HeyWaj10
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^^Agreed!
Well, I've only heard HD 800 with decent to good tube amps before. I never got the usual issues. Now, they sound a little thin. A lot of the stuff I listen to is not well mastered, and not the right genre for the HD 800... only now can I see what people always said about it being unforgiving, cold, analytical, etc. with stuff like that. So, I figure it's easier to change 'phones than change my taste in music or the music industry in general.
That seems like a shortsighted perspective to me. For a $1700+ investment, for what many consider to be the best SS amp available, with unique, sound engineering-you'd think it'd be worth the further wait to allow some burn in to run it's course-pro/con biases aside.
FWIW, my MJ changed pretty remarkably around 150-200 hours-just as Jason suggested to me that it would.
The payoff might be worth it. :wink_face:
If your music isn't well mastered, I would recommend a headphone that is forgiving of bad recordings. I find my LCDX is a bit more forgiving than the HD800, while also sounding spectacular with the Rag.
My Ragnarok sounded spectacular from the first minute. Did not change over time.
What's the problem with Rag -> HD800? Anything beyond the 'usual' HD800 issues?
Well, I've only heard HD 800 with decent to good tube amps before. I never got the usual issues. Now, they sound a little thin. A lot of the stuff I listen to is not well mastered, and not the right genre for the HD 800... only now can I see what people always said about it being unforgiving, cold, analytical, etc. with stuff like that. So, I figure it's easier to change 'phones than change my taste in music or the music industry in general.
Yes. HD800 is HD800. It always sounds like that unless you put it on very warm amps (e.g some tube amps.) Connect to any honest-sounding amp, and the sound is not that pretty despite some others' claims.
If your music isn't well mastered, I would recommend a headphone that is forgiving of bad recordings. I find my LCDX is a bit more forgiving than the HD800, while also sounding spectacular with the Rag.
Im not knocking the gear, I'm knocking the combo... I don't want to spend 200 hours enduring something I don't like on the off chance it changes into something I like via capacitor wear or brain-burn in.
But I respect the other side of the coin's opinion.
I didn't like the -X on the BMC PureDAC with some of the same stuff. Maybe I'll stick to car stereos and apple earbuds.