The (new) HD800 Appreciation Thread - Page 29

^^^ Yeah I have a bifrost/lyr combo and don't like the HD-800's at all with the combo. When I first plugged the Senns into my new Invicta DAC HP outs a couple weeks ago, the Senns quickly became my favorite headphones ever. Not that it's a fair comparison of course. 

I have been a long time HD800 fan. First with the DNA Sonett. then I added the Phonitor but now I wonna plug here the First Watt F3 with HD800. Yeah, it is a speaker amp and yeah I am feeding it off speaker taps, but it sounds quite nice.Dead quiet and the defintion is superb. And nice bass to top thing off. Fun times!

 

 

What preamp - m51?

Well, I had a budget and I had to start somewhere. I haven't heard "Music" for around 12 years or so. Last night the tubes started to break in and softened up the highs a great deal. The CD harshness went away and everything sounded "Musical". But somethingr weird happened, I stopped playback for about twenty minutes and now the music is on hiatus again. 70 hrs of tube break-in and counting. Less than a hundred for the full rig. So I have a ways to go before everything settles in. Still, I really want to know what happened. The space was reduced but the harshness was completely gone and punch came out to play.... Then it was gone. I was expecting the tubes/rig had hit its stride and then the space to come out as more time was put on. It hasn't yet. I'll have to check things tonight

@ preproman - yeah that is my only pre amp now. Looking at gsx may be. Or a tube amp/pre for the had800. Any suggestions?

 

 

PM coming..

Thanks preproman! As always, your input is much appreciated.

 

All the things you said about the HD800 vs LCD2 I felt with all my pairs of HD800s.

 

Another point, I very clearly remember people saying exactly what you're saying about their own pairs since SN # 9000+. Just last year, the 14000 and above were the golden batch, and every year it changes to become whatever people are getting at the time. It's been pretty funny to watch.

 

My answer is your gear and preferences are what's causing this sudden change of heart. I'm also not ruling out the possibility that you have a good pair. There are always variances in individual units among headphones.

Let's also consider that Senn has in the past changed the HD600 and HD650 since their release so it's not unheard of for Senn to change a product post launch.  The so called right to change without notice clause.

True. Not denying what you claim, but just pointing out what's more likely.

Whatever the reason.  Whether it's always been this way or is now this way... it's a great headphone.

I doubt a stealth tweak from Sennheiser could make someone go from disliking the HD800 to singing its praises. It's more plausible that upstream components are responsible.

This thread is getting lame. Here's the thread discussing new vs. old HD800 conspiracies. Use it:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/646871/new-hd-800-very-different-than-the-old-hd-800




-Daniel

I  rather think that the sound signature of hd800 is puzzling. Small change in the treble area are easy to perceive, and since there's some natural variation in the production, lot of people are convinced that Sennheiser made changes, while in fact it's just that the headphone is enough revealing, that you can  perceive the little variations.