lojay
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Grrrr....
My Sennheiser HD497s cables got broken 3 weeks ago, so I borrowed my friend's Grado SR 225's for a full 3 week audition at home, and got totally used to it's good sound. Ironically a month or two ago, I've posted here how I felt both headphones to be similar in sound (the 225's really improved with burn in, at least 50%).
Now the table's been turned, the 497's fixed yesterday with brand new cables SUCKS. Period.
I've never felt that my 497's sounded so bad in good recordings, usually rock recordings like Steely Dan or most obviously The Eagles' Hotel California. Nothing sounded right. I am very disapointed, especially how I've upgraded my source to the very good E-MU already (check SoCal meet threads later for details on my source), but now my 497's with burnt in drivers but un-burnt-in cables sounds wierder than ever.
The most important thing is since I'm used to the rockin' feel and detail from the Grados, I now have to pump the volume to near hazardous levels in order to get satisfaction from the Senns. Eww
So, is the perceived bad sound from my un-burnt-in cables, or simply because I got used to the Grado's good rockin' sound?
Still, produced or to-the-mic music like RnB or rap sounds great on my Senns. Not all is gone.
My Sennheiser HD497s cables got broken 3 weeks ago, so I borrowed my friend's Grado SR 225's for a full 3 week audition at home, and got totally used to it's good sound. Ironically a month or two ago, I've posted here how I felt both headphones to be similar in sound (the 225's really improved with burn in, at least 50%).
Now the table's been turned, the 497's fixed yesterday with brand new cables SUCKS. Period.
I've never felt that my 497's sounded so bad in good recordings, usually rock recordings like Steely Dan or most obviously The Eagles' Hotel California. Nothing sounded right. I am very disapointed, especially how I've upgraded my source to the very good E-MU already (check SoCal meet threads later for details on my source), but now my 497's with burnt in drivers but un-burnt-in cables sounds wierder than ever.
The most important thing is since I'm used to the rockin' feel and detail from the Grados, I now have to pump the volume to near hazardous levels in order to get satisfaction from the Senns. Eww
So, is the perceived bad sound from my un-burnt-in cables, or simply because I got used to the Grado's good rockin' sound?
Still, produced or to-the-mic music like RnB or rap sounds great on my Senns. Not all is gone.