sonick
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So i bought a pair of used Eggo D66's from AdamWill here, who bought it from nleahcim. So I'm the third owner of this particular pair of cans...
Ive had the PortaPros for about 1.5 years, and I just love them... So most comparison will be with the PortaPros. I had a chance to listen to Grado SR80's at AdamWill's place, and I demoed a pair of SR60's at HiFi Centre downtown today... Very short experience with the Grados, but I have some comments about them compared to the Eggos...
Anyway my thoughts-
First impressions of the Eggos:
- Overall more neutral than the Portapros
- Yes, the lack of bass... They had not been modded with the 'hole in plastic membrane' mod.
- comfy, surrounds my whole ear.
- Powered by my Panasonic SL-MP30 just fine, no shortage in volume.
Second Impressions:
- Ow my jaw. The bottom of the cans pinch right where my jawbone/jaw muscle is, and gets uncomfortable after a bit.
- After the bass mod, the bass did show up. However i find it varies from music to music. I went downtown today for the day, brought along the Eggos with my Panasonic SLMP30. With some CDs bass was fine (Modest Mouse's FLOAT ON from their new CD), but with others, bass was very hard to 'find' (for instance, Maroon 5's Songs About Jane, which i was accustomed to with my portapros had plenty of bass, but it was nowhere to be heard with the Eggos). Right now im listening to Franz Ferdinand on vinyl through a vintage kenwood amp, and the bass is aplenty.
- Ow my jaw
- Sound very good through my AV710 sound card, but then again, my portapros did too. Again, however, the is none of the bloated fat bass that the PortaPros pump out.
- I read the Grado SR60 vs D66 review here, who said they were fairly similar. IMHO, the Grado SR60's and 80's are WAY better than the D66s (though i had a very short time with the 80's, i thought the 80's and 60's sounded similar). The high frequencies of the Grados are just so light, airy and smooth. The D66's in comparison dont have that extra extension into the higher frequencies the Grados did. In the bass, the grados and D66's are similar, though grados did have more, and felt much tighter than the D66's.
- Wow there is a very decent amount of bass with Franz Ferdinand's "40ft" bass intro.
- i dont feel the highs are too shrill or bright at all.
- NEVERMIND. Listening to a very VERY worn copy of THE CURE - STANDING ON A BEACH - THE SINGLES on vinyl, there is some overly-shrill high frequencies there, but i think it would be similar with the portapros. Its probably just the source, not the phones themselves
More comments to come as I listen to more music
Ive had the PortaPros for about 1.5 years, and I just love them... So most comparison will be with the PortaPros. I had a chance to listen to Grado SR80's at AdamWill's place, and I demoed a pair of SR60's at HiFi Centre downtown today... Very short experience with the Grados, but I have some comments about them compared to the Eggos...
Anyway my thoughts-
First impressions of the Eggos:
- Overall more neutral than the Portapros
- Yes, the lack of bass... They had not been modded with the 'hole in plastic membrane' mod.
- comfy, surrounds my whole ear.
- Powered by my Panasonic SL-MP30 just fine, no shortage in volume.
Second Impressions:
- Ow my jaw. The bottom of the cans pinch right where my jawbone/jaw muscle is, and gets uncomfortable after a bit.
- After the bass mod, the bass did show up. However i find it varies from music to music. I went downtown today for the day, brought along the Eggos with my Panasonic SLMP30. With some CDs bass was fine (Modest Mouse's FLOAT ON from their new CD), but with others, bass was very hard to 'find' (for instance, Maroon 5's Songs About Jane, which i was accustomed to with my portapros had plenty of bass, but it was nowhere to be heard with the Eggos). Right now im listening to Franz Ferdinand on vinyl through a vintage kenwood amp, and the bass is aplenty.
- Ow my jaw
- Sound very good through my AV710 sound card, but then again, my portapros did too. Again, however, the is none of the bloated fat bass that the PortaPros pump out.
- I read the Grado SR60 vs D66 review here, who said they were fairly similar. IMHO, the Grado SR60's and 80's are WAY better than the D66s (though i had a very short time with the 80's, i thought the 80's and 60's sounded similar). The high frequencies of the Grados are just so light, airy and smooth. The D66's in comparison dont have that extra extension into the higher frequencies the Grados did. In the bass, the grados and D66's are similar, though grados did have more, and felt much tighter than the D66's.
- Wow there is a very decent amount of bass with Franz Ferdinand's "40ft" bass intro.
- i dont feel the highs are too shrill or bright at all.
- NEVERMIND. Listening to a very VERY worn copy of THE CURE - STANDING ON A BEACH - THE SINGLES on vinyl, there is some overly-shrill high frequencies there, but i think it would be similar with the portapros. Its probably just the source, not the phones themselves
More comments to come as I listen to more music