Daniel Pumphrey
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I think the 501 is a very good phone. They are inefficient and need more then the RA-1 can provide.
This post shows how many opinions there are in the headphone world.
My 2cents;
The 501 is not distant sounding. It is realistic sounding. Obviously the illusion of distance should be rethought as far as headphones are concerned. What is this illusion of distance? When I listen to music it has a sense of distance in the real world. Sounds are located in space and most headphones do not accurately reproduce this.
Obviously my favorite phones are without a doubt the Etymotic ER4 in all it's versions which I own.
I have owned the Grado 60 (Many different), HP-2 125 as well as the Sennheiser 580, AKG 301 and 501. All these have been sold after trying the 501. I consider the 501 to be the most accurate dynamic phone I have tried.
It really requires an amp with some power and one opamp designs are not really adequate. It does not have extremely high impedence but is much more inefficient then the Sennheiser phones.
I would say that most of the comments about distance relate to the inefficiency of this phone.
Dan
This post shows how many opinions there are in the headphone world.
My 2cents;
The 501 is not distant sounding. It is realistic sounding. Obviously the illusion of distance should be rethought as far as headphones are concerned. What is this illusion of distance? When I listen to music it has a sense of distance in the real world. Sounds are located in space and most headphones do not accurately reproduce this.
Obviously my favorite phones are without a doubt the Etymotic ER4 in all it's versions which I own.
I have owned the Grado 60 (Many different), HP-2 125 as well as the Sennheiser 580, AKG 301 and 501. All these have been sold after trying the 501. I consider the 501 to be the most accurate dynamic phone I have tried.
It really requires an amp with some power and one opamp designs are not really adequate. It does not have extremely high impedence but is much more inefficient then the Sennheiser phones.
I would say that most of the comments about distance relate to the inefficiency of this phone.
Dan