[punit]

Hmm...maybe I need to get a F1J..

 

[ALRAINBOW]

I have a few giid amps for the he 6 and hd800.
But your explanation is spot on.
The amps are far easery to find but music
And the DAC to portray it is much harder.
I think most get the headphone and hate it. And from there they try to find an amp
That makes sound good. Now this is true but the DAC and music can make a great amp harsh as well
The hd800 sound really giid with the krell I had
Also the woo wa 5 and the hdvd 800. It's then the music and DAC
To make this complete. Bu even the hdvd800 with an offramp or AP1/PP makes the rig sing with good music.
It's not a great DAC it's very clear but a little thin
But look what's needed. Niw recently I have desided to do a music server win 2012.
As such I also bought a PPA USB PCI express card and the red PPA USB cable.
I had an audio GD linear psu from the USB adaptor he was selling
A while back. All I can say is wow what an improvement
Al

 

[Amictus]

Had an HD800 moment there: Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - OSR, Ansermet. The headphones melted away and I wasn't in front of loudspeakers, I was in the concert hall. Thank you, Sennheiser. Thank you, Norbert Lehmann.

 

[ALRAINBOW]

Not sure if I posted this already.
I have two reccomendatikns for music nervana they are both dsd .
Dsd 128 opus 3 no 3
Elvis 57 Dsd 64 but it must be from acoustic sounds .
These two records are from original master analog remixed . They are absolutely as good as it gets. A must to have the Elvis is 40 but the opus is only 13 . Buy them both or buy one that will lead you to buy the next one.
Someone buy it and post results .
Al

 

[icebear]

  Had an HD800 moment there: Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - OSR, Ansermet. The headphones melted away and I wasn't in front of loudspeakers, I was in the concert hall. Thank you, Sennheiser. Thank you, Norbert Lehmann.

Thanks for mentioning this recording.
I have to admit I am not familiar at all with Ernest Ansermet but soon will take a listen. I hope I'll get to the same state as you

.

 

[HPiper]

Just got my HD800's today and had a quick question. About how much burn-in time do these need? They sound fantastic now but I can tell the bass is just a bit flabby and loose at the moment (but still better than my HD600's).

 

[Amictus]

 
Thanks for mentioning this recording.
I have to admit I am not familiar at all with Ernest Ansermet but soon will take a listen. I hope I'll get to the same state as you

.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ernest-Ansermet-French-Music/dp/B00DT2322E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400303969&sr=8-1&keywords=ansermet
 
I tried to paste the bitly-shortened address for the above, but it got translated back again somehow! Anyway, that's the box of Ansermet in French music (32 discs, £49.50 on Amazon UK) that I'm ploughing through at the moment. Decca got some pretty marvellous sounds out of Victoria Hall, Geneva in the 1950s and 1960s - sounds that suit the HD800s very well!

 

[punit]

Had posted a HD 800 - WA22 related post in the Woo Audio thread, though I'd link it here too :
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/428570/woo-audio-amp-owner-unite/29910#post_10552915

 

[Priidik]

  Just got my HD800's today and had a quick question. About how much burn-in time do these need? They sound fantastic now but I can tell the bass is just a bit flabby and loose at the moment (but still better than my HD600's).

Bass flabbiness is probably down to amp synergy, usually about 100h are recommended for burn-in time. My units bass didn't change, maybe hf smoothed out a bit. Not as drastic effect at all as with some other headphones for me.

 

[kazsud]

Bass flabbiness is probably down to amp synergy, usually about 100h are recommended for burn-in time. My units bass didn't change, maybe hf smoothed out a bit. Not as drastic effect at all as with some other headphones for me.

+1

 

[TwoEars]

Bass on the HD800 is definitely not flabby in most cases, that's the amp doing that. For instance the Burson HA-160 can make the HD800 a bit flabby.
 
When amped right the HD800 bass is one of the tightest and most precise on the market.

 

[nigeljames]

  Bass on the HD800 is definitely not flabby in most cases, that's the amp doing that. For instance the Burson HA-160 can make the HD800 a bit flabby.
 
When amped right the HD800 bass is one of the tightest and most precise on the market.

 
Ay men to that

 

[ALRAINBOW]

Plus one here too. The details are up there with a stax 009 rig
When all is correct
Al

 

[Rossliew]

  Bass on the HD800 is definitely not flabby in most cases, that's the amp doing that. For instance the Burson HA-160 can make the HD800 a bit flabby.
 
When amped right the HD800 bass is one of the tightest and most precise on the market.

I'll raise to that ! 

 

[HPiper]

  Bass on the HD800 is definitely not flabby in most cases, that's the amp doing that. For instance the Burson HA-160 can make the HD800 a bit flabby.
 
When amped right the HD800 bass is one of the tightest and most precise on the market.

To set everyone's mind at ease, it wasn't the amp or the headphones, it was the recording and the ability of the HD800 to reproduce bass notes my former headphones could only dream of.