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Ultrasone 20Th Anniversary Headphones?

post #1 of 18
2/14/12 at 12:00pm
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Hi, this is my first post on the forums.

 

I've been searching for a good headphone for a while now and the Ultrasone 20th Anniversary headphones intrigued me. Mainly because of the price and the reviews i researched. I'm mostly into rock, hard rock and metal. My budget is around 300$, but i live in Turkey, so i'm probably going to order them from thomann.de.

About the Ultrasone 20Th anniversary, they seem like what i'm looking for but i'm a newbie at headphones and i hope you guys can suggest something for me.

 

thanks!

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post #2 of 18
2/15/12 at 6:11am
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i hope i'm not breaking any rule about bumping, so... bump!

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post #3 of 18
2/15/12 at 6:24am

Hey, welcome!! I have not owned any utltrasone's before. I'm relatively new myself and have owned the AT 50's and now the Denon d2000's. Your budget is good and you can certainly get a great set of phones for that much and actually less tbh. You may want to look to spend $200 on the headphones and $100 on an amp/dac depending on the needs of the cans you buy.

 

I know that a lot of people like the m50's for rock. They are a great set to start with. Have you owned nice headphones before? What kind of sound signature do you prefer? 

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post #4 of 18
2/15/12 at 6:30am
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I'm mainly looking to building my own amp since i'm kind of into those kinds of things (building guitar pedals). so for the mean time i'd rather spend all of what i have on headphones. I may increase my budget to around 400$ or maybe even 450$ but i don't really want to push it that far as i'm still developing an ear for 'tone'.

as far as sound signature i'm not really sure, i usually EQ my guitar amp flat or cut the mids a little

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post #5 of 18
2/15/12 at 6:54am

If you are looking to build your own amp the Objective 2 kit would be fantastic. The desktop version I think is gonna go for about $180. The portable version is right at $150. The Seinn hd650 and that amp would definitely rock!!! You might consider buying the hd650's here gently used. I have had good luck buying used here. My 2c...

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post #6 of 18
2/15/12 at 6:59am
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I've been looking at sennheiser cans, how can i put it. headphones that send music out all over the place really put me off, that's going to be a dealbreaker if it sends what i'm listening out all over the place

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post #7 of 18
2/15/12 at 9:05am

When you say all over the place, are you talking about soundstage? Meaning do you want the sound coming from the center of your head, or from around you?

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post #8 of 18
2/15/12 at 9:08am
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i mean i don't want whoever's around me to tune into what i'm listening to, basically i want the sound to stay inside the headphones

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post #9 of 18
2/15/12 at 9:34am

Oh, leakage, that makes sense. Then you won't want any open headphones. So when looking, be sure to make sure they're closed headphones. Most companies make at least one open headphone.

The Ultrasone 20th anniversary headphones aren't that easy to get a hold of, they're limited in number, and only available for sale in Germany.

 

If you're mostly into guitar-based music, the best headphones would be Grados, but unfortunately, they're all open. For closed, I'd look at something with decent mids and a moderate bass hump, like the Denon D2000's or the Sennheiser HD 25 I-II's. If you're looking for comfort, go for the Denons, if you're looking for portability, go for the Sennheisers.

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post #10 of 18
2/15/12 at 1:40pm
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A lot of my friends suggest the Dennons, i'll take a look into those. regarding an amp i have a 60's Pioneer stereo amp, i'm not sure how it preforms in terms of hi fi but it was - according to my grandfather, the best that money could buy at the time for quality music.

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post #11 of 18
2/15/12 at 1:57pm

Is it a tube amp? It may have a bit too much power for the Denons. The Denons are very very easy to drive, and if your amp gives ya too much power, it could damage them.

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post #12 of 18
2/15/12 at 2:19pm
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it's transistor based. my tube amp is for my guitar, it's not exactly tuned for hi-fi rather it's more towards british distortion.

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post #13 of 18
2/15/12 at 2:28pm

Okay, would you be able to find out the headphone amp's output impedance? It most likely would be fine to use, but if you can find the output impedance of the headphone output, I could tell you how good they'd be for the Denons.

 

And old gear like that is usually fantastic, made before cheap stuff became popularized. The Denons aren't as amp dependent as they are DAC dependent. Would you be playing music through a computer with this amp? Or will you be using strictly analog sources (like a guitar or turntable)? If not, a decent DAC could be helpful, but isn't a requirement.

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post #14 of 18
2/15/12 at 2:40pm
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i dont really have any idea about the output impedance on the headphone jack is, i used my headphones through them before but it was only for guitar. i'm going to send my signal from the laptop to the amp, im guessing that's how it done? About the Denons, i'd rather order from Thomann.de as a friend might be travelling from Germany to where i am some time soon, would save me from shipping. I'm wide open to other european headphone dealers as thomann is the only one i know of right now

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post #15 of 18
2/15/12 at 4:33pm

The 20th Anniversary Ultrasones are just suppose to be the Ultrasone PRO 650 under a different name. Hope that helps in finding some more info on them.

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