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How does ambient music sound on the Ultrasone HFI580's?

post #1 of 8
1/20/12 at 11:08pm
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I hear the 580's are great for electronic music but usually when people say that they talk about trance, techno, dubstep and the such. Just wondering how they handle Brian Eno's ambient stuff and the like.

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post #2 of 8
1/21/12 at 1:29am
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Anyone?

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post #3 of 8
1/21/12 at 1:51am

I tried playing some stuff (including some dark ambient) on an hfi580 in a store. I didn't like it for ambient at all. It was only for a short period of time so I cant really say much but they sound really congested to me. Hope that helps.

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post #4 of 8
1/21/12 at 1:53am

Ambient music would work better on open-backs.

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post #5 of 8
1/21/12 at 1:55am

I know your talking about HFI-580s, tho I used the HFI-780s with that type of music, It didn't have a issue with it for me, and sound good too. But I agree Ambient music do sound great with open back headphones.

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post #6 of 8
1/21/12 at 2:15am
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Yeah, open back does make sense, oh well I was just curious. I just bought some HFI580s for techo, trance, etc. and was wondering how they would fare with ambient. I have my eye on either the HD 600 or 650 in the future so hopefully one of those will be better. Thanks.

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post #7 of 8
1/21/12 at 2:39am

 

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Originally Posted by Olympus Mons View Post

Yeah, open back does make sense, oh well I was just curious. I just bought some HFI580s for techo, trance, etc. and was wondering how they would fare with ambient. I have my eye on either the HD 600 or 650 in the future so hopefully one of those will be better. Thanks.



Add the HD598 too. Doesn't hurt to have more options :)

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post #8 of 8
1/21/12 at 6:02am
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Originally Posted by Olympus Mons View Post

Yeah, open back does make sense, oh well I was just curious. I just bought some HFI580s for techo, trance, etc. and was wondering how they would fare with ambient. I have my eye on either the HD 600 or 650 in the future so hopefully one of those will be better. Thanks.



I have the HD 600 and it's great for ambient like early Aphex Twin, The Orb, etc.  Its tonal neutrality maintains the airy highs typical in ambient while not suffering from lack of bass or a recessed midrange.  It does solidly above average with soundstaging and imaging, too.
 

On a lower budget I'd say the Alessandro MS-1i also does quite well, with a not entirely dissimilar sound signature.   The typical in-your-face Grado soundstage does collapse things a little bit, but the sense of envelopment is excellent (sometimes better than the HD 600) and makes up for it when listening to ambient music.

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