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    Do I "need" a Sennheiser HD600/650/660S(S2) series headphone?

    Of course, the graph is extremely similar but not identical anyway. Solderdude gave a very different impression, above all after some slight tweak (with foam) that lowered a bit the 150hz bump (that is already much less pronounced than a HD650 in stock form), avoiding masking effects and...
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    Monolith M1570 Over Ear Open Back Balanced Planar Headphones

    The clamp is very light, but this is easily fixable: you have to lightly bend the yokes, near the earcups, not the top of the headband. If you have a newer version of the M1570 the metal is resistent and hard, but it is bendable anyway, just do it gradually and carefully. Audiophile ninja can...
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    Do I "need" a Sennheiser HD600/650/660S(S2) series headphone?

    Personally, I preferred the HD58X to HD600 (marble), HD650 (Ireland), HD560S, HD400. Unbeatable headphone at that price, for me. Almost same FR graph than the new HD660S2 (see solderdude comparison at diyaudioheaven). At about the same price, or slightly above, I liked the Deva Pro wired very much.
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    Monolith M1570 Over Ear Open Back Balanced Planar Headphones

    My major problem with the M1570 was that its headband discharges all the weight of the headphone on the center of the head, so a pair of dekoni nuggets sticked on the extreme sides of the headband solved the weight problem for me, by distributing the overall weight on three points over my head...
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    Monolith M1570 Over Ear Open Back Balanced Planar Headphones

    Excellent advice, thank you, just received these pads and I find them better than both stock pads, and even a bit better than the ones I found on aliexpress and modified with holes: with your suggested pads pinna gain area is not recessed like the stock pleather ones and not as forward as the...
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    New to Headphones-Not to HiFi

    Don't know if there are many headphones that achieve a big and enveloping soundstage without sarificing somehow tonality. Probably it all depends on your priorities. I have had the Hifiman edition XS and their sounstage was really wide and enjoiable, but tonally wise I prefer the cheaper Deva...
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    New to Headphones-Not to HiFi

    Magni is good enough, I have had two models of it. Good. HD560S is a good headphone but the 4-6 Khz elevation could be very hearable and nasty, depending on the sample (there is some batch variation, it seems). I have had both 560S and HD400, and the second one, despite formally being the same...
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    best headphones for mixing/mastering sub $500?

    ETA Mini C is a great tool for mixing. Excellent dynamics and tonal balance, translates very well on my speaker system (better than Sennheiser 6XX and many others) and is a closed back, but leaks a bit.
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    ETA Mini headphone

    It always surprises me how much individual perception can differ. I have an Eta Mini Closed, and my impression are completely different from yours. I mean, completely. What I hear is a slight emphasis around 1Khz area (not desiderable, but very light and not offending); no lack on 3-4K region...
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    Comment by 'robertom' on listing '[EU] KZ xHBB PR2 - BLON BL03 - TANGZU WANER'

    Hello, the listing is closed, sorry, I sold the items. Thank you anyway
  11. For Sale  [EU] Simgot EA500

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    54.00 EUR
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    Excellent/Like new
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    My listing is on ebay: https://www.ebay.it/itm/314606220470
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    I agree with all of the above, but that was not my point anyway. No problem, maybe I'm not able to explain what I mean, but it is not important. If you have no doubt that you enjoy your PR2, that's fine, it is a tool to enjoy music.
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    Of course, everything depending on ear canal physiology is highly subjective: It is a second layer of subjectivity, beyond personal tastes. In my case, it is too much. Just to have a reference for my idea of 'neutrality', or natural sound in the pinna gain region: I just listen to Pavarotti...
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    Everyone here, and everywhere, is just voicing his personal point of view, I do not think we really need to append YMMV, IMHO and similar verbal tics at each and every post.
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    Knowledge Zenith (KZ) impressions thread

    Do you mean that only enthusiastic feedbacks are allowed on this thread?
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