I am running the headphones out of a benchmark dac 1
I listen to mainly acoustic, folk, country,classic rock, etc
Thanks in advance
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This will be interesting to follow as I use the HD 580's and just ordered a Blue Dragon cable for them. I can't give you anything...to help you, as far as info goes.
However, I'd suggest suggest selling both and getting the HD 598's for your style of music choices.
I am sure you will get plenty of help with this questions...
Id sell neither
i have just gone back to the stock cable and am really enjoying the sound! maybe im not a fan of the altering of the stock sound that cable upgrading brings.
so to bring the thread to some sort of closure, i sold both the hd650 and the blue dragon cable and bought a hd600 which is much closer to the sound i was searching for with the hd650 and the multitude of cable and op amp tweaks i tried. so i guess the moral to the story is if you are not entirely sold on the overall sound signature of a particular headphone, instead of trying to mold the headphone to your will - you should just try another headphone. on the otherhand if the sound is almost there to your liking you should feel free to mod and spend as many $$ as you can to reach your ideal. that being said i have just ordered the hd650 cable for the hd600 as i liked it best with my hd650 - ahead of the blue dragon and headphile blacksilver and at $30 is a worthwile spend even if all it gets me is a thicker cable with a 1/4" jack although it is reported on these forums that i will hear an improvement.




