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McIntosh MHP1000 Headphones Announced in CES
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Yes! I was able to procure a set of the MHP1000, thanks to the help of musicman59, who is the salt of the earth, an absolutely wonderful human being
I'm loving them!
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The MHP-1000 is what you need...
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Judging by that reply it would appear that the MHP-1000 requires little introduction and is almost exceeding expectations.
Good to hear you got them earlier than expected (good stuff musicman59). Perhaps keep us posted as they mature.
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Transparent.....without being bright. Balanced.....without being boring. Spacious.....without being off in the distance. I've detected no specific colorations as of yet.
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compared to T1 or closer to T5p? Assuming they are easier to drive from say a D100 then the T1? If so I might go for it.
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The sound signature, does it sound anything like the T1 or T5p? FR curves available? Flat or does it have any peaks? Siblant? Boomy?
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Why Beyerdynamics? Does not sound like Beyers..
I listened to mine last night and I was amazed of the level of detail I was hearing. I wondered if it was me tricking myself into it to justify the investment so I change to my PM-1 with DHC cable (which I love) and the PM-1 very musical but I lost a lot of detail I was hearing with the MHP1000 and the other significant difference was the impact of the bass. After the PM-1 I went to my SR-009 and the detail information came back. These MHP1000 are very transparent, detailed (close to SR-009 level), dynamic and musical at the same time..
Because of the transparency and detail they are also unforgiving. They are going to show you whatever is coming to them. If you have a weak link upstream or a bad recording they are going to let you know about it
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Because of the transparency and detail they are also unforgiving. They are going to show you whatever is coming to them. If you have a weak link upstream or a bad recording they are going to let you know about it
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musicman, how would you compare the alpha prime to the mhp1000? Both are closed phones, although not quite in the same price bracket.
I have not made that comparison yet. I will try to get to it over the weekend and report back.
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Because of the transparency and detail they are also unforgiving. They are going to show you whatever is coming to them. If you have a weak link upstream or a bad recording they are going to let you know about it.
Agree 100%. The difference in gear and recordings was more apparent than ever before. But again, they do this without resorting to brightness or accentuation of parts of the FR.
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