[aldinho878]

Yep.

Details?

 

[technobear]

Details?

Yep, you're wrong.

 

[John Buchanan]

Listening to the Crosby, Stills & Nash album on Audio Fidelity and Atlantic CDs, the Beyerdynamic T1.3 brings out the very subtle high hat strikes in the right channel at the start of track 3 (Guinevere) - not because the headphone is bright, but rather because of its resolution. Some headphones miss out on some of the high hat strikes wayyyy back in the sound. I didn't expect that.

 

[Stevko]

On the Lyr 3 on high gain I wasn’t really able to get the T1.3 to distort in the bass. I would try it on more devices to see if it’s just how the headphone plays with the dap or it could be the lack of a constant power supply. I have spent most listening time with the T1.3 on desktop amps, don’t have much experience with it on portable devices.

So it is OK with enough power?

 

[John Buchanan]

So it is OK with enough power?

Yes it is. Very efficient and sounds great especially on a powerhouse headphone amplifier. Listening via the Burson Conductor 3X Reference to side 3 of the Rolling Stones Love You Live (in anticipation of hearing El Mocambo 1977) and it's superb.

 

[giuseppe75]

great on the ifi hip dac 2

 

[iFi audio]

great on the ifi hip dac 2

True that, hip-dac 2 has enough juice

 

[tombrisbane]

Impressions in this thread are interesting! I was originally put off by the reviews when they launched, but there is a good deal on these this weekend so going to pull the trigger, hopefully I fall on the side that enjoy them, from reading the thread I think I will. Going through a heavy rock phase and I think the FR will suit it!

 

[Bret Halford]

Impressions in this thread are interesting! I was originally put off by the reviews when they launched, but there is a good deal on these this weekend so going to pull the trigger, hopefully I fall on the side that enjoy them, from reading the thread I think I will. Going through a heavy rock phase and I think the FR will suit it!

You again I am starting to wonder if we are bizarre ear twins. I would be very interested to hear your impressions of the 1.3s. They are a very unique tuning!

@obzilla recently made an interesting observation about the similarities of the sonic virtues of Fostex and Beyer in the 909 thread. I think he is on to something...

 

[tombrisbane]

You again I am starting to wonder if we are bizarre ear twins. I would be very interested to hear your impressions of the 1.3s. They are a very unique tuning!

Haha! I saw your name on my email notification and thought the same thing Will post up some impressions once I’ve had a bit of time with them, going away for work next weekend so hopefully they’ll have had arrived by then.

 

[Giru]

Impressions in this thread are interesting! I was originally put off by the reviews when they launched, but there is a good deal on these this weekend so going to pull the trigger, hopefully I fall on the side that enjoy them, from reading the thread I think I will. Going through a heavy rock phase and I think the FR will suit it!

T1.3 and rock is a sure match

 

[Terriero]

Like I said several times in this thread, listen to Metallica albums with them. I have listened to Metallica albums for 27 years and with the Beyer T 1.3 I enjoyed them the best (especially Master of Puppets and Black album, from what I remember... I even plan to buy them again if I find a good offer -when I can forget the comfort issues I have with them-).

 

[tombrisbane]

good offer

That’s what pushed me - $1,500 AUD down to $1,000, couldn’t go past it (even though I had reached my self imposed new gear quota )

 

[Mhog55]

T1.3 and rock is a sure match

May I ask what makes these headphones a sure match for rock? Is it that you prefer a warm and dark tonality for this genre, or something else?

 

[John Buchanan]

May I ask what makes these headphones a sure match for rock? Is it that you prefer a warm and dark tonality for this genre, or something else?

I'll have a go at this - it's one of the few headphones that has a palpable and dynamic impulse response - you can feel and hear, for example, a bass drum hit - I haven't heard and felt this before. Not only that, the top end is well controlled (i.e. minimized sibilance without sounding dull). The driver appears to be very high quality.