Vitaliy Belz
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Well, perhaps I will express my opinion, based only on my perception and my hearing and not claiming to be the unconditional truth.How do you find the HD 490 and NDH 30 to compare in terms of soundstage and separation? What do you find is the biggest differences between them sonically?
I'll start with the sound stage, virtual, of course.
In 490 pro it is not wide enough and not deep enough, but still it is there and I would not say that it is bad if I had not compared it with the NDH 30. But in Neumann, it just looks like you are listening to acoustic systems, not headphones. And this difference in the construction of a virtual stage is very noticeable to me.
But in terms of separation, the 490 pro already has a noticeable advantage, probably due to a more pronounced emphasis on the upper-mid and high frequency ranges. For me this accent, sometimes has it tires me. You begin to listen to individual sounds, rather than the entire piece of music. As I wrote earlier, this property of the 490 Pro is useful for working with sound and correcting errors in its production.
And another very noticeable difference between them is the reproduction of the low-frequency range. In the HDH 30, it is clearly deeper, and if we draw an analogy with acoustic systems, then these headphones are more like three-way headphones, with a high-quality and at least 12-inch low-frequency speaker. Whereas the HD 490 Pro is more like a near or or more precisely mid field monitor. Although they are certainly good in the low-frequency range, but NDH 30 sound more convincing. I don't regret buying the HD 490 Pro Plus, it was definitely a very useful experience for me, although I could have saved money and not bought the more expensive version.
"The NDH 30 is not as traditional as it looks like. " Axel Grell.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/axel-grell-headphone.967413/post-18015690
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