[Mortalcoil]

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[Gibalok]

What warm/smooth/dark but punchy amp recommendation foк TH900?  Im bothered with britness with Gustard H10. Its 5-10% of recordings but anyway...

 

[iancraig10]

A Sennheiser hd650 would fix that for you. I find amp differences quite tiny. Most are pretty flat and differences small.

 

[Gibalok]

A Sennheiser hd650 would fix that for you. I find amp differences quite tiny. Most are pretty flat and differences small.

I have one. But its too dark and flat
 
Whats on Woo Audio?

 

[iancraig10]

Well, most amps nowadays are pretty flat and timbre changes are going to be minimal, so perhaps the headphone doesn't suit?

Perhaps an hd600 then? I have all three and go between them from MF V8 V2, V1, Vcan, Ember, Polaris, Ifi Micro, Ifi Nano, Neco Bossfet ......

And they're all pretty flat!! The th900 retains its characteristics. Mind you, I see from your sig that you basically like the th900. (Me too)

 

[agooh]

  Well agooh seems to own all the very best headphones, and wants to get rid of them immediately in favor of much crappier headphones, in a manner that ignites intense debate among the headphiles.
 
Same in LCD3 and HD800 threads.

you can talk about Hd800 soulless sound which many guys sold them after only 2 hours , Lcd3 Fazor is the best headphones to enjoy music, but comfort is bad that's put a ? mark on headphones above 1500 $, still better than any dynamic headphones.
009 sound amazing but cost a lot
and for mid headphones like philips X 2 to beat high end fostex th900 is real if you own both of them .
So ranking will be :009>LCD 3 F > T1 >hd800>X2>....you know what's here right !! TH 900 .

 

[Kyle 491]

The value of opinion of a person with two hours experience of the HD800 who makes such a judgement is a lot less than that of most of the regulars in the HD800 thread, of whom in many cases have lived with them for years on a variety of equipment. That said, if you rate the T1 above both the HD800 and the Th900 after 2 hours or 2 years of listening, you have bad hearing and bad taste, subjectivity be damned.

 

[AppleheadMay]

  The value of opinion of a person with two hours experience of the HD800 who makes such a judgement is a lot less than that of most of the regulars in the HD800 thread, of whom in many cases have lived with them for years on a variety of equipment. That said, if you rate the T1 above both the HD800 and the Th900 after 2 hours or 2 years of listening, you have bad hearing and bad taste, subjectivity be damned.

 
Indeed. Ranking a TH-900 after a HD800 or T1 is pretty absurd to me as well. 
I had a HD800 for years and replaced it with a HD650 with silver cable. suits my taste much better.
For my own taste I'd have a hard time deciding to put the TH900 before or after the Stax. I had an SR007 and an LCD2 so can't really comment about the 009 and LCD3 but the TH-900 sure outperforms their predecessors for me.

 

[Gibalok]

Just had a long listeneing of LCD2 and HE 560 today with my Gustard H10 amp. LCD are bolder and punchy and very smooth. 560 even more smoother but lost some fun..
 
All of these differs from TH900 and would be a good pair when TH900 becomes annoying on HF. But non of them gives such a details and infrabass filling
 
I would keep TH900 and LCD2/HE560 as a allround combo for all sort of music. 
 
T1 - for me nothing special. Just ordinary top sounding cans

 

[agooh]

  The value of opinion of a person with two hours experience of the HD800 who makes such a judgement is a lot less than that of most of the regulars in the HD800 thread, of whom in many cases have lived with them for years on a variety of equipment. That said, if you rate the T1 above both the HD800 and the Th900 after 2 hours or 2 years of listening, you have bad hearing and bad taste, subjectivity be damned.

well I'm sure T1( less than 800 $ ) is always above hd 800 if you live with them . th900 is good but overprice put her in last place . it's facts, not about my ears or anything else .

 

[preproman]

  well I'm sure T1( less than 800 $ ) is always above hd 800 if you live with them . th900 is good but overprice put her in last place . it's facts, not about my ears or anything else .

 
 

  lol..

 

[germay0653]

  you can talk about Hd800 soulless sound which many guys sold them after only 2 hours , Lcd3 Fazor is the best headphones to enjoy music, but comfort is bad that's put a ? mark on headphones above 1500 $, still better than any dynamic headphones.
009 sound amazing but cost a lot
and for mid headphones like philips X 2 to beat high end fostex th900 is real if you own both of them .
So ranking will be :009>LCD 3 F > T1 >hd800>X2>....you know what's here right !! TH 900 .

In your humble opinion that's where the TH900 falls.  And let me repeat, "in your opinion", which you are absolutely entitled to have but everyone hears differently and have different likes and dislikes in sound signature.  Accept that others have a different opinion and move on please.  In the end, for you, all that matters is what you like and that's the only FACT that is pertinent here.  The rest is conjecture.

 

[Edric Li]

well I'm sure T1( less than 800 $ ) is always above hd 800 if you live with them . th900 is good but overprice put her in last place . it's facts, not about my ears or anything else .

Agooh, thank you for sharing us your honest impression. Could you tell us about your music preference?
I have a strong feeling that if you enjoy T1's sound signature and X2'x soundstage, K812 might be your ultimate favorite.

As to all the flagships, I would rank TH900 = HD800 > LCD3 > T1 = K812
And I understand at this price point, headphones is just a way to match your music preference to what you want it to sounds like, for example:

Pick TH900 if you enjoy powerful bass and crispy highs, but do not listen to lots of vocal. (In fact, I simply enjoy the singer standing behind the rock band. Idk, it just works for me.)
Pick HD800 if you enjoy vast sound stage and accurate imaging.
Pick LCD3 if you listen to lots of vocals, and enjoy iems like 846.
Pick T1 or K812 if you enjoy a monitor-like sound signature: slightly less bass, just right on everything, but nothing exaggerated to impress certain people.

 

[Gibalok]

Agooh, thank you for sharing us your honest impression. Could you tell us about your music preference?
I have a strong feeling that if you enjoy T1's sound signature and X2'x soundstage, K812 might be your ultimate favorite.

As to all the flagships, I would rank TH900 = HD800 > LCD3 > T1 = K812
And I understand at this price point, headphones is just a way to match your music preference to what you want it to sounds like, for example:

Pick TH900 if you enjoy powerful bass and crispy highs, but do not listen to lots of vocal. (In fact, I simply enjoy the singer standing behind the rock band. Idk, it just works for me.)
Pick HD800 if you enjoy vast sound stage and accurate imaging.
Pick LCD3 if you listen to lots of vocals, and enjoy iems like 846.
Pick T1 or K812 if you enjoy a monitor-like sound signature: slightly less bass, just right on everything, but nothing exaggerated to impress certain people.

Agree

 

[AppleheadMay]

   
 

  lol..

 
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