[gibosi]

  My experience as well using Sonarworks with the HD800. 
 
Bern

 
Does Sonarworks work with streaming music services?

 

[Bern2]

   
Does Sonarworks work with streaming music services?

It CAN...depends how you have it set-up on your computer.   There's much more info in the Computer Audio section on set-up.  Sonarworks also has a video there...showing possible set-ups with Mac/Windows which will do what you want.
 
Bern

 

[gibosi]

  It CAN...depends how you have it set-up on your computer.   There's much more info in the Computer Audio section on set-up.  Sonarworks also has a video there...showing possible set-ups with Mac/Windows which will do what you want.
 

 
As I am sure there are many others besides myself who use Google music and/or other streaming services, this is very good to know. Thank you.

 

[GumbyDammit223]

  It CAN...depends how you have it set-up on your computer.   There's much more info in the Computer Audio section on set-up.  Sonarworks also has a video there...showing possible set-ups with Mac/Windows which will do what you want.
 
Bern

 
Computer Audio section???  Head-Fi forum or something else?  I was just on Sonarworks' website looking for details in getting it to work and found the information lacking.  Am very interested in trying it though!

 

[Bern2]

   
Computer Audio section???  Head-Fi forum or something else?  I was just on Sonarworks' website looking for details in getting it to work and found the information lacking.  Am very interested in trying it though!

Here on Head-Fi....
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/762969/sonarworks-headphone-calibration-software
 
Bern

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Funny because when I tried the HD700 setting it sounded wonky and terribly unnatural. Like they were trying to correct a very wrong frequency curve in the least organic way possible. Oh yeah, it's VERY different, just I hated it.
 
I will say the Mullard 8100s, though they're new on my end, seem to make a pretty dang pleasant difference. I fired up some black metal at high volume (Coldworld - Melancholie²), because it's a brightly mixed album and would be wildly unpleasant to listen to. Result? Nope. Perfect.

 

[Krutsch]

  Funny because when I tried the HD700 setting it sounded wonky and terribly unnatural. Like they were trying to correct a very wrong frequency curve in the least organic way possible. Oh yeah, it's VERY different, just I hated it.
 

 
So with jazz recordings it was mind-blowing for me...
 
But, now I am listening to classical strings and it does sound "funny", in that a solo violin sounds like it's being played in a long hallway (almost like there is echo or reverb). Very unnatural sounding but I am going to give it more time and see how my brain adjusts to the sound.
 
I am puzzled how this can sound so good with one genre and so terrible with another. I'm always learning with this hobby.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

   
So with jazz recordings it was mind-blowing for me...
 
But, now I am listening to classical strings and it does sound "funny", in that a solo violin sounds like it's being played in a long hallway (almost like there is echo or reverb). Very unnatural sounding but I am going to give it more time and see how my brain adjusts to the sound.
 
I am puzzled how this can sound so good with one genre and so terrible with another. I'm always learning with this hobby.

 
That was EXACTLY my feeling. Like they threw a bunch of that phony-baloney Dolby "room simulation" onto it. I'd be willing to be sometimes it carves the sound in a way you like, but it's far from the way it's "meant" to be.
 
I have a set of 650s on hand as well and the 650 setting did the same thing. I am totally cool with people saying they like what SW does, but it is FAR from "fixing" the headphones in any way.

 

[Dallagen]

   
So with jazz recordings it was mind-blowing for me...
 
But, now I am listening to classical strings and it does sound "funny", in that a solo violin sounds like it's being played in a long hallway (almost like there is echo or reverb). Very unnatural sounding but I am going to give it more time and see how my brain adjusts to the sound.
 
I am puzzled how this can sound so good with one genre and so terrible with another. I'm always learning with this hobby.

Could you try the HD700 with these equalizer settings in Equalizer APO?

