LazyListener
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After months of poking I finally convinced my friend to sell me his HD650 headphones. He asked me if $90 was too much
I hope you talked him down...
After months of poking I finally convinced my friend to sell me his HD650 headphones. He asked me if $90 was too much
No it doesn't. The perfect amp can only at best provide the same signal as the DAC which doesn't exist ofcourse.
Headphones (even the HD 800 S) don't require that much power so an amplifier is pointless.
BTW, how do you judge a headphone without an amplifier? You get no sound without an amplifier.
I was wanting to get some HD600/HD650 grills for my HD580. Sennheiser US looks like it no longer does telephone calls. I opened a ticket asking if they had a pair of these grills for sale. Here is what I got as a response. Make of it what you will...
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Good Day,
Thank you for contacting the Sennheiser Customer Service team.
The HD650 are discontinued and we no longer carry these in our warehouse or have parts available.
Sennheiser USA Customer Service Team
Mon-Fri: 8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. EST
(877) 736-6434 ext 1
Kandis Shirley
Customer Support Specialist
Sennheiser Electronic Corporation
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
(The bold type and big font was done by me)
Hopefully this isn't accurate, especially about parts availability. (Imagine no new earpads!)
I hope you talked him down...
Then they would all sound the same, silent.
You can't -- he's trolling.
This is the wonderful world of the Hifi where many myths are kept being reinforced without poeple doing their actual tests. It's not my wallet so no problem for me.
Use it directly straight from the DAC without an amplifier between?
I was wanting to get some HD600/HD650 grills for my HD580. Sennheiser US looks like it no longer does telephone calls. I opened a ticket asking if they had a pair of these grills for sale. Here is what I got as a response. Make of it what you will...
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Good Day,
Thank you for contacting the Sennheiser Customer Service team.
The HD650 are discontinued and we no longer carry these in our warehouse or have parts available.
Sennheiser USA Customer Service Team
Mon-Fri: 8:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. EST
(877) 736-6434 ext 1
Kandis Shirley
Customer Support Specialist
Sennheiser Electronic Corporation
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
(The bold type and big font was done by me)
Hopefully this isn't accurate, especially about parts availability. (Imagine no new earpads!)
No I didn't talk him down. They are mint and only a few years old. I thought it was a very good deal
Use it directly straight from the DAC without an amplifier between?
A DAC only converts digital to analog and does not have a headphone output. A DAC by itself does not provide an amplified signal output. You still need an amplifier to hear anything.