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Excellent post Jazz - thanks much. My preference for either the 600 or 650 probably depends on one item: resolving power. Like you, I feel the 650 to have greater resolving power than the 880 (more detail at any frequency, although 880 has more apparent highs). However I also feel the 880 has enough for my liking... right up there with the best... but not quite a 701 or 650. In other words, it meets my threshold for this factor and I don't have to think about it. To compare: I had the HD595s for a while and although I liked the tonal balance, I just couldn't listen to them because I felt they fell far short of these other phones in refinement and clarity. So my question: Is the HD600 more or less resolving than the DT880? If it's similar, I may enjoy it more than the 650 because of tonal balance.
Thanks again Jazz
Originally Posted by JaZZ While I don't agree with everything, I agree on the fact that all three are interesting and high-class headphones. I can't find my HD 650's bass too strong, it just lacks a bit low bass, and the (mid-)treble could use some subtle boost to make it sound livelier. On the other hand, we don't want all headphones to sound the same, do we? I also liked the DT 880 (slightly) better than the HD 600. But I agree with sacd lover that the DT 880 lacked coherence because of its outstanding treble -- which I absolutely liked in some way, but it was a bit too much. Additionally I found the bass to sound a bit compressed, lacking dynamics and «breath», despite the excellent definition and extension. So overall the K 701 has become my favorite. After full break-in (~360 hours) it's not much brighter than the HD 650 anymore, has lost the last bit of midrange-unrefinedness and offers a really strong and deep bass on a comparable (quantity) level, with even higher definition and greater extension. High definition is also the keyword for the whole frequency spectrum, and together with the quite even frequency response and the impressive soundstage this results in the most natural presentation of the trio -- to my ears. This sounds intresting. Of course I can't justify the DT 880 so soon after the K 701, so my interest is of a rather theoretical kind. Do you think it has the more «breathing» bass than the old one? It seemd to sound compressed to my ears, like the rear of the earcups wasn't open enough. . |
Excellent post Jazz - thanks much. My preference for either the 600 or 650 probably depends on one item: resolving power. Like you, I feel the 650 to have greater resolving power than the 880 (more detail at any frequency, although 880 has more apparent highs). However I also feel the 880 has enough for my liking... right up there with the best... but not quite a 701 or 650. In other words, it meets my threshold for this factor and I don't have to think about it. To compare: I had the HD595s for a while and although I liked the tonal balance, I just couldn't listen to them because I felt they fell far short of these other phones in refinement and clarity. So my question: Is the HD600 more or less resolving than the DT880? If it's similar, I may enjoy it more than the 650 because of tonal balance.
Thanks again Jazz