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Hi HF,
Just thought I'd update, I was asking about D2000s recently because there were a few $200 ones up for grabs on eBay. Unfortunately they were long gone (as of this writing) by the time I made up my mind. But I did sort of re-evaluate my needs and I thought I needed something 1) smaller than the Denons 2) isolated more 3) leaked less. The last 2 points I'm only able to gather from people's impressions, do stop me if I'm wrong. I ordered a pair of HD25-1s from eBay, arrived today.
My question is, as this is my first experience with Sennies, how representative of the Sennheiser sound is the HD25s? As in, how comparable is the signature to HD580/HD600/HD650? These are my new go-everywhere phones (sorry MS-1!), but I'd like a nice open back phone for home use esp. when I invest in proper amplification. Would I enjoy the higher ends Sennies if I liked the HD25? Of course it's always best to audition them myself, it's a bit difficult finding places to do that in Auckland but I'll have a look around. It'd be nice to have your inputs though.
Oh, I don't think the HD25 appreciation thread has had much love recently. But in case anyone's interested, I think the HD25s are very comfortable (they clamp the top of my ears less than the Alessies, esp. when I'm wearing my glasses which is very welcome!). I was worried certainly because a lot of people didn't seem to think so (one described them as a torture device). But then again, I found the Alessies comfortable enough to sleep in lol (can't roll over though obviously because that'd cover the grills). The pleather pads warm up faster than the velours they included. The sound is a bit muddy with the velours, is this normal? Also was curious about people's impressions on the steel cable so I ordered an HD600 cable. At least even if the sound doesn't change much it'd be nicer to wear both the entries going down, the cable groove in the headband digs into the current cables, damaging the sleeves (a rather serious design flaw).
The base was definitely overpowering when I plugged it straight out of the box. Only took about an hour of listening to get used to it, I think I'm in love with it now! Listening to some of my Muse albums now.
Sorry I can't really describe my impressions in more detail, except for 'I like them'.
Thanks for reading.
Just thought I'd update, I was asking about D2000s recently because there were a few $200 ones up for grabs on eBay. Unfortunately they were long gone (as of this writing) by the time I made up my mind. But I did sort of re-evaluate my needs and I thought I needed something 1) smaller than the Denons 2) isolated more 3) leaked less. The last 2 points I'm only able to gather from people's impressions, do stop me if I'm wrong. I ordered a pair of HD25-1s from eBay, arrived today.
My question is, as this is my first experience with Sennies, how representative of the Sennheiser sound is the HD25s? As in, how comparable is the signature to HD580/HD600/HD650? These are my new go-everywhere phones (sorry MS-1!), but I'd like a nice open back phone for home use esp. when I invest in proper amplification. Would I enjoy the higher ends Sennies if I liked the HD25? Of course it's always best to audition them myself, it's a bit difficult finding places to do that in Auckland but I'll have a look around. It'd be nice to have your inputs though.
Oh, I don't think the HD25 appreciation thread has had much love recently. But in case anyone's interested, I think the HD25s are very comfortable (they clamp the top of my ears less than the Alessies, esp. when I'm wearing my glasses which is very welcome!). I was worried certainly because a lot of people didn't seem to think so (one described them as a torture device). But then again, I found the Alessies comfortable enough to sleep in lol (can't roll over though obviously because that'd cover the grills). The pleather pads warm up faster than the velours they included. The sound is a bit muddy with the velours, is this normal? Also was curious about people's impressions on the steel cable so I ordered an HD600 cable. At least even if the sound doesn't change much it'd be nicer to wear both the entries going down, the cable groove in the headband digs into the current cables, damaging the sleeves (a rather serious design flaw).
The base was definitely overpowering when I plugged it straight out of the box. Only took about an hour of listening to get used to it, I think I'm in love with it now! Listening to some of my Muse albums now.
Thanks for reading.
