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Been listening to music out of the Asgard2 and Valhalla2 the past couple days. Prefer Asgard2 so far.
@rawrsterDo it. If the $$$ are right.
I bought mine after I thought I was going to buy the he560s. I was ready to but the 560s then had a whim to just try the hd800s which were $300 more.
Heard the hd800s. The buying decision was on hold. Went back to store the next week and let these two headphones partake in a battle royale for my $$$. Hd800s won.
I went back to the store a month or two later (looking for amps) and the he560s were still the second best headphones. If I had chosen the he560s I would still be thinking, "what would this album sound like with the hd800s?" I don't have the opposite question now that I have my hd800s.
And if you still have your Taurus you're already set for a true extremely rounded sound that comes across as "a one". But I guess the amp does that with most headphones.
Good luck in your decision.
Trust me I really want to. I just bought the Taurus and a balanced cable for the HE-560 so I don't want to sell the HE-560 anytime soon and it's one of the more balanced headphones I've ever owned. I'm not in any rush and Memorial day is coming up soon so there may be some sales.
I remember it took a while to find the right setup for the HD800 to sound good. I'm hoping my current setup works since there was a metallic treble before I found the right pairing for the HD800 last time. It's too bad I can't just take a HD800 home for a few weeks before committing.
Been listening to music out of the Asgard2 and Valhalla2 the past couple days. Prefer Asgard2 so far.
Trust me I really want to. I just bought the Taurus and a balanced cable for the HE-560 so I don't want to sell the HE-560 anytime soon and it's one of the more balanced headphones I've ever owned. I'm not in any rush and Memorial day is coming up soon so there may be some sales.
I remember it took a while to find the right setup for the HD800 to sound good. I'm hoping my current setup works since there was a metallic treble before I found the right pairing for the HD800 last time. It's too bad I can't just take a HD800 home for a few weeks before committing.
On the taurus I did not notice metallic highs on the hd800s.
I also noticed no particular necessity for balanced cables with the hd800s. There is some improvement however, FOR ME, it's not like the sennheiser amps which I eould not buy without balanced cables.
The Taurus is on my wish list for when it's time for that kind of spend on an amp
Can you elaborate on that?
Why do you like the Asgard 2 more?
Thanks.
I use the HD800s with the Taurus in my main system. I swapped over to balanced cables (CH800) after a few months and found a small but worthwhile improvement. It was like going from the standard vinyl pressing to a MoFi pressing. There just seemed more of everything and all that you liked about the HD800 was improved especially in focus and soundstage. It is still quite a cost though!
I can tell all the specifics in a couple weeks when I feel comfortable I've uncovered all their qualities, but so far the gist of it is that:
Asgard2 is thicker and a little warmer sounding with slightly beefier bass, and also cleaner sounding. It loses out a bit on instrument separation to the slightly brighter Valhalla2 (stock tubes). In comparison the Valhalla2 is a bit forced sounding.
Anybody here using A+ with Izotope up sampling for your HD800s? If so could you share your up sampling settings.
I am developing a software for upsampling at the moment. HD800 is one of the headphones that works the best. I also would recommend HQplayer
Just saying, you can check the updates at my project's page, www.dobresculaboratories.blogspot.com
I also am working at an algorithm for better transients recovery, it is something neat, which should work even better than what has already been done.
Sorry if i am disturbing the thread
Anybody using the Draug 2 cable and can say what difference it makes to the HD800?