Aethelred
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AT-W5000+tubes ideal for chamber music.
Originally Posted by chinesekiwi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Right choice tbh (I do mean this from a objective view tbh as I have tried all of them mentioned). Sure, it may not have the wide (note: artificial) or soundstage depth of the AKG K701 but has much more timbre, and that's what counts in classical a lot (and other music too, timbre is severely underrated and undermentioned as a factor here). Timbre is quite important to me tbh. |
Originally Posted by homeros8000 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't care that much about soundstage as I care for separation of instruments in space, where you can locate each instrument accurately. I wonder how does the DT880 600 Ohm does that? |
Originally Posted by shane55 /img/forum/go_quote.gif homeros8000. Been listening to my HD600 for a couple days now. I've been comparing them to the DT880/250. I realize that I do not have the 600ohm version of the DT880, so I can't comment on them (but would love to be able to!). Anyway, I have found that the HD600 is more to my taste than the DT880 for most music. I listen to mostly classical as well. The HD600 have a sonority that the DT880's don't. The DT880's reproduce the strings beautifully. Truth and fidelity to the air above them as well. But the HD600's seem to also reproduce the hollow wood body of the instrument. The resonating chamber that gives acoustic music the richness. As for soundstage. The DT880 trumps the HD600 by a wide margin. But as I said in another post: it's not that critical to me either... except that it does tent to separate the instruments slightly and this gives them a bit more clarity. The loss is a tiny bit of detail and top of the upper end. I find the DT880's too brittle and thin for most music. But again, clear, clean, neutral and for the most part natural. A violin sounds like one... but not the entire instrument. I'm actually not sure what to do in terms of these two. The HD600 just may be the keeper here. Oddly enough, this evening I also was plowing through tunes with the new Shure SRH840. Kind of knocked my socks off in how similar they are to the HD600. Really. Excellent cans for the money. If I keep my M50's it'll only be for hard rocking moods. shane |
Originally Posted by homeros8000 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks Shane! I'm planning to buy the Beyer DT880/600 next August. I'll report to you by then |
Originally Posted by LFF /img/forum/go_quote.gif The HD-650's are nice but their overall sound signature just doesn't suit classical music at all. |