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HD650 tires my ears out?! WHY?!

post #1 of 38
11/15/10 at 2:04am
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Hi all

 

I'm currently using the Pico amp/dac as DAC to feed my Gilmore lite.

 

I listen with my HD650 basically all the time.

 

But every time I listen to music, I feel my ears (not earlobes, but ear internal/ear drums) are sore after awhile, not even an hour even. 

 

Why is this?

 

I totally enjoy the sound of this set up, but the soreness within my ears (maybe ear drums, not sure) keep me from enjoying music for an extended period.

I'm a very quiet listener and I put a small volume even when I'm outside as my Mage gives me a very good seal.

 

I listen to mostly Chinese pop, especially female vocal.

 

Help, anyone?

 

Also, if I consider an upgrade, which one should it be (with my current set up for maybe upgrade my set up as well?) ?

 

HD800, T1, D7000, W5000, GS1000, or? open to suggestions.

 

Thanks in advance!

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Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones
Grado GS1000
Beyerdynamic Tesla T1
post #2 of 38
11/15/10 at 3:03am

Ear sore because of sound 'bright' , 'piercing' or too much bass?

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post #3 of 38
11/15/10 at 3:20am
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probably "bright" and "piercing", because Chinese pop doesn't have much bass.

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post #4 of 38
11/15/10 at 6:14am

I have the same problem. My ear's get very sore after an hour. I am a new owner of hd 650 however.  Anyone can shed a light on this? Could it be the headband being too tight? I tried listening to the hd 650 on very low volume and that seems to be the only thing that doesn't make my ears sore.

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post #5 of 38
11/15/10 at 6:44am

I had the same problem when I first got my K240DF's, that was two years ago, today I can listen to them as much as I like without getting tired ears, unless I listen too loudly of cause.


Edited by Adda - 11/15/10 at 6:46am
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post #6 of 38
11/15/10 at 6:57am
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I had the same problem when I first got my K240DF's, that was two years ago, today I can listen to them as much as I like without getting tired ears, unless I listen too loudly of cause.


Ok and what was your solution?
 

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post #7 of 38
11/15/10 at 7:11am

My HD 650s have rather loud upper mids and highs, they need to be turned down! 

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post #8 of 38
11/15/10 at 7:21am
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Ok and what was your solution?
 



Over time my ears just seem to have gotten used to it.

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post #9 of 38
11/15/10 at 11:22am
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Ok and what was your solution?
 



Over time my ears just seem to have gotten used to it.


Did you experience any hearing loss?

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post #10 of 38
11/15/10 at 11:44am
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Seems like other people have the same problem.

 

This is so weird.

 

HD650 simply tires my ears out.

I didn't have the problem when i first got my k240s.

 

And any help on the potential upgrade?

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post #11 of 38
11/15/10 at 12:15pm

HD650 need tubes to sound at their best. I had almost the same issue with my previous solid state setup: I'm using now a tube amp and I can listen to them for hours.

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post #12 of 38
11/15/10 at 12:24pm
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I have one of those small bravo tube amps that are super cute in my opinion.

 

I'm using that as a re amp for my speakers.

 

Let me try that one to drive my hd650.

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post #13 of 38
11/15/10 at 12:41pm

Three possibilities that I can think of:

 

either your HD650s are straight out of the box and need some time burning in,

 

(And)/OR

 

you're playing your music much too loudly and should turn the volume down

 

(And)/OR

 

you have EQ settings that have the treble too high

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post #14 of 38
11/15/10 at 12:49pm
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Three possibilities that I can think of:

 

either your HD650s are straight out of the box and need some time burning in,

 

(And)/OR

 

you're playing your music much too loudly and should turn the volume down

 

(And)/OR

 

you have EQ settings that have the treble too high

My HD650s are a month old now. Music is very low and my ear drums still hurt. No eq settings I am using xonar stx and using bit-perfect with asio (it will not allow me to change EQ =( ...)

 

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post #15 of 38
11/15/10 at 1:06pm

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/518086/pain-inside-my-right-ear-from-hd650

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