Hello,
I'm new here, and so far I spent many hours reading interesting things on head-fi, it helped me a lot for selecting my new portable source + closed cans.
So I'm having, in a few days, a Fiio X3 with a pair of Soundmagic HP100 for home and also sometimes in the train, during flights or environments with no extreme noise (parks, etc).
I decided to buy this because I used a Ultrasone HFI-780 for ..... well .... practically 6 years, and though I like 780 for most of what I listen to, I want to change and have something with a different sound, that's why I made the choice of the HP100, from what I read I hope I'm not going wrong with this choice (as I listen a lot to smooth and lounge music, much more than a few years ago when I was an electro druggie, you understand why I liked the HFI-780, even with those pads ..). I hope I will enjoy the HP100 on ambient and instrumental musics.
But I still want to buy, on top of the HP100, an additional pairs, opened circum (what I like the most), that would be complementary and different to the HP100. Only home use .The HP100 are said to be all rounder with neutral sound, a little warm, good for smooth sounds and no peak in frequency. I still look for cans with strong soundstage, but which could be excellent for funk, rock or instrumentals. The HFI780 I have already do a good job on these genres but I search for something different. So, for the criteria :
Type : Opened over-ear
Price : 250/300$
Sound : complementary to HP100, so not as much neutral, excellent soundstage and details, with a marked sound signature. Used for a lot of genres, funk, g-funk (rap), downtempo, electro, progressive rock, movies, games ... However I want a headphone that would be also different from my current HFI-780. I'm still not very familiar with some audio terms , but if both HFI-780 and HP100 are said not to have analytical signatures, then why not try to have an analytical headphone ?
Need amp : Does'nt matter except if the headphone need considerable power. I have an Aune T1 amp my father uses with his Takstar HI-2050.
Comfort : of course comfort is always to be considered, but I'm not as difficult as some people, I got used to HFI780's pads for 6 years, and only after several hours I have headache.
Source : Fiio X3 or computer (with Aune T1 if needed), lossless files.
I tried to seek for some headphones, and there are so many items ... I would be pleased to discover a "classic" brand such as Sennheiser or Grado, but though I read a lot about these brands, I definitely still cannot find my best choice.
Thank for your answer, sorry for grammar (I'm French). Sorry for the wrong section, I've just checked, should a moderator move my thread or I re do it ?
I'm new here, and so far I spent many hours reading interesting things on head-fi, it helped me a lot for selecting my new portable source + closed cans.
So I'm having, in a few days, a Fiio X3 with a pair of Soundmagic HP100 for home and also sometimes in the train, during flights or environments with no extreme noise (parks, etc).
I decided to buy this because I used a Ultrasone HFI-780 for ..... well .... practically 6 years, and though I like 780 for most of what I listen to, I want to change and have something with a different sound, that's why I made the choice of the HP100, from what I read I hope I'm not going wrong with this choice (as I listen a lot to smooth and lounge music, much more than a few years ago when I was an electro druggie, you understand why I liked the HFI-780, even with those pads ..). I hope I will enjoy the HP100 on ambient and instrumental musics.
But I still want to buy, on top of the HP100, an additional pairs, opened circum (what I like the most), that would be complementary and different to the HP100. Only home use .The HP100 are said to be all rounder with neutral sound, a little warm, good for smooth sounds and no peak in frequency. I still look for cans with strong soundstage, but which could be excellent for funk, rock or instrumentals. The HFI780 I have already do a good job on these genres but I search for something different. So, for the criteria :
Type : Opened over-ear
Price : 250/300$
Sound : complementary to HP100, so not as much neutral, excellent soundstage and details, with a marked sound signature. Used for a lot of genres, funk, g-funk (rap), downtempo, electro, progressive rock, movies, games ... However I want a headphone that would be also different from my current HFI-780. I'm still not very familiar with some audio terms , but if both HFI-780 and HP100 are said not to have analytical signatures, then why not try to have an analytical headphone ?
Need amp : Does'nt matter except if the headphone need considerable power. I have an Aune T1 amp my father uses with his Takstar HI-2050.
Comfort : of course comfort is always to be considered, but I'm not as difficult as some people, I got used to HFI780's pads for 6 years, and only after several hours I have headache.
Source : Fiio X3 or computer (with Aune T1 if needed), lossless files.
I tried to seek for some headphones, and there are so many items ... I would be pleased to discover a "classic" brand such as Sennheiser or Grado, but though I read a lot about these brands, I definitely still cannot find my best choice.
Thank for your answer, sorry for grammar (I'm French). Sorry for the wrong section, I've just checked, should a moderator move my thread or I re do it ?
