redrum42
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Hi,
So I just picked up a pair of HD600s yesterday used: thought it was time to hear what the fuss was all about. What confused me though is how bright they sound - there is loads of upper treble making cymbals louder and more piercing than I am used to. I am coming from a long time listening to my Grados: originally sr80s with custom wood cups.
The sennheisers definitely are a lot smoother and more laidback in the mids and upper mids, but I am hearing far more upper treble with them than with the Grados. What should I make of this? Are Grados actually quite rolled off in the upper frequencies and what people continually describe as them being "bright" is actually loads of upper mids?
The HD600s don't sound very balanced to me. Do I just need to get used to them? Or could it be an amp issue. I'm using a ZERO dac/amp combo to power them. Not the best, but I don't see why it would make them sound really bright unless the ZERO was a really bright amp. Didn't think it was...
Anyway, any thoughts people?
Thanks!
So I just picked up a pair of HD600s yesterday used: thought it was time to hear what the fuss was all about. What confused me though is how bright they sound - there is loads of upper treble making cymbals louder and more piercing than I am used to. I am coming from a long time listening to my Grados: originally sr80s with custom wood cups.
The sennheisers definitely are a lot smoother and more laidback in the mids and upper mids, but I am hearing far more upper treble with them than with the Grados. What should I make of this? Are Grados actually quite rolled off in the upper frequencies and what people continually describe as them being "bright" is actually loads of upper mids?
The HD600s don't sound very balanced to me. Do I just need to get used to them? Or could it be an amp issue. I'm using a ZERO dac/amp combo to power them. Not the best, but I don't see why it would make them sound really bright unless the ZERO was a really bright amp. Didn't think it was...
Anyway, any thoughts people?
Thanks!