I have to say I tend to keep the wings close to my ears, not touching but not spread out. I don't notice much difference in soundstage but the extra weight in the bass tends to suit my preference.
sorry for revisiting this topic, but wanted to ask u guys, how are you positioning the wings?
as close to the ears as possible (without contact to the ears)? I've been using mine like this for quite some time. but I find I am also enjoying having the wings angled farther out and compensating with increasing the volume. the center image is less strong and less in your face, which I quite like. slightly reduced low end but made up with more turn on the volume knob.
Yes, I have set the wings on my pair as a compromise between the wider setting with its larger but more diffuse soundstage, and the narrower but more bass-prominent and pinpoint imaging setting. I would estimate the angle at about 25 degrees from fully closed.
About 25-30% here. That's my sweet spot. Any further and I lose the fundamental of the instruments, much more closed than that, and the lower mid-range begins to get a little sloppy and less defined.
Someone earlier in this thread said they removed the side pads and let the drivers sort of hang with a small gap from the ears, and the use of a sub, i have now set up mine like this and they sound very good indeed, i have the wings angled farther out. I have put the pads back on to compare but i prefer them without.
Someone earlier in this thread said they removed the side pads and let the drivers sort of hang with a small gap from the ears, and the use of a sub, i have now set up mine like this and they sound very good indeed, i have the wings angled farther out. I have put the pads back on to compare but i prefer them without.
Although I will occasionally swing the wings out, 95% of the time I have them pretty close to my ears. I usually prioritize the extra bass and better isolation (relatively speaking) over soundstage width.
I always put the wings far out. I like the added soundstage. Putting them close to my ears is good, and you add some more bass and quality, but spreading them out like 45 degrees is just great for soundstage. I listen to my Sr1b for that, and the detail. Though, I actually prefer the CA. My Sr1b might get sold (I already sold my previous Sr1a). We'll see how the Imannis is. You can't beat the Sr1b soundstage though, at least with the wings out
to me it is always a compromise...I love the wider soundstage when they are wider but I feel that definitely sacrifices bass and impact...I am always playing around and thats why I love the sr1a because it is so different and novel...no matter how good the new model is and I look forward to it a lot it will never replace the novel design of the sr1a which for me was the first HP in such a long time to really offer me something different than the planars...
to me it is always a compromise...I love the wider soundstage when they are wider but I feel that definitely sacrifices bass and impact...I am always playing around and thats why I love the sr1a because it is so different and novel...no matter how good the new model is and I look forward to it a lot it will never replace the novel design of the sr1a which for me was the first HP in such a long time to really offer me something different than the planars...
If the opportunity and situation is available, I highly recommend laying down on a pillow with the SR1a... Get all of the incredible detail and sound... And BASS!
If the opportunity and situation is available, I highly recommend laying down on a pillow with the SR1a... Get all of the incredible detail and sound... And BASS!
I have said this before. Try as I might when listening to conventional cupped headphones, I just cannot suspend the reality that I am listening to two cups of sound with most of the tiny sound within my head. Maybe this is because I had a speaker-based system for many years, which to me is a more realistic representation of live music being played in a performing space. And the closed cup compression/decompression bass just sounds unnatural to me. The RAAL SR-1b with their suspended ribbon drivers just outside the ears is by far the closest representation of live performers in a performing space that I have heard, by a long shot. Not to mention that the bass sounds more like bass in a room (I once had an electric bass-playing college roommate).
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