Rob80b
Headphoneus Supremus
Thought I would put forward my impressions after swapping out the plastic grills on the HD580’s for the HD600 metal grills.
First I should mention I was/am an AKG user, K501’s-DF240S. I was content on the K501 sound but curiosity got the better of me and so a picked up a new pair of HD580’s a few months back. I was immediately taken by it’s richer and fuller sound and increased bass over the K501’s. Trying to do a constructive comparison over the two phones was interesting, although I really liked the fuller sound of my newly acquired HD580’s I constantly found my extended listening at night was with the AKG’s.
A few weeks ago I ordered the HD600 metal grills, more for cosmetic reasons than for an increase in sound quality, as from the posts there appeared to be little or no advantage in changing the grills or for that matter no grills at all.
From then on I would find myself listening unintendedly more with the HD580 with the HD600 grills, previously I found the 580’s a bit heavy but obviously with the new grills something has changed. the sound opened up and became more balanced, but this was over extended listening periods.
So my basic conclusions are that the change in grills have changed the overall sound to the better but in a way that is not immediately obvious.
The K501’s have take on second fiddle once more.
First I should mention I was/am an AKG user, K501’s-DF240S. I was content on the K501 sound but curiosity got the better of me and so a picked up a new pair of HD580’s a few months back. I was immediately taken by it’s richer and fuller sound and increased bass over the K501’s. Trying to do a constructive comparison over the two phones was interesting, although I really liked the fuller sound of my newly acquired HD580’s I constantly found my extended listening at night was with the AKG’s.
A few weeks ago I ordered the HD600 metal grills, more for cosmetic reasons than for an increase in sound quality, as from the posts there appeared to be little or no advantage in changing the grills or for that matter no grills at all.
From then on I would find myself listening unintendedly more with the HD580 with the HD600 grills, previously I found the 580’s a bit heavy but obviously with the new grills something has changed. the sound opened up and became more balanced, but this was over extended listening periods.
So my basic conclusions are that the change in grills have changed the overall sound to the better but in a way that is not immediately obvious.
The K501’s have take on second fiddle once more.
