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From what people have said, the H5 is quite a warm and tube-like (though I've never heard a tube amp before)
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I have the h5, and to think about it, knowing the traits of tube amps and having had the h5 for a while now, I can agree with what the people say. I think I should add that the changes with the h5 are extremely subtle to my ears, but after listening to music for hours per day for weeks, I KNOW what I hear, so to speak. I have the dt770/80
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*edit* Ok, I'm now using my dt770/80 unamped through my x-fi. Here are my initial impressions, after a month and a half of hundreds of hours of use with my headfive. The bass is harder hitting. The mid-range has a LOT more detail. For instance, in my favorite game Quake 2, the footsteps unamped have a sort of sticky, rich sound, and isn't wrought in high pitchness(being that my dt770/80 is a bright can, an amp naturally brings this out). With the headfive, everything in the soundspectrum has a high pitch added on to it. But at the same time, the headfive softens the high end of my dt770/80. Which do I like? Well, I like a harder treble but richer midrange. Also, the soundstage is much compressed without amping vs amped. BUT, the soundstage is rich, everything is rich, without the Corda headfive. Once again, these changes are subtle but
definite. Overall, with the headfive, the sound is umm, mellower, while without it, the sound is detailed and rich. It's like gravy is tossed on top of the sound with the headfive. But once again, this change in sound is VERY subtle. YMMV=]
O yea, on the soundstage. With the headfive, I notice the sounds are more seperated and dispersed. Hence, a bigger soundstage. Without it, my dt770 makes everything sound molded together, but still seperated enough to hear each instrument clearly. And the overall space everything takes place in is smaller.