TakashiMiike
Aka: AmbientRevolut (AmbientRevolution)
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Out of the Box Denon AH-D2000 Review:
Please keep in mind I am driving these out of my macbook pro with no amp or DAC and no burn in.
Hmmm Since i'm rather enthralled (in a good way) with these headphones I think i'm going to instead of giving a review like, these headphones are amazing, or these headphones suck. I'm going to describe the sound in each genre of music I listen to as i listen. (I do very much love the sound so far but that's as far as i'm going to go with personal opinion)
Genre:
Alternative - Inside a Boy - My Brightest Diamond (Album: A Thousand Shark's Teeth)
Starting with the acoustic guitar I immediately start hearing incredible detail with just 1 instrument, I hear the musicians fingers on the strings. The drums start out and then comes the female voice singing. As instrument upon instrument is added I feel like none are being overshadowed by the other. Very clear distinction between all the instruments. The bass comes and even though I have my EQ bass boosted I feel just the right amount of pure bass produced . The electric guitar sounds great as well. I don't know what else to say.
High points of this song - Female Voice, Violin, Bass
Nexttttt
Rap Slacker - Tech N9ne (Absolute Power)
Let me start by saying that reading many other reviews of these cans, people have said that the bass is clumsy. I'd have to disagree with these statement and now I feel like I won't Markl mod these cans. The bass is true and pure, boomy, but not sloppy, just how i like it . I feel that just the burn in will be enough to mellow and tighten up the bass just perfectly . I feel completely badass listening to this, which is exactly how it should be I think if anything could be improved with the way these cans perform on this long is mabye a bit more clear male voices ( will review more male voices in later songs )
Trance Lots Of Trance Songs
Well these cans definitely shine with all the synthetic sounds and voices of trance. WOW WOWOWOWOW WOWOWOWOWOW when listening to trance I can't stop smiling, these sounds dam good. For Example Tiesto's in search of sunrise 6 and 7 sound spectacular. Such defined detail and perfection, mixed in with the fun of the bass on these headphones. All i can say is WOW. Ridiculous Resonance around my ears ahhhhhh. (Sorry if that was biased, but Wow.. )
Ray Charles
Yes that's right Ray gets own section and you know why? His voice seems to sound better then any other male voice i've heard so far. In terms of being so clear and defined. Cry - Ray Charles, was spectacular, Ray was up on the stage in front of my computer desk, and singing to me. Drilling a hole in my head with his mouth (ew?)
Piano Music/Jazz En la Orilla del Mundo - Charlie Haden and other piano solo's by Philip Glass
I'm trying so hard to find something I don't like about these cans.. but piano music certainly isn't one of them. Just as a typed that sentence a violin chimed in and now i have to say that violins sound so well too.
Apologies if I was repetitive, didn't use audiophile lingo, or anything else that I suck at
Overall impression: With no burn in no amp and no dac, I am extremely impressed with these cans. I find these cans to shine most in Jazz/Classical/Trance/ and female singing alternative rock (haven't tried any hard rock yet) I also believe that the opinion on this forum that the bass is "flabby" is over-exaggerated. The bass seems very defined the word i would use is clear and thumpy.
Well i think i'll end this praise here. I will continue to find something I don't like about these headphones and am looking forward to burning these in and eventually getting a DAC + amp for them
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2 Days Later
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With the burn in i've been doing these headphones have been on 24 hours a day playing music and i've noticed that the sibilance ( a word i was struggling to find in my previous reviews for male voices ) are pretty much completely gone. And the bass has become slightly more defined then it already was. These headphones are turning out absolutely great.
Please keep in mind I am driving these out of my macbook pro with no amp or DAC and no burn in.
Hmmm Since i'm rather enthralled (in a good way) with these headphones I think i'm going to instead of giving a review like, these headphones are amazing, or these headphones suck. I'm going to describe the sound in each genre of music I listen to as i listen. (I do very much love the sound so far but that's as far as i'm going to go with personal opinion)
Genre:
Alternative - Inside a Boy - My Brightest Diamond (Album: A Thousand Shark's Teeth)
Starting with the acoustic guitar I immediately start hearing incredible detail with just 1 instrument, I hear the musicians fingers on the strings. The drums start out and then comes the female voice singing. As instrument upon instrument is added I feel like none are being overshadowed by the other. Very clear distinction between all the instruments. The bass comes and even though I have my EQ bass boosted I feel just the right amount of pure bass produced . The electric guitar sounds great as well. I don't know what else to say.
High points of this song - Female Voice, Violin, Bass
Nexttttt
Rap Slacker - Tech N9ne (Absolute Power)
Let me start by saying that reading many other reviews of these cans, people have said that the bass is clumsy. I'd have to disagree with these statement and now I feel like I won't Markl mod these cans. The bass is true and pure, boomy, but not sloppy, just how i like it . I feel that just the burn in will be enough to mellow and tighten up the bass just perfectly . I feel completely badass listening to this, which is exactly how it should be I think if anything could be improved with the way these cans perform on this long is mabye a bit more clear male voices ( will review more male voices in later songs )
Trance Lots Of Trance Songs
Well these cans definitely shine with all the synthetic sounds and voices of trance. WOW WOWOWOWOW WOWOWOWOWOW when listening to trance I can't stop smiling, these sounds dam good. For Example Tiesto's in search of sunrise 6 and 7 sound spectacular. Such defined detail and perfection, mixed in with the fun of the bass on these headphones. All i can say is WOW. Ridiculous Resonance around my ears ahhhhhh. (Sorry if that was biased, but Wow.. )
Ray Charles
Yes that's right Ray gets own section and you know why? His voice seems to sound better then any other male voice i've heard so far. In terms of being so clear and defined. Cry - Ray Charles, was spectacular, Ray was up on the stage in front of my computer desk, and singing to me. Drilling a hole in my head with his mouth (ew?)
Piano Music/Jazz En la Orilla del Mundo - Charlie Haden and other piano solo's by Philip Glass
I'm trying so hard to find something I don't like about these cans.. but piano music certainly isn't one of them. Just as a typed that sentence a violin chimed in and now i have to say that violins sound so well too.
Apologies if I was repetitive, didn't use audiophile lingo, or anything else that I suck at
Overall impression: With no burn in no amp and no dac, I am extremely impressed with these cans. I find these cans to shine most in Jazz/Classical/Trance/ and female singing alternative rock (haven't tried any hard rock yet) I also believe that the opinion on this forum that the bass is "flabby" is over-exaggerated. The bass seems very defined the word i would use is clear and thumpy.
Well i think i'll end this praise here. I will continue to find something I don't like about these headphones and am looking forward to burning these in and eventually getting a DAC + amp for them
--------------------------------------------------------
2 Days Later
--------------------------------------------------------
With the burn in i've been doing these headphones have been on 24 hours a day playing music and i've noticed that the sibilance ( a word i was struggling to find in my previous reviews for male voices ) are pretty much completely gone. And the bass has become slightly more defined then it already was. These headphones are turning out absolutely great.
