[DoctaCosmos]

beginning to wonder if I should have ordered the Atticus instead. I messaged Zach earlier in the release and gave him a sense of what I listened to and he suggested the eikon so I'm going to stick to it I suppose.

 

[mwhals]

beginning to wonder if I should have ordered the Atticus instead. I messaged Zach earlier in the release and gave him a sense of what I listened to and he suggested the eikon so I'm going to stick to it I suppose.

You could always add the Atticus to your order. He will give the extra $150 discount along with a $5 discount for shipping (two is cheaper to ship together than individually).

You can likely recoup most of the money back if you sell one after prices go up to the full retail price.

I ordered both and am glad about it.

 

[ProfFalkin]

beginning to wonder if I should have ordered the Atticus instead. I messaged Zach earlier in the release and gave him a sense of what I listened to and he suggested the eikon so I'm going to stick to it I suppose.

 
I'm glad I got both.  I have 2 different use cases, so it works out well.  At work I'm jamming to edm and rock to kind of keep the tempo up and the workflow cranking (Atticus), and at home I'm usually chilling with more vocal centric stuff (Eikon).  Ifi iCan SE at work, Feliks Elise / Jotunheim at home.  Think I've got the bases covered!  

 

[DoctaCosmos]

Don't have the money to do both. I'm considering going to canjam ny so I'll be able to listen to Atticus there hopefully. I'm going to stick with the eikon for now. Don't want to bother Zach

 

[Hisoundfi]

Don't have the money to do both. I'm considering going to canjam ny so I'll be able to listen to Atticus there hopefully. I'm going to stick with the eikon for now. Don't want to bother Zach

What signature are you going for buddy?

 

[DoctaCosmos]

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[mwhals]

What signature are you going for buddy?

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So you are not going for a specific sound signature? That is what a blank post tells me.

 

[DoctaCosmos]

I wrote some **** I decided to erase and send in a personal message lol. I'm bored and it seemed like fun to let the thumbs meander but it was to much

 

[ProfFalkin]

I wrote some **** I decided to erase and send in a personal message lol. I'm bored and it seemed like fun to let the thumbs meander but it was to much

Awwww! I was in the perfect mood to read **** too.

 

[felix3650]

I wrote some **** I decided to erase and send in a personal message lol. I'm bored and it seemed like fun to let the thumbs meander but it was to much

You could have let it all out bud. Could have been fun lol

 

[DoctaCosmos]

Well, usually I'd say flat but recently got my wife a pair of B&w p7's and am very much enjoying the elevated bass response of them but they're too aggressive in the highs. i used to have a pair of he-400's and they too hurt my ears due to what I think was a mixture of peaks but also just plain and simply A LOT of sound or body in the highs. So I'm picky because I can't do veiled highs. I love a high pitched violin and veiled equals broken heart. But I also like good dynamics but seem to be sensitive to it. I've found in the past that the further away a driver is from my ears the better. I'm also sensitive to upper midrange peaks. The he-560 sounds great except for the upper midrange. As soon as I put the headphone on I have to take it off.
As far as attributes aside from FR, I mainly picked the eikon because of the black background description. I'm a closed back headphone kind of guy through and through. sure the black background allows your brain to distinguish separation between the layers but also the way sound initially emits from no where ( as in no ambient sound, no environment, just a dark cavernous deep void) my brain adapts to it almost as if it were inner speech, not a transducer replaying me sounds. Of course this surreal acitivity is suppressed if there's any unnaturaral timbres or suckouts that standout in vocals. At this point my actual inner voice prevails and keeping on track is more like homework than enjoying the music. ive heard resonance implemented well into closed headphones and all due respect to the way it is implemented but generally adds extra body through the whole spectrum and stitches songs instruments and vocals closer to one another causing there to be less of the blacker background I love. I still very much enjoy this sound but it's not what I'm looking for in this particular purchase. Another thing I appreciate is size and amount of body. If the sound as a whole or even the mid image is smaller than my brains normal inner voice then it's to weak to step into the ring. However, the opposite, a large fully developed sound and I'm fully submissive.
P.s. I really love electronic trance



He told me the eikon with Ori pads is exactly what I want.

 

[The_Blood_Raven]

Well, usually I'd say flat but recently got my wife a pair of B&w p7's and am very much enjoying the elevated bass response of them but they're too aggressive in the highs. i used to have a pair of he-400's and they too hurt my ears due to what I think was a mixture of peaks but also just plain and simply A LOT of sound or body in the highs. So I'm picky because I can't do veiled highs. I love a high pitched violin and veiled equals broken heart. But I also like good dynamics but seem to be sensitive to it. I've found in the past that the further away a driver is from my ears the better. I'm also sensitive to upper midrange peaks. The he-560 sounds great except for the upper midrange. As soon as I put the headphone on I have to take it off.

So you want a bit of extra bass, neutral or slightly forward treble, and smooth upper mids? Why did the HE-560's upper midrange turn you away? Too much? Too little?

 

[DoctaCosmos]

Wouldn't say elevated treble. Natural timbre without peaks. The he560 upper midrange really just seamed shouty to my ears. controlled but it was elevated and seemed like it was attacking my ears. Just too dynamic for how close the driver sits to the ear.

 

[The_Blood_Raven]

Wouldn't say elevated treble. Natural timbre without peaks. The he560 upper midrange really just seamed shouty to my ears. controlled but it was elevated and seemed like it was attacking my ears. Just too dynamic for how close the driver sits to the ear.

Well the HE-560 has a pretty forward 3k-4khz frequency response, so that makes sense. I'd wonder about the Atticus which is supposed to have a more relaxed upper midrange than the Eikon. I've heard that the Atticus has a similarly "recessed" upper midrange to the HD800 which seems right up your alley.

 

[DoctaCosmos]

I had a pair of original he400 planars that attacked my ears similarly and I mod the pads so they pushed the driver away from my ears more and it really helped. I'd bet I'll, be fine with these.