[HPiper]

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Im considering hd700, beyer T90, or Grado. I want a airy, clear, somewhat bright can with great mids and highs.

Great mids and highs, somewhat bright ..sure sounds like a Grado to me...Maybe an RS1i. However when you factor in the comfort factor you are back with the HD700. I have never had any Sennheiser that was anything but totally comfortable. I personally find the RS1i comfortable but I have had several people tell me I must have a weird head or ears because they don't like wearing them for long.

 

[Halimj7]

Great mids and highs, somewhat bright ..sure sounds like a Grado to me...Maybe an RS1i. However when you factor in the comfort factor you are back with the HD700. I have never had any Sennheiser that was anything but totally comfortable. I personally find the RS1i comfortable but I have had several people tell me I must have a weird head or ears because they don't like wearing them for long.

Are the mids vocals breathy on the RS1 and forward?

 

[Halimj7]

Great mids and highs, somewhat bright ..sure sounds like a Grado to me...Maybe an RS1i. However when you factor in the comfort factor you are back with the HD700. I have never had any Sennheiser that was anything but totally comfortable. I personally find the RS1i comfortable but I have had several people tell me I must have a weird head or ears because they don't like wearing them for long.

Are the mids vocals breathy on the RS1 and forward?

 

[Dubstep Girl]

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Are the mids vocals breathy on the RS1 and forward?

 
yes

 

[Windsor]

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Windsor, if you had to be marooned with one of these pairs of headphones, would it be the HD700s?

 
No. If I had to choose one of the listed headphones now I'd probably opt for the HD 800 or HD 600, but saying that, the M50 is sounding pretty sweet now as I type this. However if it came to it I might deviate from this list and choose a Stax 009.
 

 

[Halimj7]

How would you guys describe the mids and highs on the HD700

 

[fihidelity]

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No. If I had to choose one of the listed headphones now I'd probably opt for the HD 800 or HD 600, but saying that, the M50 is sounding pretty sweet now as I type this. However if it came to it I might deviate from this list and choose a Stax 009.
 

What is it that the HD6/800 have over the 700s? Thanks for the response.

 

[streetdragon]

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What is it that the HD6/800 have over the 700s? Thanks for the response.

HD700 is a little stuck in the middle. Both in price and in sound signature. But i can't elaborate too much about it since i only had a short demo.

 

[Halimj7]

HD700 is a little stuck in the middle. Both in price and in sound signature. But i can't elaborate too much about it since i only had a short demo.

How would you guys describe the mids and highs on the HD700

 

[streetdragon]

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How would you guys describe the mids and highs on the HD700

Kind of sparkly and clean, but might be sibilant and dry at times though.

 

[Dubstep Girl]

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Kind of sparkly and clean, but might be sibilant and dry at times though.

 
translation: clear treble with slightly emphasized detail with good recordings, piercing bright unnatural harshness and a thin lifeless sound on poor recordings. 
 
 
lol kidding,  haven't heard HD 700 

 

[streetdragon]

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translation: clear treble with slightly emphasized detail with good recordings, piercing bright unnatural harshness and a thin lifeless sound on poor recordings. 
 
 
lol kidding,  haven't heard HD 700 

Lol not bad for someone who hasn't had a demo with it, quite close to my quick impressions.

 

[dePhil]

I am very much into "airy" sound and multidimensional soundstage. 
 
After being allowed to audition the HD800 (the size of which I strongly disliked and thus - did not even consider buying initially) at home for a week (amped by WA6) - I ditched the HD700 on the second day without even thinking and never looked back.
 
 
 
HD700 (which I liked and still consider it a great pair of cans) were really good at that, but the difference was absolutely worth both the price premium and the size punishment  

 

[Dubstep Girl]

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I am very much into "airy" sound and multidimensional soundstage. 
 
After being allowed to audition the HD800 (the size of which I strongly disliked and thus - did not even consider buying initially) at home for a week (amped by WA6) - I ditched the HD700 on the second day without even thinking and never looked back.
 
 
 
HD700 (which I liked and still consider it a great pair of cans) were really good at that, but the difference was absolutely worth both the price premium and the size punishment  

 

[peterBj]

[size=15.555556297302246px] About a 1/2 year ago when we had just finished the mix of the audiophile recording ''Torn" by Carmen Gomes inc.,I took a copy of the mix with me to the RAF high end store here in Amsterdam.[/size]

[size=15.555556297302246px] They had the HD700 and the HD800 on display.I was curious as to how the mix,done on the Grimm LS 1 speakers,would translate to high end Headphones.[/size]

[size=15.555556297302246px] I must say that I was impressed![/size]

[size=15.555556297302246px] At Sound Liaison we like a a clear placement of the instruments,really trying to make the band almost visual,and with a lot of depth and spaciousness in the sound stage.[/size]

[size=15.555556297302246px] Of the difference of the two...[/size]

[size=15.555556297302246px] I found the HD 800 absolutely fantastic for the quiet tunes,i.e.''Love in Vain'' and the version of ''Let´s go get Stoned'' with the beautiful double bass introduction.
But the last 2 tunes of the album,the louder tunes,Tom Waits "Train song'' with a slightly distorted slide guitar solo,and the version of B.B.Kings ''the Thrill is Gone ''´with the laid back 2nd line drum groove I really liked the HD 700,maybe even preferring it to the HD800.[/size]

[size=15.555556297302246px] But if I had to choose, I would go for the HD800.It really gives me the same sense of space and depth that I hear on our High End Grimm speakers,translate the sound we had in mind really well.[/size]

[size=15.555556297302246px] But maybe If you listen mostly to music with a heavy back beat,the 700 will do a great job.
But all in all fantastic Headphones.[/size]