Taowolf51
Headphoneus Supremus
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How does the HP50 sound compared to the spirit pro?
Just received my pair on Tuesday, so a bit late to the game, but it was worth it. While the looks are disputable (I kind of like the design, though the headband sticks out a bit too much visually), comfort is very good to me (much better than with the Focal Spirit Pro), build quality seems good (the headband extensions clicks have very solid feeling, overall its nice to hold) and, most important, sound quality is excellent given its asking price.
Its rendering of voices is beautiful, it offers good bass extension, is never aggressive... very likable. For easily enjoying music it gives many others a run for their money...
I have stretched them around a box for a night, doesn't do anything. It's just that spot below my ears which feel weird as I have no other issues.
For some reason they're comfortable now...
How did you managed it please?
(...) never aggressive, and I would add not smoothed over too the point of losing detail.
Yes, it would have been nice for the button-less cable to be longer... at least some decent length for desktop usage if not the full 3m. At least the jacks are not too deep, should be possible to find a fitting third party cable.
Nothing seems to come up when searching for them.
Quick update, I still really like these little headphones! They do a really good job with just about every genre I throw at it, they're a very good general headphone. I am still having headband comfort issues, though, but I did slightly fix it by pushing the headband forward a bit (which negatively impacts the ear comfort, but not by a lot). Because of the comfort concerns, I picked up a Focal Spirit Classic which will be battling it out with the NAD in a head-to-head comparison for my love. The Focal should arrive on Monday.
I've heard a few times that these headphones sound like an open headphone, and I have to agree! While they don't sound as open as some open headphones, they have wonderfully low distortion and quick decay, making them sound very open for a closed headphone.