[Armament]

Hello guys. I'm in the market for a headphone that pairs amazingly with classical music and more vocal music. I currently have an LCD-2 non-fazor which we all know is a darker sounding headphone. I have around $1,000 to spend. My current amp and DAC are a Schiit Mjolnir and a Sonore exD USB DAC. I've been stalking the for sale forums pretty often but don't really see anything that jumps out at me. I'm leaning towards the HD-800 but I'm not completely sure yet. Any ideas fellas?
 
This may be in the wrong place, deleting and moving. 
 
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[q2klepto]

  Hello guys. I'm in the market for a headphone that pairs amazingly with classical music and more vocal music. I currently have an LCD-2 non-fazor which we all know is a darker sounding headphone. I have around $1,000 to spend. My current amp and DAC are a Schiit Mjolnir and a Sonore exD USB DAC. I've been stalking the for sale forums pretty often but don't really see anything that jumps out at me. I'm leaning towards the HD-800 but I'm not completely sure yet. Any ideas fellas?
 
This may be in the wrong place, deleting and moving. 
 
EDIT: I guess I can't delete it. If someone can move it that would be fantastic.

 
I dont think you can get better than the HD800 for something like classical, if you can find one used - would be a good compliment to your LCD2s.  Another option would be the HE-560, and have some extra cash left over. 
 
That or save up for a STAX set or something, or wait until the HE-1000 prices are released (but i dont think theyll be under 2k) 

 

[Armament]

   
I dont think you can get better than the HD800 for something like classical, if you can find one used - would be a good compliment to your LCD2s.  Another option would be the HE-560, and have some extra cash left over. 
 
That or save up for a STAX set or something, or wait until the HE-1000 prices are released (but i dont think theyll be under 2k) 

Yeah, I was looking at the HE-560s. They aren't too expensive on here. I kind of wish I didn't buy a Mjolnir because I have to buy extra cables and such. The STAX SR-009 will be owned by me here in 3 months . Thanks for confirming what I thought then. I will set my eyes on a pair of HD-800s for sure now. Is it only worth it to get a newer s/n though? I've seen people say that the newer ones like 3xxxx sound a lot better.

 

[q2klepto]

  Yeah, I was looking at the HE-560s. They aren't too expensive on here. I kind of wish I didn't buy a Mjolnir because I have to buy extra cables and such. The STAX SR-009 will be owned by me here in 3 months . Thanks for confirming what I thought then. I will set my eyes on a pair of HD-800s for sure now. Is it only worth it to get a newer s/n though? I've seen people say that the newer ones like 3xxxx sound a lot better.

 
That backwave damping Anax mod apparently takes the HD800 to the next level - at least tames the brightness a tad and smoothes it out? Thats what i hear at least. 
 
But with the detail extraction and soundstage of the HD800 - not sure what can beat it for classical ~$1K 

 

[Mr Rick]

  Hello guys. I'm in the market for a headphone that pairs amazingly with classical music and more vocal music. I currently have an LCD-2 non-fazor which we all know is a darker sounding headphone. I have around $1,000 to spend. My current amp and DAC are a Schiit Mjolnir and a Sonore exD USB DAC. I've been stalking the for sale forums pretty often but don't really see anything that jumps out at me. I'm leaning towards the HD-800 but I'm not completely sure yet. Any ideas fellas?
 
This may be in the wrong place, deleting and moving. 
 
EDIT: I guess I can't delete it. If someone can move it that would be fantastic.

I was also on the look out for cans especially for Classical. I chose the Beyerdynamic DT 800 Premium 600 Ohm.
 
I chose them based an a rather flat FR graph and the ability to pair well with my Schiit Valhalla 2. 
 
They should be here by the end of the week.

 

[Johnlist]

I would recommend HD800, over HE560 due to its soundstage and separation instrument/placement, anax mod would help to reduce sibilance. 

 

[Mr Rick]

I never thought of doing a comparison graph.........until now. I'm even happier I chose the DT 880s.

 

 

[Armament]

 
I never thought of doing a comparison graph.........until now. I'm even happier I chose the DT 800s.

I'm still fairly new at this and don't really understand the graphs much

 

[Mr Rick]

  I'm still fairly new at this and don't really understand the graphs much

It's just interesting to notice the similarity of the Frequency Response graphs of both HPs. It is very similar. Of course this is only one metric to be measured. But I'm happy to see my choice, the DT880 / 600 have a response so close to the HD 880s.

 

[Armament]

  It's just interesting to notice the similarity of the Frequency Response graphs of both HPs. It is very similar. Of course this is only one metric to be measured. But I'm happy to see my choice, the DT880 / 600 have a response so close to the HD 800s.

Ah, yeah. That's definitely a good sign!

 

[Mr Rick]

  Ah, yeah. That's definitely a good sign!

Here is where you can find that information.
 
http://www.headphone.com/