reproduce the 16Hz note on the Bink's audio test CD better than any of my other cans except my Edition 9. I have also listened to parts of Handel's Messiah, Diana Krall, Guinea Pig, Sibelius, The Eagles and a few more, and it leaves me feeling "like wow". Sound stage is pretty good for a closed can, at least as good as the Denon D2000, and besting the Darth Beyers.

I am not going to do a detailed comparo between HFI780 and my Proline 2500 or Edition 9 right now, as it's too early to say. But, I will say they DO NOT leave a "metallic taste" in my ears (bad pun). The 780 are not missing anything so far, but might still have a slightly tipped up treble which HAS changed for the better over just 6 hours. I think my 2500 finally have a smooth treble now, at 450 hours, but the mild "missing mids" never totally filled in - so already the HFI780 are more balanced. The Edition 9 NEVER had a tipped up treble, even out of the box, and have always had full mids and a gargantuan bass.

So, just from my 6 hour listen, I am probably going to be selling off my Proline 2500 soon - they are great cans but don't anything that the HFI780 can't, except leak sound when listening in my bedroom at night. I can't say the same about my APS V2 re-cabled D2000 yet, but after the 780 finish burning-in I might find them redundant too...

I see a re-cabled 780 in your future...great impressions, keep them coming. It seems odd to say "great impressions" since I know I agree with 'em so much. I guess you can say that I am biased by my owning the HFI-780.

Nahhh. It would be more cost effective to re-cable my Edition 9 than my budget toss around cans.

Well, something just happened to me that made me come here to post this right now. slswiser will understand this one.

I have 30 hours on the HFI780, and they still have a ways to go with burn-in. But, they are becoming more transparent, and less like closed cans with time. The highs are still a little up-turned, but not metallic, and the deep bass with John Serrie space music kinda stuff is amazingly deep and extended. It was almost visceral, like car sick kinda way, stirring the insides.

But I was listening through my Macbook and Predator to a lossless rip of Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio playing, and "Misty" came up and I realized I was sitting there totally absorbed in the music, and the screen blanker had kicked-in, and I wasn't moving, just listening.

This happened while typing a post here on head-fi, and I almost forgot what I was doing. That was almost like one of those Edition 9 mesmerizing moments. Granted, these are not just like my Edition 9, but a moment like that doesn't come up as often as I would like. These headphones make that happen more easily.

With many other headphones I often find myself analyzing the recording instead of disappearing into the music, sometimes hitting "skip" to the next track to look for something else to hear. With these 780's, on this recording, at this moment, I am finding it difficult to hit the "skip" and can't move, almost like it's hypnotic. I get that "I know I can move if I have the willpower", but I don't have to, so I don't. The Edition 9 are the only other headphones that pulled that Jedi Mind Trick on me like this. Except Obi Wan is not saying, "these are not the headphones you are looking for", because they are.

Peace!

Well they are heavily modeled after the Ed9 so I can understand your enjoyment. It appears they did their job well.

From my understanding, PL750 uses the ED9 driver, correct? And the HFI780 have an enclosure more like ED9, correct?

PL750 driver + HFI780 enclosure = ED9?

This have probably been written before, but would this be possible to get very close to the ED9 for much cheaper price?

any comparison between pl750 and hfi780?

from the teory, i guess so... PL750 driver + HFI780 enclosure = ED9

I actually think the velours (PRO750/HFI780) vs leather (ED9) earpads make an even bigger difference in sound...

I'm expecting the HFI-780 early next week, so I'll be able to compare with the 750, ED9, etc. after burn-in.

Where are these being found for $200? They seem to be $250 everywhere I look.

I love my K-501s but I would like a closed 'phone for some isolation and maybe a bit more depth or impact.