I know what your saying. The DT660s were bought over a year ago as ex-demo and have hundreds of hours of burn in. And the RX700s have around 40-50 hr burn-in.
Dont get me wrong i love my Beyer's ........... but i think i like the JVCs more.
And i recon i will love the CALs even more so.
Maybe i am missing something. .......... I dont know.
It's just down to taste. You are probably like me and prefer a fuller, punchy and impactful sound, my Senns didn't do this either.
I'm not much of a believer in burn-in improving bass response. Mechanically it makes sense to me it could improve the top end if they are somewhat sharp or sibilant to begin with, but the bass side should only become more flabby..not punchy as some people describe.
It is within your price point and is receiving great reviews. They even look nice and have a mic control. You may really enjoy the Klipsh sound. I enjoy the sound of their monitors and 2.1 units.
I spent little time testing, i will do a lot more tonight. And from what i heard i think they are fantastic. My #1 cans now fttb.
I tested with Dead Space 2, Linking Park - Burning in the skies, and some of 5.1 surround remastered War of the Worlds.
And all i could think when testing is how fluid they are. Bass is deep and natural, Mids sound smooth, and the Highs are sweet without being too piercing. It all just sounds lovely and clear. To me they are a lot more dynamic than my other 2 cans i have.
And i reckon they will improve a lot more with time.
I found the Aurvana sounding quite impressive myself, it's got big sound from a little package.
If you think the stock cable is Flimsy, wait until you de-solder the thread thin wires from the drivers!
It's literally a 5cent cable, why couldn't they spend another 5cents for a better one? Perhaps to keep it as a "low budget sound"
I found the thread on recabling Denon d1001 and thought hmm maybe I can do that! I ordered the Mogami 2893 miniquad wire and Switchcraft 3.5mm jack, bought some heatshrink locally, borrowed a buddy's 35W Weller soldering Iron for the job.
It wasn't a difficult job... but I made a few mistakes..like soldering the drivers outside the earcups, pulling wires before heatshrinking them... etc. They were just silly mistakes... more learning experiences than mistakes.... lol
They do sound great recabled! I found the Bass to be boomy before.. now it's slamming and Tight, there's more extension to the frequency range as well. Well worth the effort!
A few years ago I was testing some CAL and they definitely had nice sound for the price. Just remember that regardless of what headphone you go with they need a few things prior to making your final decision about them. This especially included Grado and Sennheiser headphones.
1.) 100 Hours of burn in with bass not pink noise
Why: It flexes the transducers and diaphragm
2.) Adequate amplification
Why: Without fresh or adequate amplification you often cannot extract everything out of the headphone
3.) An excellent source
Why: Unless you are listening to a ton of analog you will have to do some DAC, this transfer of data is key to feeding your headphones the cleanest and most accurate sound possible
Thanks vpsporb, I'm definitely tempted to give it a go. I'm an experienced solderer so no qualms about doing it, interested to see just how much difference it could make to the sound.
An experienced solderer huh? gimme sum o those skillz! A walk in the park for you then.
I do believe that using professional mic. cable over the flimsy stock one, will allow the Aurvana's to sound their Best.
If not... just getting rid of the rubber-coated sticky stock cable, that manages to tie itself into self sticking knots.. will be a blessing all on it's own!
Dang, those are homemade speakers in your dp? Sick! i'm impressed.
Yeah, the cable isn't the best is it. I kinda like the idea of cable with a material outer sheath.
Thanks! Those are indeed homemade, they were my final year project at Uni. My tutors suggested I try and produce them, never had the money or the room but I would like to in the future. I should really add a better picture of them, rather than with the delightful upholstery of my student accommodation
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