Thanks for taking the time to do this review. Very well written.   I can not wait to hear the K812 :D

The HD650 sure is a good all rounder! I did not have very much time with them, but enough to notice that there was no "synthetic granularity" as my HD565 Ovation has.   Not a piano aficionado head phone, at least not with my amp or my taste in piano sound. Also brass seemed to miss some of its...

Thanks for the link!   I will certainly find out tomorrow as a friend of mine is bringing over the HD650, thought he had HD600. Really looking forward to hearing them on my own setup.

You are right. Why not the HD600? Well I have never heard them on my amplifier, or another decent amp for that matter. And what I heard when I did hear them, was not very musical sounding to me. A little clinical and dead. I think I might have a slight dislike to the Sennheiser audio signature...

I have been away from the headphone market for a couple of years and is looking for a new set of open cans.   Been craving something else lately. Something better than what I already have and something that can deliver the following characteristics:   - Soundstage - Transparency -...

Mine are getting plenty of play time. Its my default headphone for the HTPC and my preferred headphone for dedicated classical listening. The other pair is being "broken in" year two by a happy friend of mine. Never selling these :)

Quote:   Well yes B&O do aim for the high end. Build, finish and design often reside in the high end domain. The fidelity however not so much. Plain insufficient at that price point.   BOSE I have been lucky enough to avoid entirely after being subjected to a quite expensive set of...

Quote: Thanks for the info RTTO. Yes the Q701 or Anniversary edition was meant as a replacement for my K701, hopefully an upgrade in the open department :) I already decided on a closed head phone, since I need it for field recording I went for Sennheiser HD 25-1 II

Quote:   Thanks. Yes, I think I will be asking for a replacement. I do not want to reward them for producing something that almost works (even in the mechanical department). Really trying to make up my mind if I should get a refund instead and buy a older studio version (K 271 MK II...

How many days before the Chinese "chemical plant" stench disperses completely from these headphones?  The new smell with this one is not good, it is nauseating and head ache inducing. Coming home the entire living room smells like a carcinogenic nightmare.   The swivel mechanism is almost...

First impressions after 12 hours of pink noise. I have not read this entire thread.   Well unless they spectacularly improve by hundreds of hours of usage the words that spring to mind after initial listening are:   Unrefined Opague Subdued Veil/Dark Lack of micro detail...

B&O is the Apple of sound. Good performance, but at a unwarranted and unjustifiable premium with too little connection to performance.

Incredibly bad design decision for an enthusiast point of view (mine). I understand catering to the young plastic futuristic street kids for the portable range, but for a flag ship model? Really Denon?   I must be insane, but not even better sound could make me enjoy these over the AH-D7000.

Last two weeks. Mostly new electronic and a few old ones. Field recordings, dark ambient and electronica:   BJ Nielsen - The Invisible City Chris Watson - El Tren Fantasma Sleep Research Facility - Stealth Burial Hex - Book of Delusions Zane Trow - For Those Who Hear Actual Voices...

This thread should be closed.    Not even jmoneys website exists anymore.