JZC
New Head-Fier
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Hey guys, I've been a lurking for quite some time, and I decided to finally join in with a post, so here goes.
To give a little bit of a background, I'm a music-lover turned songwriter. I mainly write electronic music and do all of my production, engineering and mastering on my own (with a partner). My favorite hobbies include songwriting and critical listening, so I'd say I have at least a decent ear when it comes to these things.
Anyway, my main pair of cans thus far has been the Sony 7506s which have treated me VERY nicely over the years. I've really never had a problem with them in any way (except that the bass kinda tires my ears out during extended listening sessions).
To get to the point of this post, I recently purchased a used SR80. From everything I've read about it, I expected to be blown away, but I'm not so sure if I'm that happy with it.
There's really only ONE complaint I have with the SR80: the highs. Ouch! Why are the highs so overdone on these headphones? I feel like it's bordering on the absurd how loud the highs can get on these cans. Often times, this is a good thing, expecially when listening to "lower"-fi recordings where the highs are recessed. The Grados make these albums sound all shiny and new, which is good. But whenever I put on a modern "pop" recording that's been mastered with the highs already overdone, I can't listen to them with the SR-80s for more than a few minues without having to hit the EQ or put them down!
Yes, after twiddling with the 12k-16k ish range on the EQ, I can get them to sound great. But otherwise, I just can't handle the shrieking highs.
I've spent a couple days trying to see if anyone else has had these complaints about the SR80, but not many seem to agree.
So my question is this: anyone else find the highs on the SR-80s to be unbearable? Or is it just me?
To give a little bit of a background, I'm a music-lover turned songwriter. I mainly write electronic music and do all of my production, engineering and mastering on my own (with a partner). My favorite hobbies include songwriting and critical listening, so I'd say I have at least a decent ear when it comes to these things.
Anyway, my main pair of cans thus far has been the Sony 7506s which have treated me VERY nicely over the years. I've really never had a problem with them in any way (except that the bass kinda tires my ears out during extended listening sessions).
To get to the point of this post, I recently purchased a used SR80. From everything I've read about it, I expected to be blown away, but I'm not so sure if I'm that happy with it.
There's really only ONE complaint I have with the SR80: the highs. Ouch! Why are the highs so overdone on these headphones? I feel like it's bordering on the absurd how loud the highs can get on these cans. Often times, this is a good thing, expecially when listening to "lower"-fi recordings where the highs are recessed. The Grados make these albums sound all shiny and new, which is good. But whenever I put on a modern "pop" recording that's been mastered with the highs already overdone, I can't listen to them with the SR-80s for more than a few minues without having to hit the EQ or put them down!
Yes, after twiddling with the 12k-16k ish range on the EQ, I can get them to sound great. But otherwise, I just can't handle the shrieking highs.
I've spent a couple days trying to see if anyone else has had these complaints about the SR80, but not many seem to agree.
So my question is this: anyone else find the highs on the SR-80s to be unbearable? Or is it just me?