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Hey Mike, nice seeing you again.
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What did you think of the Dream Theater stuff I played for ya? |
I loved it! I added their new album to my amazon shopping cart.
Their works always make me forget about time with the long and powerful instrumentals.
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And curious, which of the headphones did you find underwhelming? Truly interested in this. |
Underwhelming is a good term to use. It wasn't that what I heard was bad, but just not as good as I expected.
The short list:
The new Grado's HP1000's (or whatever. . . can't remember the model #)
HE90's
HD800's
Those new Ultrasones
First off was the new Grados. They had amazing jaw dropping bass that I have never heard from a Grado before. Unfortunately that added boost in bass carried over in the spectrum over into the midrange. Grados are well known for an upfront midrange, but this was unreal! The vocals were so prominent and close that just wanted to tell the guy singing to back off a little! I kept switching back and forth between the 225's and I felt that although the 225's weren't technically as good, I'd prefer them just because the vocals aren't so annoyingly close. At least this is how I precieved it. --However with that said, I really did have a lot of fun with these cans, but eventually the vocals struck a nerve.
The HE90's I just had way too high of an expectation for. I set the bar too high, and being able to quickly AB test with the Sony's also didn't help because R10's always put a huge smile on my face.
The HD800's just wern't my cup of tea. They sound good but nothing really jumped out. Most phones have strong points in where the excel. Bass, midrange, treble, soundstage. The 800's did good in all areas, but didn't really excel in any. It was just a little bland and unexciting to me.