Hi all!
I've got the 580's for almost a month now, so i would like to share my impressions and ask a few questions.
First of all, my first decent phones were the hd555s, which i bought about three years ago, but after the first listening it was obvious that the 580's play in a different league. Better bass quality and much bigger bass quantity, maybe even a bit too much, but for me it's ok. More chrystal feel around the highs, more space, and much more laid back imaging. I know that dey need proper amplification to give their best, which is the thing i don't have currently, but i will get the Millett SS in weeks, which isn't high end stuff but it must serve more than well for the limited price tag which fits in my budget, according to what i've read.
My 580's are as untouched as possible, so none of the popular mods (hd600/650 grills, 650 cable) are present, which leads us to my problem/question:
I _really_ love the detail and deepness of these cans, but i find them a bit too laid back for me, and the minds...well, where are the mids? They're a bit slim compared to the treble and the bass, which both sound truly wonderful to me, but i feel a midrange-deficit. I know that it can be that i got too much used to the 555's, which give a bigger boost to the mids than it would be desireble to most of us, but i also find the 555's to be faster (again, they are currently unamped, so probably this is the source of the problem), which makes me a bit sad, since quite a lot of music i like profits from it, and i simply feel that the 'new' (at least 10 years old, hehe) cans could perform better. I heard that replacing the grills to the ones used on 600/650s gives a better mid-range presence, but how significant is the change?
So, my final and most important question would be: can the 580s really ROCK?
