[Dopaminer]

Well, it`s happened.  The divorce is not finalized, the proceedings have begun.  The modded HE-6, out of my speaker amp, has seduced me and my commited relationship with this demanding German is coming to an end . . . 
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/754300/sennheiser-hd800

 

[Silent One]

 

 Sooo what can we do to expedite the proceedings?!
 
Team HiFiMAN; Sansui; Shindo Laboratory

 

[NZtechfreak]

Well, it`s happened.  The divorce is not finalized, the proceedings have begun.  The modded HE-6, out of my speaker amp, has seduced me and my commited relationship with this demanding German is coming to an end . . . 

http://www.head-fi.org/t/754300/sennheiser-hd800

Interesting! I sold mine too, I really liked them a lot, and for some things adored them, but then I noticed how little I used them after re-purchasing the 6 and eventually let the HD800 go.

 

[preproman]

  Well, it`s happened.  The divorce is not finalized, the proceedings have begun.  The modded HE-6, out of my speaker amp, has seduced me and my commited relationship with this demanding German is coming to an end . . . 
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/754300/sennheiser-hd800

 

Interesting! I sold mine too, I really liked them a lot, and for some things adored them, but then I noticed how little I used them after re-purchasing the 6 and eventually let the HD800 go.

 
 
Mannnnnn.   I'm thinking the same damn thing.  This is my third pair of HD800s.  Every time I sell them I buy them back.  You guys are making me think about selling mines really hard.  Now with the LCD-3F in the house, I hardly use the HD800s.  My attempt to like classical music is an epic fail - except for a few scores.  
 
I need to sleep on it for a few days..

 

[NZtechfreak]

It's a tough one isn't it!
 
For me I'm not hugely interested in owning a massive stable of headphones, particularly when I don't really want for anything with my HE-6. I'd rather put that money into trying more amps and DACs  and such like. I think with your INT150 you sound pretty well settled though, I think if I were in that position I would might be thinking more about keeping a couple of headphones for their sonic differences. I given up on trying to like classical though, that just ain't my thing (I'll just have to live with feeling like I must be some kind of cretin because classical doesn't move me).
 
...and who knows, both Dopaminer and I may yet have the HD800 in our futures again!

 

[lojay]

  Mannnnnn.   I'm thinking the same damn thing.  This is my third pair of HD800s.  Every time I sell them I buy them back.  You guys are making me think about selling mines really hard.  Now with the LCD-3F in the house, I hardly use the HD800s.  My attempt to like classical music is an epic fail - except for a few scores.  
 
I need to sleep on it for a few days..

 
To me, the HD800 sounds more impressive (esp for classical and acoustic instrumentals) but HE-6 sounds more like music. If not for the fact that I am very enamoured by the HD800's speaker like soundstage (I cannot afford to have speakers where my office is) and its superior comfort, I would have sold the HD800 rig a long time ago.
 
Instead, I bought another amp mainly for the HD800. LOL.

 

[Dopaminer]

  It's a tough one isn't it!
 
For me I'm not hugely interested in owning a massive stable of headphones, particularly when I don't really want for anything with my HE-6. I'd rather put that money into trying more amps and DACs  and such like. I think with your INT150 you sound pretty well settled though, I think if I were in that position I would might be thinking more about keeping a couple of headphones for their sonic differences. I given up on trying to like classical though, that just ain't my thing (I'll just have to live with feeling like I must be some kind of cretin because classical doesn't move me).
 
...and who knows, both Dopaminer and I may yet have the HD800 in our futures again!

 
I`ll drink to that. 
 

   
To me, the HD800 sounds more impressive (esp for classical and acoustic instrumentals) but HE-6 sounds more like music. If not for the fact that I am very enamoured by the HD800's speaker like soundstage (I cannot afford to have speakers where my office is) and its superior comfort, I would have sold the HD800 rig a long time ago.
 
Instead, I bought another amp mainly for the HD800. LOL.

 
And you have the SR-009?  Wow, that is about the only place I`m interested to explore, headphone-wise....

 

[gjc11028]

I`ll drink to that. 


And you have the SR-009?  Wow, that is about the only place I`m interested to explore, headphone-wise....

Agree on the Sfax. I only have he-6. If I were more convinced by the energizers I think I would have tried the 007.

 

[lojay]

 
And you have the SR-009?  Wow, that is about the only place I`m interested to explore, headphone-wise....

 
 
If you like the HD800 more than the HE-6 (which you don't), you will like the SR009 as it resolves spatial nuances and sonic textures in a very realistic manner and has more soundstage depth than any other headphone I've tried. It is extremely quick in the transients, rendering music with feather-like agility. It has more body to spatial cues than the HD800. It has deeper bass than the HD800 and probably the HE-6 (by a hair).
 
That being said, it has this "ethereal" quality due to its feather light nature which is certainly not for everyone. Some call it a "colouration". If you like the HE-6 more than the HD800 (which you do), just let me say this: the SR009 is less tactile than the HE-6, has less soundstage than the HD800, is much more expensive to buy and amp properly. The SR009 will not hit as hard or impactful as the HD800 or the HE-6, even the deepest bass notes hit with a slight "fluff" in the sense that they hit and run and there is little sustain. 

 

[preproman]

   
 
If you like the HD800 more than the HE-6 (which you don't), you will like the SR009 as it resolves spatial nuances and sonic textures in a very realistic manner and has more soundstage depth than any other headphone I've tried. It is extremely quick in the transients, rendering music with feather-like agility. It has more body to spatial cues than the HD800. It has deeper bass than the HD800 and probably the HE-6 (by a hair).
 
That being said, it has this "ethereal" quality due to its feather light nature which is certainly not for everyone. Some call it a "colouration". If you like the HE-6 more than the HD800 (which you do), just let me say this: the SR009 is less tactile than the HE-6, has less soundstage than the HD800, is much more expensive to buy and amp properly. The SR009 will not hit as hard or impactful as the HD800 or the HE-6, even the deepest bass notes hit with a slight "fluff" in the sense that they hit and run and there is little sustain. 

 
I think lojay hit that comparison right on the head.  
 

 

[Dopaminer]

That was a fantastic summary, lojay.  

 

[lojay]

I think lojay hit that comparison right on the head.  

That was a fantastic summary, lojay

Thanks guys!

 

[Armaegis]

  For me I'm not hugely interested in owning a massive stable of headphones, particularly when I don't really want for anything with my HE-6. I'd rather put that money into trying more amps and DACs  and such like.

 
I keep telling myself this, and yet somehow I still have four Sennheisers, three vintage cans, two Fostexes (fostexen? fostices?), and a Beyer in a pear tree.

 

[preproman]

   
I keep telling myself this, and yet somehow I still have four Sennheisers, three vintage cans, two Fostexes (fostexen? fostices?), and a Beyer in a pear tree.

 
 
That was funny...  

 

[TonyNewman]

  That was a fantastic summary, lojay.  

 
+1. Never heard it put so well before. Thank you.