OP, this is my take on the two headphones. Take it with a grain of salt as I haven’t heard the esw9a in awhile. I do think you not need to worry as far as high and upper mids with both headphones. The esw9a is a smooth lush warm headphone with an emphasis on vocal. The smooth lush is helped...

Oops sorry for the wrong info on driver size. I haven’t been into headphone in awhile. Just saw an email that pop up saying someone post a comment. Decided to check it out. But I still don’t think on ear and full size sound the same. I agree with wood sounding headphones. Nothing wrong with...

I wouldn’t necessary say it sounds like an HD650. To me, on ears will never sound as full as full size headphones. Full size headphone has deeper cups more space and larger drivers. HD 650 is less colored but the esw9

Yep, it sounds like you would enjoy the HD650. Just get a good amp and dac along with it and you won't miss that much with others like HD800 or T1.

Dt880 32 ohms with my GO450. Sounds so good. I have the HD800 which probably does sounds better, but it makes me want to just pick at the music I'm listening to. With the Dt880, I can listen to the music and just relax and enjoy. It works with all my music, movies, or whatever. This is one...

This is why it's best to stick to the headphone you really like, opinion varies too much with headphones.

Add the Bose sound link II over ear wireless or the Bose QC25

User:soundeffect I would to see DT1770

It's not wrong name. Read the description on the link you posted, last paragraph. They say it's the exact same as the pro. Beyer seems to make some for GC with the word studio on it so their customers will know that the DT770 is a high impedance headphone.

The only thing that bothered me with the HE500 and similar hifiman are the stupid coaxial like connectors. A pain in the butt, takes too much time to put on and off. The heavy weight wouldn't bother me much if the overall size of the cups (thickness and circumference) wasn't so large. Sound...

You got me there :stuck_out_tongue:. My analogy sucks. Haha!

I understand what you mean by saying older headphones are still competitive as a lot of older headphones are still highly praised and some consider them to be the best. I'm just saying that the reason other people classify them the way they are is accordingly to what there own maker place them...

The hd600/650 and DT880 are called/classified as midfi because it's in the middle of the brand's Line up. You can't call a bmw 3 series a top of the line Bmw car when it's not their top of the line or a Lexus IS250, no matter how much you like it or how well it performs. It's just not a top of...

I use OS X, no problem. Plug and played immediately.

This is my first listening impression with bimby vs buber,it turned out well. It's hard to really tell for sure without the uber here to compare, so this is base on memory. I do believe the bimby is slightly warmer, not in a gooey way, but more of a smoother sense. This is the first thing that I...

Came home during lunch and Mr. frosty made it home! Only had time to enjoy unpacking and setting it for warm up. Hopefully, I have time to listen to it tonight briefly, but I probably won't have time until tomorrow night. Still, I'm glade to have it back. :thumbsup:

It's the new toys syndrome, "everything must be perrrfectttt!" :imp: Solution? turn on the multifrost and put on a pair of headphones, let the therapy begins :smiley: All serious note, you will never touch that button anyways, heck I don't even know if I have ever touch that button before.

Hearing people getting theirs is making my delivery for Thursday seems longer. Can't wait for mine, also would like to thank the Schiit team for the smooth and fast process. Originally I was que'd for 28 then the next morning 21 and by evening time, they were telling me it's ready to be sent to...

The uber upgrade has been out for over two years...for a dac that can be upgraded (bifrost), u gotta expect it to be coming up soon for an update. Especially when they have been updating most of there amps and dac. To me, when a company has a reputation for trying to be fair, people expect more...

I never posted my experience when I made my purchase of a set of headphones from them, but everything went well. The shipping came in a well timely manner, transaction is smooth, and product came through look new. This is 5 yrs back for what it is worth.

I am interested, would love to see what's new after owning the HE400 and HE500 previously

For me I agree with this post here and I'll add that the T1 treble is smoother to me than the Dt880(owned for awhile currently) and sounds more controlled. I owned the T1 and HD800 for awhile, I find them to quite a bit better than the Hd650 (I also currently own for a few months) and the Akg...

I think it boils down to how you planning use it, with an amp go for the 600 ohms. Why not, it's suppose to only sound better and not worse. I think overall, most people think it sounds either good or the best of the three. The 250 ohms is for flexibility can benefit from an amp and can still be...

This right here, I had both the 250 ohm and 32 ohm side by side. Not worth the trouble digging into, IMO. I went with what fits my situation, amp I'm planning to use with it, and my needs for it the most. In the end, it's still a DT880 and still sounds like a DT880