RushNerd
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So they don't have the hefty burn in that the denons have? It they open up fairly fast, it won't wait so long to fully judge them.
So they don't have the hefty burn in that the denons have? It they open up fairly fast, it won't wait so long to fully judge them.
Are you sure about this. On my B22 and M^3 the sub bass are great - I mean really great for hip-hop.
I seriously cannot wait to try out Juno Reactor on these once they arrive, I have a feeling they will excel with Juno's dramatic vocals and acoustic instruments from around the world.
I will be getting them brand new for my 30 day trail though, can someone tell me how much burn in time I should expect to do before they loosen up?? I would almost hate using them brand new and not liking it.
So they don't have the hefty burn in that the denons have? It they open up fairly fast, it won't wait so long to fully judge them.
I have something to confess . Lately, I have tried to replace our beloved hd 650 with some hi-end options but after a while I think I gave up on dynamic hi-end. I find T1 and T5p to be so underwhelming, hd 800, lcd 2/3, th900 all of them offer more resolution but either the tone in case of hd 800 or comfort issues with the audeze ruled them out of my list. I found the th900 to be an interesting can in its own right but its fun didn't wow me enough. The last one I have hope for is the he-6 as I haven't had a chance to drive it from an ideal speaker tab since through my v200 it feels so underpowered. I think I should jump into the estat realm to see what their magic is but I will keep my hd 650 rig since the tuning of it just right for my ears. I can clearly see their flaw compare to the flag-ship but in the end music is what matter as only the senn made me fall in love.
HD650 can simply not be replaced. I've jumped on that HE-6 treadmill you speak of. I love the HE-6 treadmill. It can be enjoyable like HD650. It can even consume a lot of head-time from HD650. But it still can't replace HD650. I can happily live with both...I find that it's replaced HD650 as my first pick many times, but it hasn't fully replaced my trusty old HD650s.
OOOOO - But if you could only have one???
I have something to confess . Lately, I have tried to replace our beloved hd 650 with some hi-end options but after a while I think I gave up on dynamic hi-end. I find T1 and T5p to be so underwhelming, hd 800, lcd 2/3, th900 all of them offer more resolution but either the tone in case of hd 800 or comfort issues with the audeze ruled them out of my list. I found the th900 to be an interesting can in its own right but its fun didn't wow me enough. The last one I have hope for is the he-6 as I haven't had a chance to drive it from an ideal speaker tab since through my v200 it feels so underpowered. I think I should jump into the estat realm to see what their magic is but I will keep my hd 650 rig since the tuning of it just right for my ears. I can clearly see their flaw compare to the flag-ship but in the end music is what matter as only the senn made me fall in love.
Don't worry about burn-in. Pad burn-in is real on HD650....the sound will change as the pads form to your head which they will do in a few weeks usage. Diaphragm burn-in does exist, but it doesn't audibly affect anything as severely as Denon or AKG. I changed out my 6-year old diaphragms with new ones a few months ago after they'd been damaged by an amp malfunction. Same broken in pads. The drivers were a bit stiff for the first 4-8 hours maybe, but after that, they sounded like my trusty ancient drivers again.
Nope, they're not AKGs. Or Denons. Or shudder....planars....nothing burns in like a planar....
Which is when I return to my trusty HD650s and just enjoy the music.
Sit back, relax, let your worries disappear - isn't that what music is all about?
After more than a year of reading about the 650s I just had to have a set, and I am very glad I did. They are quite special and certainly going to be keepers for quite sometime. However, as electronic music has been brought into this thread I have say the DT 880 really does outperform the 650 with this genre. I recently purchased a new headphone amp and due to the low voltage output from the RCA output on my CD player the 880s couldn't be driven quite well enough for my taste. So while I waited for some XLR cables, (which I had made by head-fi member Zombie_X and they are fantastic) I was using the 650s constantly. I have been in a huge phase of electronic music listening as of late, and at first I was using just the 650s, and they of course were really, really good. Then knowing the 880's reputation for being stellar performers with electronica and related genres like dubstep, dnb, glitch hop ... I started using them. Sorry HD650 lovers, which includes myself, hands down the 880s were the more suited sound signature, subjective bias of course.
However with more accoustic music it is hard to take the 650s off your head. Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Supertramp, Dire Starits etc, they all just love the 650s. Anyway, I am going to paste a youtube video link below of a track from Phutureprimitive's album Kinetik. My brother was just over here tonight, and he is an old school audio buff as well, but even he agreed this Phutureprimitive album is absolutely astounding to listen to with either speakers, or headphones. You can go to the artists web site and for $10 get the whole album in Flac, and the server (Bandcamp) is quite quick. Anyway, here is the link, I'm sure you'll enjoy. If you want to feed your 650s something that will just make them shine and grin, this album is the ticket folks, I kid you not. Unless you just don't like electronica of course.