Bvachon29
New Head-Fier
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Those modded 580's look amazing. I wish I would've kept my 595's and went a similar route.
Here are my 580's modded by PETEREK.
That is why I will not cut up the old grills.
I am amping these with a Schiit Vali2 right now. I would like to pick up a Darkvoice 336 next time Massdrop has them.
This weekend, we had a little meeting in Vienna (like 30 people) and at first I didn't even know what to take there but then I brought the HD580.
No one had listened to them before (I own the newer HD580) and everyone who tried them, was surprised how good they sound.
Most of them also said that they prefer them to the HD600.
And about me.. I had my HD580 as a preference and compered it to the other and I have to say that they are not as detailed as modern headphone,
but when it comes to nice sound I was most times kinda relieved when I went back to my 580s.
No harshness, and a real nice overall sound.
I bought them used, also without knowing them, I'm happy that I made that decision
Nice review!
I got my first used HD580 now like one year ago and I love it!
For listening it's my favourite headphone.
Since last year I bought two other HD580 which have raised name plate.
One I sold again after some weeks because they just didn't sound as good but I thought I had bad luck on it.
So no I bought another one wittch raised name plate, even with new earpads and again, sounds not as good as the old one .
I can't really tell why, I'm not able to say which frequencis are missing/too much in the newer ones.
All I can say is, that the old one sounds much more musical and so more real to me.
I will measure them in the next week or so and maybe I can tell afterwards what the major differences are, because there is no doubt to me, they sound different.
ps. how can you tell the differences in the versions other than the name plate?
Last week I received a pair of HD580s. I have always been curious about them so I jumped on a used listing (not on headfi). Amazon. They were described as like new in the listing and also, in an email as mint. However, the headband cushion is flat and the pads, while clean, seem more squishy than I expected. They kind of flatten out when on my head. I think the foam inside has deteriorated with time. Also the thin black foam over the driver is crumbling. The right driver is actually exposed. Should these have been described as mint? No box or case but I was not expecting one. I could return them or I could replace the pads and headband cushion..would ask the seller for a partial refund to cover the cost. How important is it to get the official Sennheiser parts. There are ones on ebay from China. Has anyone used those with good results. Advice would be much appreciated.
How much did it cost you? They are definitely not as described so you have grounds for a return, however if you like it other than those things that were worn, get the partial refund. It's not worth overpaying for those particular Sennheiser parts as foam is foam. I've bought all those parts from China sellers on ebay and haven't have a problem.