Looking for headphones with bloated treble and crisp bass
Mar 9, 2012 at 2:38 PM Post #16 of 22
Sounds like you want a K1000.

Most higher-end 'stats will certainly not roll off the bass though they'll be pretty linear regardless. I like them warm (there's a necrophilia joke in there somewhere) so I don't have much experience with the brighter 'stats - but check IF's measurement database, there are a few things in there (like the HE60) which at least on paper seem like they may have the FR you're looking for at least.

And anybody that has heard true flat will tell you it's not boring, assuming that said somebody doesn't have bricks for ears. Boring and analytical are colorations too, and Etys are far from flat, though they're better than the norm in canalphones or headphones in general. Live music, when properly recorded, has musicality and warmth, and anything that fails to capture that is inaccurate.
 
Mar 9, 2012 at 2:54 PM Post #17 of 22
I thought this was a parody thread
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Mar 9, 2012 at 3:27 PM Post #18 of 22
 
beagle said:
I do hope that one day we once again will be able to have audio shops where you can try things out. I wonder if they actually exist.
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in a town 10 mins from me there is a hifi shop with hd-800's on display, some grado rs1 and the likes along with some assorted akg's and a couple of hifiman sets. I also asked them about the source and they said they are hooked up to decent amp's and have lossless music if we want to listen. 
There are no low/mid range headphones though so it a bit strange??
 
Mar 9, 2012 at 9:59 PM Post #19 of 22


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rhythmdevils said:
I thought this was a parody thread
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It is. Seems you are the only one who isn't trying to derail it.
 


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sanotter said:
in a town 10 mins from me there is a hifi shop with hd-800's on display, some grado rs1 and the likes along with some assorted akg's and a couple of hifiman sets.
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10 minutes? Is that 10 minutes by car, walking, plane or phone?
 
 
 
Mar 11, 2012 at 5:03 PM Post #21 of 22


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beagle said:
No No NO and NO!
 
I want bloated treble. I don't want spikes. I want the treble to rise a bit starting around 8kHz, gently above that smooth past 14kHz and gradual slope down about 2db less past 20kHz. The bass should be crisp like a crisp wafer. Not a soggy fat marshmallow chocolate soaked pile of crap (Hi Denon!) that most headphones have for bass. It should be flat from about 500hZ down to about 35 then roll off fast so not to become a muddy foggy vast quagmire that just becomes Alfred Hitchcock bass response. Midrange should be flat and rise above all of the above about 4db during it's contribution. I ordered the Ultrasone HFI-780 just to tide me over until we get an answer.
 
I was hoping the Focal Spirit One or the Philips Fidelio L1 would fit but they are ellusive with regards to what is really up with them, very mysterious the limited information and understanding of these cans, I do hope that one day we once again will be able to have audio shops where you can try things out. I wonder if they actually exist. There is a shop in town that carries the Sennheiser line up to the HD598 which is cool and another that has the Beyer line but the new stuff? Its all over baby blue
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Mysterious limited information about the Focal headphones?
 
This review WON'T help clear your confusion;
 
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/focal/1.html
 
I don't know who the hell this guy thinks he is, but he has the most pompous, meandering and downright unreadable reviewing style, and you finish his articles with barely a clue more as to how the product actually sounds.
 
Here is a gem from the article;
 
"Yet there was a twist. The Frenchie was the more energetic and peppy, the Harman Kardon subsidiary the somewhat dull and gray operator. 
This basically energetic or transient offset was perhaps also reflected in the efficiency offset. The AKG is the clearly harder of hearing."
 
Tosh.
 
 
Rant over.
 
Mar 11, 2012 at 5:09 PM Post #22 of 22


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This review WON'T help clear your confusion;
 
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/focal/1.html
 
I don't know who the hell this guy thinks he is, but he has the most pompous, meandering and downright unreadable reviewing style, and you finish his articles with barely a clue more as to how the product actually sounds.
 
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Yes, I read that 6moons rambling, at least I tried to read it and comprehend what they were on about. Came up empty. I mean, don't they read this garbage before they submit it? Is there no editor on board there? Or maybe it is their way of telling you to audition them and make your own decision.
 
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