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    Review by 'wyki' on item 'iSK HF-2010 Professional Quality, Studio Monitoring/Street/Home A/V - Headphones'

    Also sold as Freeboss HF-2010   These headphones surely have one of the highest quality to price ratios on the market today. Whether they are right for you will depend on three things: your taste in music, your budget, and the equipment you plan to use them with. If you love classical music...
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  2. iSK HF-2010 Professional Quality, Studio Monitoring/Street/Home A/V - Headphones

    iSK HF-2010 Professional Quality, Studio Monitoring/Street/Home A/V - Headphones

    HF2010 is a semi-opened professional Hi-Fi headphone which combines the merits of opened and closed type products. It can balance and reduce ambient noise, has a flat and natural sound with clear separation, a transparent high frequency, an accurate middle frequency, and a full and driving low...
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    The Exclusive Sennheiser HD 530 Owners Club

    Only you can answer that.  On my 530s, I am quite satisfied with the pleather.  I like the velour on the HD 560s.  $27 won't break the bank, but it's something.  If your skin is sensitive to heat, velour might be more comfortable in the dog days of summer, but in a mildly aircondtioned house...
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    The Exclusive Sennheiser HD 530 Owners Club

    I have replacement velour pads on my HD 560 but pleather pads on my HD 530.  The HD 560 is rounder than the somewhat oval HD 530, and I don't know whether the same pads would work on both.  Possibly -- it is not a large difference -- but I am not sure .  I use the HD 560 in my higher end system...
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    The Exclusive Sennheiser HD 530 Owners Club

    An interesting suggestion on the headband.  Mine is not broken but it is distinctly loose.  Do you mean that the whole HD 530 earpiece snaps out of its old headband and into that of the HD 202?  Thanks.
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    Sennheiser HD 560 Ovation II Review

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    Sennheiser HD 560 Ovation II Review

    Yes, the HD 560 was made at a time when Sennheiser assumed that high-end users listened to classical music.  Since I do, it's perfect for me.  I would be interested to compare it to some of the recent headphones (AKG 712, HE 400/ 500, Beyerdyamic DT 880/ 600 Ohm, not to mention the HD 800 and...
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    Sennheiser HD 560 Ovation II Review

    Thanks, Jefic.  Speaking of "value for the money," I think both the HD 560 and HD 530 remain good second hand values when they occasionally turn up on Ebay or the Head-Fi Equipment Forum, at least for someone who listens to classical music.  They aren't priced as collectors' items.  It would be...
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    Sennheiser HD 560 Ovation II Review

    Thanks, Jefic.  I appreciate the correction on transducers.  As I mentioned earlier, I have both the HD 530 and the HD 560.  There's no question that the HD 560 is the more precise headphone.  It is interesting to learn that the difference lies in the transducers as well as the housing.  (I...
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    Sennheiser HD 560 Ovation II Review

    Well, since we have different headphones, I take your word for it.  I was not aware of 600 Ohm HD 530s.
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    Sennheiser HD 560 Ovation II Review

    My HD 560 is also 300 Ohms.   I have not heard the HD-540.  However, the HD 530 and HD 560 have a different transducer from the 540. You are the only person I have seen who thinks the HD 530 and HD 560 have exaggerated treble.  Please see the discussion (cited above) on hi-fi.de, which is...
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    Sennheiser HD 560 Ovation II Review

    My headphones are HD 530; there is no "II" in the marking.  Below that, they say 300 Ohms.   The tonal range is very similar to my HD 560.  The difference is in the housing, which makes the HD 530 sound somewhat richer in the bass but gives the HD 560 greater clarity.  It is not a huge...
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    REVIEW: Purity Audio K.I.C.A.S. Caliente home headphone amp - updated with comments on regular KICAS

    I haven't used it but when I was buying the KICAS, an alternative that I considered is the Audio GD C2C amp.  http://www.head-fi.org/t/383033/review-audio-gd-c2c-headphone-amp-vs-little-dot-mkv
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    REVIEW: Purity Audio K.I.C.A.S. Caliente home headphone amp - updated with comments on regular KICAS

    What music do you listen to?  Oriel Mendelovitz of Purity Audio advised me to stick with the Regular for classical music.  Music with amplified bass might be another matter.
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    Sennheiser HD 560 Ovation II Review

    Honestly, Vid, I don't sense a bright treble on the HD 530.  The only difference between it and the HD 560 is slightly more focus in the HD 560.  There is an extensive discussion on the German site http://www.hifi-forum.de/viewthread-110-312.html   [Posted in 2004]  Also konkret: Der HD...
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