leng jai
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Been debating whether to pick up a pair for the past few days. Alas the upgrade itch has got me once again and I'm looking to get my last pair of cans to complete my Head-fi journey (hopefully). I own three headphones at the moment: Denon D7000, Sennheiser HD650 and the AKG 702s all powered by a Burson HA-160. Each phone has aspects I love/dislike which I'll outline now:
Denon D7000s: Probably my favourite out of the three. Firstly, the comfort is great and the wooden cups simply gorgeous. This is actually pretty close to the sound signature I'm looking for though not quite there yet. Though the bass is clearly the feature of these cans, I feel like its too overbearing at times, and not tight enough. The soundstage is okay, but a lot of the time I'll be wishing it was larger (similar to that of the AKG 702s). The treble is pretty good, not much to complain about. Midrange is somewhat lacking for vocals - feels like a little something is missing.
Sennhesier HD650: First and foremost I love these cans for female vocals - the midrange simply excels here. The bass is almost what I'm looking for but slightly lacking quantity. I guess I'm looking for something in between the HD650s and the D7000s. The soundstage is definitely not airy enough for me and I often feel like the sound is congested. Strangely I find the HD650s the most fatiguing headphones out of the three despite their rolled off treble.
AKG 702s: Pretty easy to sum up my thoughts on these - LOVE the airy sound and at the same LOATH the lack of bass quantity. Is it a limitation of headphones that you can't have both? These two aspects make the 702s my go to music for a very specific few genres. Piano sounds particularly good to me on these, as well as orchestral OSTs. However, anything requiring bass impact fails miserably.
So are the T1s what I need? Something with better bass control and depth to the D7000s while having similar or slightly less quantity? A soundstage comparable to the AKG 702? Midrange with the warmth (perhaps slightly less) than the HD650s? I'm also hoping the detail retrieval is a step up from all three. For the record owning three cans is ridiculous to me so I'll be looking to get rid of all three after this purchase, or perhaps just keeping the D7000s.
Help.
Denon D7000s: Probably my favourite out of the three. Firstly, the comfort is great and the wooden cups simply gorgeous. This is actually pretty close to the sound signature I'm looking for though not quite there yet. Though the bass is clearly the feature of these cans, I feel like its too overbearing at times, and not tight enough. The soundstage is okay, but a lot of the time I'll be wishing it was larger (similar to that of the AKG 702s). The treble is pretty good, not much to complain about. Midrange is somewhat lacking for vocals - feels like a little something is missing.
Sennhesier HD650: First and foremost I love these cans for female vocals - the midrange simply excels here. The bass is almost what I'm looking for but slightly lacking quantity. I guess I'm looking for something in between the HD650s and the D7000s. The soundstage is definitely not airy enough for me and I often feel like the sound is congested. Strangely I find the HD650s the most fatiguing headphones out of the three despite their rolled off treble.
AKG 702s: Pretty easy to sum up my thoughts on these - LOVE the airy sound and at the same LOATH the lack of bass quantity. Is it a limitation of headphones that you can't have both? These two aspects make the 702s my go to music for a very specific few genres. Piano sounds particularly good to me on these, as well as orchestral OSTs. However, anything requiring bass impact fails miserably.
So are the T1s what I need? Something with better bass control and depth to the D7000s while having similar or slightly less quantity? A soundstage comparable to the AKG 702? Midrange with the warmth (perhaps slightly less) than the HD650s? I'm also hoping the detail retrieval is a step up from all three. For the record owning three cans is ridiculous to me so I'll be looking to get rid of all three after this purchase, or perhaps just keeping the D7000s.
Help.