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Sennheiser HD558 + Xonar DG OR DT-770 80 OHMS + Xonar DG ?

post #1 of 33
1/31/13 at 3:03pm
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Hello all.

 

HD 558 + Xonar DG ? HD 558 is $149.99 (refundable)

 

OR

 

Beyerdynamic DT-770 PRO 80 OHMS + Xonar DG ? ($229.99 non-refundable by the seller).

 

THANKS !


Edited by SKilleT - 2/1/13 at 12:43am
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post #2 of 33
1/31/13 at 3:07pm

It was probably just the enhancements or bad internal sound. :/

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post #3 of 33
1/31/13 at 3:11pm
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EDITED MY POST.


Edited by SKilleT - 2/1/13 at 12:09am
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post #4 of 33
1/31/13 at 10:48pm
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Well I came to this forum but I found 0 help. 

 

What a let down.

 

Anyways, thank you.

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post #5 of 33
1/31/13 at 11:24pm

lol this guy

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post #6 of 33
1/31/13 at 11:51pm

It sounds like you're getting distortion on the output, rather than it being a problem with the headphones.

Was there any reduction in the distortion when you turned off the enhancements?

 

Although I've not had any experience with the senn 558, I used to have the 555 (the older version of the 558) and had no issues whatsoever with any distortion.

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post #7 of 33
1/31/13 at 11:53pm
Hi!

If are sensetive to ddistortions, I would recommend you to avoid headphone that has emphasis/boost at 6KHz-8KHz & at 100Hz. Give the K550 a shot. To my memory, it have extreme clarity with minimum unwanted noise. Hope this help!

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post #8 of 33
2/1/13 at 12:07am
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@Billson: I want to have a good bass an addition to clarity.... 

 

@calboa, when I turn the enhancements off the voice ONLY will get distorted. But if I turn base enhancer(increase the bass a little bit) the bass will distort and the voice will be distorted even more !

 

I edited my post and made it much shorter.


Edited by SKilleT - 2/1/13 at 12:16am
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post #9 of 33
2/1/13 at 12:32am

Sounds like it's an issue with the sound card rather than the headphones, especially if you've had the same distortions with two different pairs.

If you're using the on-board sound, I'd say that getting a sound card would be your best bet, and if you're still getting distortion after that then I haven't got a clue what's happening.

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post #10 of 33
2/1/13 at 12:34am
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So getting distortion on HD 558 on 70% volume is NOT normal, correct ?

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post #11 of 33
2/1/13 at 12:38am

Nope, shouldn't be.  As far as I know, you've got to crank the volume beyond the pain threshold to cause decent headphones to distort the way that you're describing.

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post #12 of 33
2/1/13 at 12:41am
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So getting distortion on HD 558 on 70% volume is NOT normal, correct ?

 

Looks like you've deleted much of your original post so I'm not sure of the details of your situation. 70% volume on what (what are you plugging them into)? BTW, no its not normal, but one man's 70% volume might be 80db and another's might be 110db so who knows. I need more info to help you.

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post #13 of 33
2/1/13 at 12:42am
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Yeh Was extremly dissapointed as this was my first Sennheiser headphones ever and my first expensive heaphones too !

 

 

So what do you guyes suggest I do ?

 

HD 558 + DG OR DT-770 + DG ?

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post #14 of 33
2/1/13 at 12:45am

One's open and one's closed and they also have different sound signatures so which of those you prefer/need should be the determining factor.

 

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post #15 of 33
2/1/13 at 12:46am

Also, try disable ALL eq and ofc enhancements too, whatever it might be. The headphone should not distort. Does this happen at lower volume too?

 

Which headphones do you use now?


Edited by davidsh - 2/1/13 at 12:47am
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