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dakanao reacted to Philimon's post in the thread Sennheiser HD650 & Massdrop HD6XX Impressions Thread with Like.^ Sounds like too much bass despite frequency response measurements. Others might like and call it “slammin’”, but I would call it...
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dakanao reacted to Jason Stoddard's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.From a chapter I wrote here 7 years ago:
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dakanao reacted to mystaiced's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.When I started out listening to DACs, I wrongly assumed they all sounded the same. Turns out when I was using powered monitors, I didn’t...
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dakanao replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.I'm sorry, but there won't be any audible difference between any YggDrasil and an Apple dongle. Both are excellent (audibly transparent)...
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dakanao reacted to squeakez's post in the thread Drop + Ultrasone Signature X Headphones Discussion with Like.There was a flatness to the sound - a loss of tonality and fullness. It's hard to describe but it led to a loss of engagement. Believe...
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dakanao replied to the thread Drop + Ultrasone Signature X Headphones Discussion.In what way did the Hart Audio cable sound worse than stock?
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dakanao reacted to SHAMuuu's post in the thread Sennheiser HD650 & Massdrop HD6XX Impressions Thread with Like.Those are all solid points! I stopped using the word "veil" and call it musical haze :) From watching their podcast talks and also...
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dakanao replied to the thread Sennheiser HD650 & Massdrop HD6XX Impressions Thread.I would say there's 2 sides to this. Yes, they know what they're doing. Is it always in favor of optimal sonics? No. They already knew...
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dakanao replied to the thread Sennheiser HD650 & Massdrop HD6XX Impressions Thread.Distortion caused by internal reflections; ie damping material behind driver, reflective baffle (metal mesh in the case of modern 6xx...
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dakanao replied to the thread Sennheiser HD650 & Massdrop HD6XX Impressions Thread.I think reflections, not sure though, I can only comment on how it sounds. I didn't only try this on the HD650, but on a lot of other...
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dakanao replied to the thread Sennheiser HD650 & Massdrop HD6XX Impressions Thread.Imo, that damping behind the driver just restricts the driver for the sake of FR response. It actually makes the transients sound edgier...
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dakanao replied to the thread Sennheiser HD650 & Massdrop HD6XX Impressions Thread.I don't mind distortion in the bass for the HD650, as the impact is already quite low, so when distortion in the bass gets up, it gets...
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dakanao reacted to kman1211's post in the thread Sennheiser HD650 & Massdrop HD6XX Impressions Thread with Like.Product variance is definitely a cause. My current HD 650 (2022/2023 production) is silky smooth and doesn’t have the upper mid abrasion...
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dakanao replied to the thread Sennheiser HD650 & Massdrop HD6XX Impressions Thread.Yeah the metal mesh filter certainly makes it worse compared to absorbing materials. But from my experience having heard like 7...
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dakanao reacted to Philimon's post in the thread Sennheiser HD650 & Massdrop HD6XX Impressions Thread with Like.Whaaaat? I agree! Something in the highs is a tad sharp (4kHz?, reminds me of HD800 driver but much less severe) and I was hoping a more...