Reading your sig: Asus N-Series (Foobar 2000) > Schiit Audio Bifrost 4490 > Schiit Audio Asgard 2 > HD800  |  T1  |  K702  |  DT880  | HD650   I would guess the HD650 are really different from the other four HP's you mention; from reading other peoples reviews I'd say those are more...

  You are a disturbance in The Force!   Yet I was already thinking about the HD650 again... Had them two times: First driven by the Musical Fidelity X-Can v3 and a few years later driven by the Musical Fidelity M1 HPA. Liked their sound a lot, but not their fit! That's why I gambled with...

  That's too bad; I really tried to like the HD700's, but it's never going to work for me.   I've just packaged them again, after my last audition listening to a few selected tracks (mostly parts of them) on Qobuz and Spotify and some CD's in my Denon DCD-1560 (25 years old) Headphones Out...

I just got the HD700's and I'm wondering if they are alright.   Snaredrums and cymbals sound thin and harsh to unbearable extends. Is that due to it's soundsignature?   Other headphones I use: Sennheiser HD598, Sennheiser Momentum Over-ear, Audeze Sine, Shure SRH840, Philips Fidelio X1...

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