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Headphoneus Supremus
So after 5 days of ~ 12h+ music through the Magni v3 it's time for my proper first impressions.
I like these, a lot! After my messy adventure with the Gjallarhorn I was a bit reluctant about the Magni when they hit my desk. This time around the headphones came in perfect working condition.
I got them in palisander wood as pictured above.
Hooked them up to my Corda Classic FF and let it play the music at an above average volume for the last few days. During the evening I listened to them on a normal volume and was pleasantly surprised from day 0 by their overall frequency response. Lows, mids and highs are in harmony without any of them taking the real upper hand. Width is OK for a closed back but nothing to write home about. The imaging is spot on though but they lose out a bit in the 3D imaging if compared to the Beyerdynamic T5p gen.2.
I have a few albums I test my gear with, like 10,000 days by Tool and Thirteenth step by a Perfect Circle but thé test remains How to measure a planet? by the dutch band the Gathering.
This song picks up speed and emotion somewhere around the 6:00 mark. ... and that is wen I realized that Magni was the correct choice. I'm still blown away and searching for words to describe the feeling I had when I heard it with this headphone. I know the song by heart in and out. I was listening, searching for flaws. Trying to find reasons to debate my latest purchase ... but I was lost in the music, lost in the flow of the song and lost because I had forgotten I was wearing a headphone, a closed-back headphone!
Perhaps other headphones are technically better and boy I have heard and owned quite a few of the totl headphones, including Sennheiser HE60, Stax SR-007mk2 and Focal Stellia. The HE60 and SR-007mk2 are open back and cannot be compared to the intimacy of a true closed-back. Stellia ... though it might be technically superior it's not from an enjoyment point of view in my opinion.
I know the journey never ends but I am happy mine has taken me to St. Petersburg.
I like these, a lot! After my messy adventure with the Gjallarhorn I was a bit reluctant about the Magni when they hit my desk. This time around the headphones came in perfect working condition.
I got them in palisander wood as pictured above.
Hooked them up to my Corda Classic FF and let it play the music at an above average volume for the last few days. During the evening I listened to them on a normal volume and was pleasantly surprised from day 0 by their overall frequency response. Lows, mids and highs are in harmony without any of them taking the real upper hand. Width is OK for a closed back but nothing to write home about. The imaging is spot on though but they lose out a bit in the 3D imaging if compared to the Beyerdynamic T5p gen.2.
I have a few albums I test my gear with, like 10,000 days by Tool and Thirteenth step by a Perfect Circle but thé test remains How to measure a planet? by the dutch band the Gathering.
This song picks up speed and emotion somewhere around the 6:00 mark. ... and that is wen I realized that Magni was the correct choice. I'm still blown away and searching for words to describe the feeling I had when I heard it with this headphone. I know the song by heart in and out. I was listening, searching for flaws. Trying to find reasons to debate my latest purchase ... but I was lost in the music, lost in the flow of the song and lost because I had forgotten I was wearing a headphone, a closed-back headphone!
Perhaps other headphones are technically better and boy I have heard and owned quite a few of the totl headphones, including Sennheiser HE60, Stax SR-007mk2 and Focal Stellia. The HE60 and SR-007mk2 are open back and cannot be compared to the intimacy of a true closed-back. Stellia ... though it might be technically superior it's not from an enjoyment point of view in my opinion.
I know the journey never ends but I am happy mine has taken me to St. Petersburg.