Something more 'soothing' than the Beyer T1's? - Page 2

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Originally Posted by Kernmac 

Sell your T1s and purchase Edition 8.  Detailed but not clinical, fairly well balanced, musical, and should be easily driven by your lifestyle sources.  Any headphone is a compromise of something, or a specialist that lacks versatility, but the ED8 is as close as you can get to the ultimate all rounder, a chameleon that adapts to most genres, great sound, non fatiguing, and comfortable IMO.  It does lack the big sound stage (not the best choice for primarily listening to classical and there are better acoustic headphones), however that is not everything to a lot of people and instrument separation and clarity are still there in spades. 

 

EDIT: I just looked at bangraman's profile and see an ED8 already listed.  Makes my comments a bit redundant.

I suppose I should have been clearer about my current inventory...

Main headphones -Home living: HE/V90. Home office: T1. Office: SR-007II. Portable: Ed8.

I've actually decided to sell the Ed8 as, as much as I was willing it to meet my needs, it doesn't quite... one of which is the giant head compatibility issue. Also, at the expense of jinxing my sale (but I can't help but be honest) I think that the actually closed nature of the phone (unlike e.g. any 'closed' Audio-Technica, Denon, etc) does compromise its sound quite a bit and it's something I wouldn't necessarily turn to at home... especially so given the ergonomic issues for my head. I also actually like the 'bubble' effect of S-Logic for portable use since it acts to separate the musical soundstage from ambient sounds, but once again it's not something I'd prefer at home.

Between the Orpheus and the Omega, you can probably see why the T1 tends to stick out. It's not that I outright dislike the Beyers but the signature doesn't really get me involved, and neither do they 'disappear' like the HD650 used to, when I decide to sit down properly at the computer (as much as that is the case since I'm doing something else) and listen. Most of the time I'm wearing the MMX 300 or G35 headsets when I'm at the computers since I'm skyping, etc and I make the swap to the T1's when actually listening.

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Originally Posted by KingStyles 

I think the LA7000 would work good for you. Pretty balanced signature and can be driven from anything even though they sound best from an amp they can control them.

See my comments re: AH-D5000/7000. If anything, too agreeable... sonic 'fancy junk food'

You'd be surprised regarding the Beyers... certainly in terms of the sort of stuff I drive phones out of.  The T1's are also fairly efficient (which is, I guess, the point of the Tesla), so it's only really the load that is an issue, and even then I'm not powering them out of iPods

I think what I'll do is to buy an HD650 again anyway and see how I get on. And thereafter if I'm spending far more time with the Senn than the Beyer, it's probably time for the T1 to go.

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Originally Posted by sfmatt 

I'm in a similar boat, I've been to meets to try and find an upgrade for my HD650 and I've found the HD800, T1, Omega and such were not my cup of tea even if they're all objectively better. As you say it's a matter of tonality and sound signature.

The only one I am seriously considering is the JVC Victor DX1000 (felt like a better HD650, closed cans to boot) but I want to listen to the LCD-2 before pulling the trigger. And who knows by the time I'm ready Sennheiser will deliver the HD850 I'm dreaming of...

I'm kind of surprised you found the O2II not to your taste. Among all the high-enders I've had, the Orpheus excepted, the Stax are the most uber-HD650-like. OK, so it's not an exact tone+lift but it is pretty close IMO... although TBH, the gap in price is not the sanest justification given the level of improvement afforded. 

Problem for me with the Omega though is simply that it's heavy and ungainly in home office casual use - even more so than the T1 due to it's suspension arrangement, the need to tape down the pad and also the ribbon cable.

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Originally Posted by PascalT 

op: if you like the HD650 so much, try out the LCD-2... very similar sound signature and not T1esque at all. That means they're not too bright or overly detailed.. if that's what you like. However, they are less comfy than the T1s. More weight and bigger. 

As mentioned before, practical issues exclude them.