[DefectiveAudioComponent]

I've been enjoying the Audeze LCD-1 orthodynamic now for several months. It's like how I always wanted the HD580 to sound. With headstage, and more texture over all. (All it lacks is a bit of boom in the bass region).

 

[yashu]

Funny enough I find myself hoping they will have replacement ear cups for my Sony XB700s when 8 years go by and they begin to flake. These are phones I Know I will still be carrying around as I move about work, or even Jobs. They are the perfect mate to the E-MU 0202 usb. The perfect ultraportable mini system for any office. I love them oh yes I do. While I see no reason to part with the HD555s, I see no reason not to use the XBs at work where they are or so fun to use. Box in the ccloset gathering dust vs. years of constant use.

 

[spinneresque]

This is so easy for me. I TRULY LOVE and will always have:

Grado HF-1's.
Senneheiser 595s
Futuresonics EM3's, the original Ears. I actually prefer them to my Atrios.

 

[wantmyf1]

I know this is the full-size forum but...Though I haven't had them long I really think my Yuin OK1's are here to stay. Until about a week ago I would have said my PK1's but IMO the OK1 is a head above the PK1. Of course we'll see what happens when Yuin releases their next **1 line

I need buds for work and can't imagine parting with that Yuin sound!

 

[oqvist]

Do I have to say it

 

[Uncle Erik]

I've already pared down a bit. What's in my sig is likely here to stay. I might add a T1 this year and would check out any new high-end AKG. Also, I've caught a few whiffs of new Sennheiser electrostats. I would buy those. But I don't plan to shift the inventory much more. The HD-800 will remain my primary headphone.

 

[aimlink]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've already pared down a bit. What's in my sig is likely here to stay. I might add a T1 this year and would check out any new high-end AKG. Also, I've caught a few whiffs of new Sennheiser electrostats. I would buy those. But I don't plan to shift the inventory much more. The HD-800 will remain my primary headphone.

What place does the DT48 have in your inventory? How does it compare with the others? Is it an under-rated can or is it for only those interested in a particular sound?

 

[Valens7]

To mirror the comments of others, the HD600 is the most satisfying headphone I've ever heard. Even if it disappears from my rig from time to time, it will always have place.

 

[nonsupremous]

My D2000 have been with me for about 3 years now. They will probably stand the test of time. They have good bass not great and not tiny, but solid. Great soundstage. Much better than I would have ever expected from a closed can. If they don't manage to make it, I believe my Edition 8 and my Porta Pro's will make it for sure. Super high end and super low end. Both perform flawlessly in their respective catagory.

That said, there will be plenty more that come and go. I just got my M50's today. I only popped them on for 10 minutes to sample some Pink Floyd. So far so good. Nice detail. They are now playing quietly in a corner for a little burn in.

My next can will be the HFI780

 

[kool bubba ice]

Quote:

Originally Posted by aimlink /img/forum/go_quote.gif What place does the DT48 have in your inventory? How does it compare with the others? Is it an under-rated can or is it for only those interested in a particular sound?

The DT48 sound very different being flat and un colored. The main down side is they only truly excell in a few genres.. Folk. Jazz. Classical. And any music that is acoustics and voice orientated.. And with no emphasis on bass, many find then un interesting and uninvolving. Erik has stated that the DT48 transparency, nuetrality, accuracy, and tonal balance is right up there with the HD800. Where the HD800 really shines over the DT48 is the sound stage. Much bigger.. Out of head 3D type experience. Bass..More impact, and goes much lower. And overall better. Extended highs and better treble extension.. Again, 1937 state of the art technology VS 09 state of the art technology. The HD800 was made to get the listener into the music.. 45 degree angled drivers etc. The DT48e was made for field recording and as a professional monitoring device.

 

[oqvist]

Have you got your HD 800 yet or are you trusting Eriks ears with that comparison?

 

[aimlink]

Quote:

Originally Posted by kool bubba ice /img/forum/go_quote.gif The DT48 sound very different being flat and un colored. The main down side is they only truly excell in a few genres.. Folk. Jazz. Classical. And any music that is acoustics and voice orientated.. And with no emphasis on bass, many find then un interesting and uninvolving. Erik has stated that the DT48 transparency, nuetrality, accuracy, and tonal balance is right up there with the HD800. Where the HD800 really shines over the DT48 is the sound stage. Much bigger.. Out of head 3D type experience. Bass..More impact, and goes much lower. And overall better. Extended highs and better treble extension.. Again, 1937 state of the art technology VS 09 state of the art technology. The HD800 was made to get the listener into the music.. 45 degree angled drivers etc. The DT48e was made for field recording and as a professional monitoring device.

I see. Looks like they'd be ideal for monitoring ambient activity.... voices and the attendant sounds etc. For genuine accuracy of how a voice sounds for communications and movies, this is quite different requirements than for music reproduction, isn't it? For the latter, some colouration isn't a bad thing. Additionally, a voice you hear straight from the mouth isn't altered by electronic processing. If you wish to produce with accuracy what people hear everyday, day in, day out and wish to monitor that reproduction with accuracy, then it would seem to me that you'd need specialised cans for that purpose. Many modern instruments are electronic and you're hearing them from amps and speakers anyway... so they're potentially already coloured and altered.

 

[grokit]

I wish I still had my old Pro-4AAs from the early '80s. But I'm not sure why anymore.

 

[glac1er]

The longest I've had:

DT531 - 3 years and running. The comfort and versatile sound are just perfect while I'm selling and trying the newer stuffs. I have to admit that a recabled HD600(great cans!) will do the same job for me, but it's more expensive to build a setup around it.

ER4P - 4 years, sold it recently and I already want it back now. Nothing sounds like it and it isolates like nothing else, transporting you to a world of your own anywhere and anytime you want.

 

[oqvist]

May be why they are good mainly with jazz, classical perhaps?

Noticed you upgraded your amp now too KBI. Hope to see some impressions on that and your HD 800 if you got one