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I'll be 100% happy with hd600 or r70x.
Agreed, both are excellent choices considering their retail price.
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I'll be 100% happy with hd600 or r70x.
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Mine came firm and they did not rotate easily. If it bothered you I would get in touch with the seller. The replacement lamb skin cups brainwavz are really good.Is the rotation of the earcups supposed to be loose and not firm? Can anybody answer this for me? I bought it new.
I've heard people say they are really similar and they like different things about them each. I haven't heard the hd600 series.Agreed, both are excellent choices considering their retail price.
Sounds like the r70x is the correct one for me then. I have found that if I drive and listen to my r70x at higher levels with a good headphone amp it becomes more alive. I like it with power powered supplies as well as higher.I have both. I can say the r70x in a certain degree can hold its own against the Clear.
Where the Clear is better: detail retreival. It's more resolving. If the r70x is a good 1080p monitor, the Clear is a 2k monitor. Bass extension on the Clear is better also., as well as more dynamic and punchy sound. Tonality wise is a tie... both headphones share the same warm/neutral tonality, just a bit different flavour.
Where the R70x is better: Biggest soundstage, Better separation, smoother yet resolving highs (some one found the clear fatiguing).
I think the r70x is the lost sister of the hd600 and hd650.
On a good system I bet the r70x can scale and the difference with the clear will be not so much (not 5 times the price). Anyway, listening to vocals for example, the Clear gives this "extra detail" that can be trilling for audiophiles.
Without the Clear I'll be 100% happy with hd600 or r70x.
Sounds like the r70x is the correct one for me then. I have found that if I drive and listen to my r70x at higher levels with a good headphone amp it becomes more alive. I like it with power powered supplies as well as higher.
The stock pads breath more, allowing the bad to escape, the lamb leather pads increase the bass reflections so their is a lift in the decibel of the low end.I'm convinced these sound better when you wear them as 'on ears' with the stock pads lol
Sometime I feel like this headphone have two souls.So what's everyone's experience of these after a year or two of ownership?
Probably the best $300au I spent on audio lol. They can be a tad flat and boring....but as a daily driver for everything they have exceeded my expectations.
Who would think audio-technica could make an open headphone with excellent bass.
Very happy, especially for the price. I use mine primarily for gaming and they haven't disappointed. Positioning is excellent and I think detail is good. I've found the soundstage quite good, not quite as immense as my M1570 but still very good. Comfort, of course, is excellent given how amazingly light they are.So what's everyone's experience of these after a year or two of ownership?
Probably the best $300au I spent on audio lol. They can be a tad flat and boring....but as a daily driver for everything they have exceeded my expectations.
Who would think audio-technica could make an open headphone with excellent bass.
I don't have a lot of experience with high end consumer audio equipment only with professional audio as a musician and recording artist. I have these headphones for about 3 or 4 years now I reckon we got them both from the same sale at $300 AUD. My experience with other headphones is primarily Koss Porta Pro and Audio Technica iem - Im01 and Im02. I have spent small amounts of time in shops with consumer headphones and have been fairly unimpressed by what they are offering for the price, I know these companies produced much better equipment but you won't see them on the shop floor at Harvey Norman or JB Hi-Fi. In fact I have been downright disappointed by the performance of consumer gear until I was in Japan and tried Audiotechnica's other offerings such as the AD SERIES of which I really liked the 900 and thought this would be fantastic for watching movies.So what's everyone's experience of these after a year or two of ownership?
Probably the best $300au I spent on audio lol. They can be a tad flat and boring....but as a daily driver for everything they have exceeded my expectations.
Who would think audio-technica could make an open headphone with excellent bass.
I'm interested to hear what you would think has a similar chocolateyness (dark compressed) sound and would be an upgrade in the treble and weight of these cans sound? Thanks in advance.Sometime I feel like this headphone have two souls.
I don’t regret buying it and I found some use cases but… they are way, way behind the Sundara for everything except comfort (weight mainly) and fatigue.
I think, like football, some players have something magic, see something differently and can make plays normal player can’t even think about. The r70x is a pretty solid and functional player, but it will never make anything special or magic.
The best thing with headphones for me is when they are able to make you forget you are listening to a recording through an headphone; that moment when your brain hear the sounds as it is the real thing and not a mere reproduction. The r70x never did this for me. They are fine, they sound neutrally good and have a very pleasing tonality.
But their lack of spark in details, their lack of phisicality and their lack of stage depth/width will never take me to a different place.
I have a limited experience, so the only headphone that comes to mind is my ZMF Aeolus.I'm interested to hear what you would think has a similar chocolateyness (dark compressed) sound and would be an upgrade in the treble and weight of these cans sound? Thanks in advance.
Have had these for well over a year now, they're one of my favorite headphones. They're a bit laid-back but I never found them boring like the HD 600/650 plus their imaging and bass is much better than those headphones. Some reason this headphone is very engaging to me. To me the R70x sounds like a better extending HD 600 with more delicate mids and treble with more air and some of the best imaging I've come across anywhere near this price. This headphone has honestly been my favorite headphone purchase at the $300-500 range. The R70x seems to be quite system picky though, never know what they will like.So what's everyone's experience of these after a year or two of ownership?
Probably the best $300au I spent on audio lol. They can be a tad flat and boring....but as a daily driver for everything they have exceeded my expectations.
Who would think audio-technica could make an open headphone with excellent bass.