robm321
Headphoneus Supremus
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I agree with all the above. The criticisms you've stated of the above headphones are exactly as I feel.
I think it was the treble and pushed back midrange that gave a kind of synthetic feel to it. I always felt that they were overlayed with sharp high frequencies that gave them a strange unnatural sound to me.
I may have sold them too soon. I burned them in for quite awhile, but gave up and sold them.
Originally Posted by MaloS /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well I don't want to be a hater, but when talking affordable systems (sub-$1000 per component), all of the above headphones have their own inferiorities. HD600 driven by a Raptor still has an annoying mid-bass hump, and is still relentlessly slow, hd650 just plain has too much bass to my ears, and while I've yet to hear k701 on a tube amp, but on someone else's SS system k701 had a plastic-like tonality to it (no it was not a bad system, it was just neutral so k701 was shown for what it is alone). With all of the above headphones it is purely matter of preference, and as stated, with Prolines the main issue is going to be with not so rounded treble, and not enough midrange for most folks. But at least it did not hurt my head with mid-bass... I honestly consider all of the above on the same level but different in their own ways. There are faults with all of those phones, and lets acknowledge them if we are going to talk as to what is superior here. Oh, and if we were to drop the Prolines, I would pick HD600 of all the above mentioned headphones because of its accurate tone color and less oppressive nature. |
I agree with all the above. The criticisms you've stated of the above headphones are exactly as I feel.
I think it was the treble and pushed back midrange that gave a kind of synthetic feel to it. I always felt that they were overlayed with sharp high frequencies that gave them a strange unnatural sound to me.
I may have sold them too soon. I burned them in for quite awhile, but gave up and sold them.