[Moonwalker]

Hi!

Yesterday I tried (AND BOUGHT)

HD-580. They sounded good enough to convince me (and my wife) to buy them. I opened them to see the driver type and was surprised there's only magnet without the typical HD-600's copper ring inside vent hole. Did you find the same?
More on them later

(Going to listen now - they make me sing along, yes, they're THAT good!)

Moonwalker

 

[skudmunky]

Yep, a very nice pair of headphones. Your wife wanted one too? You are a lucky man...

Now go get a nice, beefy amp with 2 headphone outs so you can enjoy the same song at the same time.

 

[kramer5150]

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Originally Posted by Moonwalker Hi! Yesterday I tried (AND BOUGHT) HD-580. They sounded good enough to convince me (and my wife) to buy them. I opened them to see the driver type and was surprised there's only magnet without the typical HD-600's copper ring inside vent hole. Did you find the same? More on them later (Going to listen now - they make me sing along, yes, they're THAT good!) Moonwalker

Theyre great all around cans. Amp aggressively and they snarl, amp mildly and they tone down. Copper ring??? whats that?

I took the pads off mine a while ago and dont recall any shiny copper in there?

Garrett

 

[Moonwalker]

Hi skudmunky! Thanx for the nice words, yes, she's great

But I'm afraid I'll stick with my Creek 11SE amp, it's enough for me for a long time. Call me weird.

kramer5150, thanx for your post, the thing is in the magnet hole, it's golden colour and I think all older HD580 and 600 had that ring, newer maybe not, mine for sure and the 650 don't have that thing. Some guy suggested it may serve for shorting eddy currents inside magnet circuit, or it could be there just for making the fragile magnet more rigid and fine-tune the vent size.

Any other suggestions/news regarding old/new drivers for 580 & 600?

PS: Still listening to them - it's pretty addictive, even through 18-bit DAC of my sound card and little Creek

Moonwalker

 

[Xakepa]

From my expirience, it takes unusually loing time (200+ hours) for 580s to start sounding good to my ears. Give them a lot of burn in, and in a month or so you'll definitely hear a difference.

 

[jim580]

Moonwalker...
Congrats. The 580's are a fine set of cans. They get better and better with use. Let them play overnight for a couple weeks. Mine didn't really bloom till around the 100 hour mark.
Now repeat after me.....sound card for my birthday....micro amp for Christmas....sound ca.............

You and your wife enjoy,
Jim

 

[Moonwalker]

Hi Xakepa and jim580!

Thanx for advice and for the upgrade plan! Hope I'll stick to it

Moonwalker