Sonido
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According to this decibel meter app I got on my phone (take with grain of salt), 50% or 12 o'clock measures around 85 dB.
Did you try the coupon code? Also I ordered when i first heard about it in the Deals thread. From what I understand Razor Dog started selling Hifiman products about a week ago, and they sent a newsletter to those subscribed with the coupon code for the discount. I guess they were doing it as celebration of carrying Hifiman. Perhaps once Hifiman got wind of the coupon, they told them to stop.
Also even if they aren't actively offering the deal anymore, you can still try emailing the guy about it. My friend got a new HD800 for $1199 from him just by emailing. They take offers, you just gotta know that's an option to do.
However, there is just one problem. I've heard these are suppose to have amazing midrange, but for me it's quite the opposite. Vocals, especially female, sound off and harsh. Same thing with aggressive electric guitar riffs. The sound I can describe best as harsh, recessed, and cavernous (reverberations). Definitely does not sound as good as my other headphones on these songs. Does it just need burning in, or maybe my amp isn't giving it enough juice and there are distortions? The WA7 is rated to give about 1 watt at the 38 ohms from what I've heard. I found this to happen especially on some JPop tracks. Quality of files are either 320 kbps or ~256 kbps VBR V0. Also volume level I'd estimate to be around 85-90 dB. One other odd thing is while I'm running my amp on Lo-Z, switching to Hi-Z doesn't change the volume or sound at all to me.
Does anyone else experience this?
This definitely does not sound right to me. The first words that come to mind with HE-500 mids are smooth with a great weight. My little dot only does about 200mw into the HE-500 and it still does not have this sort of problem. I would definitely never describe the mids of the HE-500 harsh or recessed as you did. Otherwise I'm not sure what headphone wouldn't sound that way. Nearly every headphone I listen to, it's hard to find such a good midrange. In some cases I did like the T50RP paradox midrange better than the HE-500, but that's more a of a signature/timbre difference. Oh I digress. Yeah, there shouldn't be that sort of sound coming from your setup with any bitrate. So if it's really painful maybe there could be a defect in one of your equipment pieces? IDK. Maybe email some tech support friends.
Actually the mid-range of HE-500 is not boosted. It's true that the decay time of mid-range is relatively longer which may be an issue to some people. Anyway, HE-500 is tuned to be so to imitate the sound of monitors in a small space. You can try thefuzz pads to alter the sound. Hope it will be helpful.
yeww that sounds like my modded w1k sound in a nut shell...
Whatttt? How is that even possible? The wa7 at the meet was at 3 to 4pm driving my he500. Unless they had computer volume way way down which I don't think it was cuz other HPs were loud enough at around 12pm. Weird.
Speaking of amps... I'm expecting my Burson Soloist to handle the HE-500 well when it does arrive. Reasonable expectation?
I run my HE500 through a WA7 most of the time and they sound great together . Anything over 50% on the dial and they turn into desk top speakers, still no audible distortion but I definitely would not put them on my head.
I run my HE500 through a WA7 most of the time and they sound great together . Anything over 50% on the dial and they turn into desk top speakers, still no audible distortion but I definitely would not put them on my head.