Luckily this happened to me with fairly low budget cans.
I currently use my Sony MDR7506 with a HeadRoom MicroAmp at work. I quite enjoy it, but decided to try the MDR7509HD, a supposedly considerable upgrade. I paid more than twice the price for them as I had for the 7506's, and I must say that it has been such a disappointment. To my ears, the MDR7506's are the better cans and Sony got the big brother wrong.
Going from Senn HD595's to 650's was a surprisingly positive upgrade. I didn't expect a sound that was so much better. The Denon AH-D5000's have been different and satisfying in their own way. I'll be shortly getting a pair of Grado's.
On the hardware side I haven't been disappointed with my upgrade path. Each new component in which I invested more hasn't disappointed.
However, I'm curious about the experience of others here. Are there any cans that you've upgraded to only to find yourself feeling that what you had before, at considerably less cost, was better sounding? The same for equipment.
I currently use my Sony MDR7506 with a HeadRoom MicroAmp at work. I quite enjoy it, but decided to try the MDR7509HD, a supposedly considerable upgrade. I paid more than twice the price for them as I had for the 7506's, and I must say that it has been such a disappointment. To my ears, the MDR7506's are the better cans and Sony got the big brother wrong.
Going from Senn HD595's to 650's was a surprisingly positive upgrade. I didn't expect a sound that was so much better. The Denon AH-D5000's have been different and satisfying in their own way. I'll be shortly getting a pair of Grado's.
On the hardware side I haven't been disappointed with my upgrade path. Each new component in which I invested more hasn't disappointed.
However, I'm curious about the experience of others here. Are there any cans that you've upgraded to only to find yourself feeling that what you had before, at considerably less cost, was better sounding? The same for equipment.
