beastie
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Hi all,
this week i've received two pairs of headphones. the AKG 300 and Denon 750. i fell in love with the denons instantly. but as for the AKG's, well i wasn't impressed. i gave the pair fair chance. i listened to them for the past 3 nights with a variety of music from jazz, techno, to classical. but i'm disspointed. first of all. i dislike open phones. the problem is they are open! i can hear everything that goes on around. just like speakers. when studying, i get distracted from listening, every time i turn over a page. i just don't understand the point of open phones. if i want a wide soundstage, i'll just listen to my speakers. anyway, to music reproduction. everyone seems to praise phones that are not coloured and complain of bloated bass. listening to the AKGs, these phones are so neutral and bass lacking that i find them totally boring to listen to. the music feels so distant that i think i can fall asleep to rap with these cans. even listening to classical music, the merriment and tempo of songs such as blue danube by Strauss and air by Bach. i'm wondering why some people like these type of phones? everything i listen to are apathetic. the Denon 750 are a different story. i guess i really prefer closed cans over open. due to the reason they are closed, they bring intimacy to music. they are very smooth and very good bass responce. i used it on my e10 md player and the sound is very very good. i played dave seaman's Melbourne. this album has some highs that always distort my other soundsystems, but with the 750, the sound was improved greatly.
one feature i dislike about both of the phones is the damn long cable they have. they are so long that i'm cautious that i don't trip over them whenever i need to leave my desk to do something. i wish the companies would make the cables coiled, it would make life much easier.
okay i haven't had the chance to listen to other higher quality headphones. but based on my reading of the forum, it seems like many of the open phones like the AKG and Senns share the same characteristic as my 300. so i'm just wondering what some of you senn 600 are looking for? do you guys like to listen to music that won't bring your excitement and transform you to an state of mind where you can feel what the artists were feeling when they were creating the music?
this week i've received two pairs of headphones. the AKG 300 and Denon 750. i fell in love with the denons instantly. but as for the AKG's, well i wasn't impressed. i gave the pair fair chance. i listened to them for the past 3 nights with a variety of music from jazz, techno, to classical. but i'm disspointed. first of all. i dislike open phones. the problem is they are open! i can hear everything that goes on around. just like speakers. when studying, i get distracted from listening, every time i turn over a page. i just don't understand the point of open phones. if i want a wide soundstage, i'll just listen to my speakers. anyway, to music reproduction. everyone seems to praise phones that are not coloured and complain of bloated bass. listening to the AKGs, these phones are so neutral and bass lacking that i find them totally boring to listen to. the music feels so distant that i think i can fall asleep to rap with these cans. even listening to classical music, the merriment and tempo of songs such as blue danube by Strauss and air by Bach. i'm wondering why some people like these type of phones? everything i listen to are apathetic. the Denon 750 are a different story. i guess i really prefer closed cans over open. due to the reason they are closed, they bring intimacy to music. they are very smooth and very good bass responce. i used it on my e10 md player and the sound is very very good. i played dave seaman's Melbourne. this album has some highs that always distort my other soundsystems, but with the 750, the sound was improved greatly.
one feature i dislike about both of the phones is the damn long cable they have. they are so long that i'm cautious that i don't trip over them whenever i need to leave my desk to do something. i wish the companies would make the cables coiled, it would make life much easier.
okay i haven't had the chance to listen to other higher quality headphones. but based on my reading of the forum, it seems like many of the open phones like the AKG and Senns share the same characteristic as my 300. so i'm just wondering what some of you senn 600 are looking for? do you guys like to listen to music that won't bring your excitement and transform you to an state of mind where you can feel what the artists were feeling when they were creating the music?