That's exactly it, you can go loud without knowing how loud you're really going. Because it still sounds really good. Ill keep my volume levels in check though, those headaches are no fun haha. 

Oh man these baby's can sing. I was listening to some techno and I seriously had too check if my Alpha 65 studio monitors weren't on. The presentation is so similar, very punchy, a nice amount of bass and a clean high end. The only I issue I have lately is ear-fatigue. Anyone else has this...

The newer 650's with the new drivers are supposed to be less dark than the older ones. Imo the HD650 has enough highs, and I'm the type of person who enjoys a bit of sparkle in the upper room. It's not the brightest headphone out there, but it certainly is not a slouch in that departement. 

They sound even more delicious with the sonarworks reference 3 plugin 

      It must be my amp then (Fiio E7+E9), the impedance on the E9's 6.3mm input is 10ohm vs a 32ohm headphone, which is a sub-optimal ratio I guess? I never had any problems with distortion before though, not with my HD650 (currently) or any other headphone i've owned. Kind of weird to...

Nobody had trouble with distortion at higher volumes? Sold mine because of it. 

Finally bought me a license for the reference 3, I just realised how much this plugin makes my HD650 sound like my yamaha hs7 monitors. It made the bass just perfect, that in your face bass that doesn't overpower, it's like listening to a very good set of studio monitors tbh. Very happy with...

Lol, I don't my bank would let me buy a Audeze headphone. Wow those omni's look awesome, id love to hear any of those headphones. 

That bass when you crank up the volume, I love how it rattles my ears a bit 

QFT, I wanted to say the same thing but I couldn't be arsed tbh.  But well spoken!

The fsp is pretty good as reference next to monitors tbh. But I prefered to work on music with the HD650, I haven't had any real suprises when listening back to a mix on my speakers tbh. My yamaha hs7 will brutaly point out any mistake I made in a mix anyway so it's a pretty good combo. 

My HD650 is making me sell my Focal Spirit Pro, it can't catch up tbh. The 650 stomps the Focal Spirit Pro in every way possible tbh  

I've owned both and I too prefer the hd650. 

Probably the way to go tbh!

His statement saying the HD650 sounds like a closed back headphone is enough to disregard anything he's saying until he gets a better amp. Heck even the fiio E7+E9 combo will do, don't forget to put the switch on high gain 

Are you out of your mind? Stop smelling those bath salts man. 

I can not deal with this kind of mortal foolishness tbh, enjoying my HD650's right now.

Probably degrading the sound due to an extra chain. 

Lol the HD650 does not need EQ to sound right, and it sounds better than the HD600 (I owned both in my search for headphones for music production). It's probably one of the most neutral headphones out there. Imo  I don't understand why someone would EQ it, I've heared the "perfect" curve for the...

Added a 70 ohm impedance resistor to these, muuuuch better. My amps headphone out impedance is rated 10ohm and was distorting the highs of the headphone due to the low impedance rating on the Focals. I asked my gf in a "blind test" and she heard a clear difference too, she didn't like the sound...

Fiio E7+E9 with the HD650 here, couldn't be happier :D

      Exactly what Solrighal says, no veil at all in the part I bought a week ago tbh. I prefer the HD650's sound over the HD600's sound any day of the week. The HD600 sounds less "dynamic" to me tbh. 

For some reason these are so much more comfortable than the HD600, I always forget I'm wearing them

Ahaa I see, then it must be able to drive the HD650 for sure! 

I own the E7 (similar to the E12 I think?)  It won't do the HD650 justice tbh. Fiio E7+E9 is really nice with the HD650! But not portable, I would never use the HD650 as a portable headphone anyway. Waaaay too much leakage haha