Good evening dear forum 
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I have been an avid headphone listener for about 4 years now - the music just touches me more when I listen through headphones than through speakers. Not everyone may understand, but fortunately people are different.
So far I have the AKG K701 and the Sennheiser HD600. Both I bought because they are "somehow" considered "standard". Actually, I'm basically satisfied with the two, but... I'm somehow also missing something, to be honest
. The K701 makes a great stage, the music flies around your head, which is great for instrumental music, but it somehow also sounds very "artificial" and the voice reproduction sounds a bit like a "hole". In addition, the stage seems to my sensation, especially with singer / songwriter music, very " bloated ", that simply disturbs me to " dive away " into the music. The Sennheiser on the other hand makes "beautiful voices", but it is always a bit too "well-behaved" and "boring" for my taste, I miss "live-feeling" and the feeling of "I'm there".
After some research, I came across Grado, and I think that a pair of headphones from this brand would be a good addition to my current "assortment".
I have two Grados right now to choose from: A used RS1i, selling from private for 270 euros in a good condition and a Hemp, an exhibit from a dealer in perfect condition with warranty for 390 euros (the normal Price for a new Hemp is 500 Euro her in Germany). Saving 120 euros would be quite nice, my kids eat the hair off my head anyway :-D, but in the end is not a decisive point for me. Unfortunately, I can hear neither the RS1i nor the Hemp, so...
...I wanted to ask for help from you guys.
What do I listen to? Roughly I would say 65 percent singer/songwriter music, Leonard Cohen, Damien Rice, Ben Howard, Steve Adey etc., 20 percent rock/alternative like Marylin Manson, Smashing Pumpkins etc., 10 percent jazz and the remaining 5 percent are spread over many other genres.
As a source I use my laptop with Foobar, as Dac/Amp I have the Audioquest Dragonfly Red.
(Edit: Perhaps as a small note: Particularly important to me is the voice reproduction, which simply must / should sound dynamic and realistic, as if the artist would virtually stand in front of you and sing for you :-D.)
Generally, I like a fairly strong treble emphasis, I think, at least the AKG, which is not supposed to be inherently underexposed in this area, I raise between 3 khz and 10 khz clearly, not to mention the HD600, which without strong EQ sounds dull and completely hung up for me.
As you may see, I don't shy away from using an equalizer, so in that sense I would probably use that with the Grado as well.
Maybe there are some people in this thread who know both headphones and can help me a little.
Many greetings
Abyss77
,I have been an avid headphone listener for about 4 years now - the music just touches me more when I listen through headphones than through speakers. Not everyone may understand, but fortunately people are different
.So far I have the AKG K701 and the Sennheiser HD600. Both I bought because they are "somehow" considered "standard". Actually, I'm basically satisfied with the two, but... I'm somehow also missing something, to be honest
. The K701 makes a great stage, the music flies around your head, which is great for instrumental music, but it somehow also sounds very "artificial" and the voice reproduction sounds a bit like a "hole". In addition, the stage seems to my sensation, especially with singer / songwriter music, very " bloated ", that simply disturbs me to " dive away " into the music. The Sennheiser on the other hand makes "beautiful voices", but it is always a bit too "well-behaved" and "boring" for my taste, I miss "live-feeling" and the feeling of "I'm there".After some research, I came across Grado, and I think that a pair of headphones from this brand would be a good addition to my current "assortment".
I have two Grados right now to choose from: A used RS1i, selling from private for 270 euros in a good condition and a Hemp, an exhibit from a dealer in perfect condition with warranty for 390 euros (the normal Price for a new Hemp is 500 Euro her in Germany). Saving 120 euros would be quite nice, my kids eat the hair off my head anyway :-D, but in the end is not a decisive point for me. Unfortunately, I can hear neither the RS1i nor the Hemp, so...
...I wanted to ask for help from you guys.
What do I listen to? Roughly I would say 65 percent singer/songwriter music, Leonard Cohen, Damien Rice, Ben Howard, Steve Adey etc., 20 percent rock/alternative like Marylin Manson, Smashing Pumpkins etc., 10 percent jazz and the remaining 5 percent are spread over many other genres.
As a source I use my laptop with Foobar, as Dac/Amp I have the Audioquest Dragonfly Red.
(Edit: Perhaps as a small note: Particularly important to me is the voice reproduction, which simply must / should sound dynamic and realistic, as if the artist would virtually stand in front of you and sing for you :-D.)
Generally, I like a fairly strong treble emphasis, I think, at least the AKG, which is not supposed to be inherently underexposed in this area, I raise between 3 khz and 10 khz clearly, not to mention the HD600, which without strong EQ sounds dull and completely hung up for me.
As you may see, I don't shy away from using an equalizer, so in that sense I would probably use that with the Grado as well.
Maybe there are some people in this thread who know both headphones and can help me a little
.Many greetings
Abyss77
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... at least not without a guilty conscience.