[Lavalamp]

My HD580's have a HD650 cable, and HD600 grills. I am running them from a DIY M3, a modded Art DI/O DAC and an old Sony DVD player (I can get quite a respectable 24/96 resolution with this set up).

After reading these comments, I'm minded to keep my wallet in my pocket.

Yes, I know, Head-fi heresy

 

[varro]

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Originally Posted by granodemostasa /img/forum/go_quote.gif i've experienced nothing but misery going from the HD650 to the K701. the treble and bass extension is no longer there. notes sound sanded off and not full. harps and string insturments in Bach pieces sound synthetic, the "cleanliness" felt in the K701's presentation is actually at the cost of all harmonics, echos and other musical cues. bass is no longer present, there is no attack... what i could say about the K701 is that it's the jack of all trades, master of none.

Imo exactly same could be said about the 650's, there are phones that are better in everything 650's are good. But I guess for this price point there has to be some tradeoffs.

 

[wang228]

Driven by M^3 with various sources, coming from HD650, i found K701 slightly unnatural, with suckout-distant lower midrange (voice, piano, cello) and lack luster. Music through K701 is like a picture drawn with a sharp HB pencil. Through HD650, it is like a thick color pestel drawing.