hd25 or TMA-1 for portable use??

HD 25, far and away. AIAIAI are fashion headphones.

Also, why are you using WAV?

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Originally Posted by Hughkk 

but apparently tma-1's driver have higher resolution? and bigger soundstage??

 

hd25 is also quite old, and i wonder if there are updated version of it by senn soon

TMA-1 is one of the most over rated headphones, the drivers are garbage. Grainy, mids disappear, poor

articulation and little separation.

If it were not for the Beats Studios they would get my vote as worst headphone for the money.

Total trash.

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Originally Posted by Hughkk 

also, want to ask if HD25 is good for club/dance music??

 

i rarely listen to rock btw

 It's a DJ headphone primarily so it excels with all those genres, very forward sounding as in front or

 second row sound presentation.

 Most commonly used headphone for pro DJ's in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Hughkk 

but apparently its soundstage is very very small? is that true??

 

and there are a few version of hd25 like II/-i 

is there any difference between them??

HD25-II is the one you'd want, I believe only the SP sounds different, true that sound stage is pretty small.

Anything forward sounding for top40 is going to have tiny sound stage, otherwise it would sound distant.

A lot of TMA hate up in here..!

I for one love them.  Very portable, very durable, stylish, and most importantly, GOOD SOUND.

Dunno how much of a chance the others have given it, but I understand where they're coming from if they only auditioned it for no more than a day.  After burn-in/adjustment (which for me took about a whole day), the sound is actually quite impressive.  Tight, detailed bass, solid mids, recessed treble BUT high resolution.  These cans respond to EQ-ing quite well, and you can tweak the mids and trebs to your liking without distortion.  After the initial adjustment period I tweaked my EQ settings to basically look like an increasing piece-wise function starting from the mids, ending up with about a +3dbs peak at the highest frequency.  However, after more listening, I have un-EQ'ed them to my satisfaction.

However, it must be said that these cans are quite dark, and is not for everyone.  I think it's a love or hate thing ^^

I listen to mostly club music, and while the clamp of the HD 25-1 II's isn't comfortable for some, for portables I haven't heard a better headphone.  If you like less treble, more sound stage, deeper sub bass extension, then the HD 25-1 II's aren't for you.  If you do want a portable, great punchy upper/mid bass, slightly bright treble with decent mids, and great isolation, then the HD 25-1 II's are nearly unbeatable at their price point.  There's a pretty good reason why Sennheiser hasn't really updated this headphone for so long.  It just works great for what it was designed for. 

The HD 25-1 II's really only come in 3 flavors that I know of.

HD 25-1 II : 70ohm original 1.5m cable w/ right angled plug

HD 25-13  : 600ohm version 3m cable w/ straight plug  (Usually hard to find)

HD 25 Originals Adidas :  Same as HD 25-1 II but with Adidas markings and colors

One note, the HD 25-SP is not the same as the HD 25-1 II.  They have some similar looks and the cups look nearly identical but it is a different headphone.