 
Filter Settings file
Room EQ V5.00
Dated: October 15, 2014 5:51:23 AM
Notes: Sennheiser HD 700 Flat Balance
Equaliser: Generic
No measurement
Filter  1: ON  PK       Fc    10.0 Hz  Gain  4.8 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  2: ON  PK       Fc    20.0 Hz  Gain  -0.5 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  3: ON  PK       Fc    30.0 Hz  Gain  -2.0 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  4: ON  PK       Fc    40.0 Hz  Gain  -3.2 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  5: ON  PK       Fc    50.0 Hz  Gain  -4.5 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  6: ON  PK       Fc    60.0 Hz  Gain  -4.8 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  7: ON  PK       Fc    70.0 Hz  Gain  -5.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  8: ON  PK       Fc    80.0 Hz  Gain  -5.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  9: ON  PK       Fc    90.0 Hz  Gain  -5.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 10: ON  PK       Fc    100.0 Hz  Gain  -5.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 11: ON  PK       Fc    200.0 Hz  Gain  -5.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 12: ON  PK       Fc    300.0 Hz  Gain  -4.8 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 13: ON  PK       Fc    400.0 Hz  Gain  -3.3 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 14: ON  PK       Fc    500.0 Hz  Gain  -2.3 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 15: ON  PK       Fc    600.0 Hz  Gain  -1.5 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 16: ON  PK       Fc    700.0 Hz  Gain  -0.9 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 17: ON  PK       Fc    800.0 Hz  Gain  -0.5 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 18: ON  PK       Fc    900.0 Hz  Gain  -0.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 19: ON  PK       Fc   1000.0 Hz  Gain  0.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 20: ON  PK       Fc   2000.0 Hz  Gain  6.2 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 21: ON  PK       Fc   3000.0 Hz  Gain  6.7 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 22: ON  PK       Fc   4000.0 Hz  Gain  5.0 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 23: ON  PK       Fc   5000.0 Hz  Gain  3.0 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 24: ON  PK       Fc   6000.0 Hz  Gain  1.0 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 25: ON  PK       Fc   7000.0 Hz  Gain  -1.3 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 26: ON  PK       Fc   8000.0 Hz  Gain  1.0 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 27: ON  PK       Fc   9000.0 Hz  Gain  3.5 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 28: ON  PK       Fc  10000.0 Hz  Gain  7.0 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 29: ON  PK       Fc  13000.0 Hz  Gain  10.3 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 30: ON  PK       Fc  20000.0 Hz  Gain  -0.5 dB  Q 8.00

 

[Krutsch]

  Could you try the HD700 with these equalizer settings in Equalizer APO?

 
Filter Settings file
Room EQ V5.00
Dated: October 15, 2014 5:51:23 AM
Notes: Sennheiser HD 700 Flat Balance
Equaliser: Generic
No measurement
Filter  1: ON  PK       Fc    10.0 Hz  Gain  4.8 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  2: ON  PK       Fc    20.0 Hz  Gain  -0.5 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  3: ON  PK       Fc    30.0 Hz  Gain  -2.0 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  4: ON  PK       Fc    40.0 Hz  Gain  -3.2 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  5: ON  PK       Fc    50.0 Hz  Gain  -4.5 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  6: ON  PK       Fc    60.0 Hz  Gain  -4.8 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  7: ON  PK       Fc    70.0 Hz  Gain  -5.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  8: ON  PK       Fc    80.0 Hz  Gain  -5.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter  9: ON  PK       Fc    90.0 Hz  Gain  -5.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 10: ON  PK       Fc    100.0 Hz  Gain  -5.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 11: ON  PK       Fc    200.0 Hz  Gain  -5.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 12: ON  PK       Fc    300.0 Hz  Gain  -4.8 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 13: ON  PK       Fc    400.0 Hz  Gain  -3.3 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 14: ON  PK       Fc    500.0 Hz  Gain  -2.3 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 15: ON  PK       Fc    600.0 Hz  Gain  -1.5 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 16: ON  PK       Fc    700.0 Hz  Gain  -0.9 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 17: ON  PK       Fc    800.0 Hz  Gain  -0.5 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 18: ON  PK       Fc    900.0 Hz  Gain  -0.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 19: ON  PK       Fc   1000.0 Hz  Gain  0.1 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 20: ON  PK       Fc   2000.0 Hz  Gain  6.2 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 21: ON  PK       Fc   3000.0 Hz  Gain  6.7 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 22: ON  PK       Fc   4000.0 Hz  Gain  5.0 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 23: ON  PK       Fc   5000.0 Hz  Gain  3.0 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 24: ON  PK       Fc   6000.0 Hz  Gain  1.0 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 25: ON  PK       Fc   7000.0 Hz  Gain  -1.3 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 26: ON  PK       Fc   8000.0 Hz  Gain  1.0 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 27: ON  PK       Fc   9000.0 Hz  Gain  3.5 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 28: ON  PK       Fc  10000.0 Hz  Gain  7.0 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 29: ON  PK       Fc  13000.0 Hz  Gain  10.3 dB  Q 8.00
Filter 30: ON  PK       Fc  20000.0 Hz  Gain  -0.5 dB  Q 8.00

Sorry... how do I do that? PM me if you have a custom settings files for the HD-700.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Am I alone? I like the 700 as they are.

 

[redrum801]

Anyone here try the Schiit Fulla 2 with there 700's ? My job basically gave me a jelly of the month club kind of bonus so I had to lower my budget for an amp lol .

 

[obsidyen]

I think HD700 is an excellent headphone with a sharp 6-7 peak. No software can fix that without messing up the sound. Sennheiser engineers probably listened to classical and jazz only while tuning HD700 but forgot about pop, rnb, EDM fans. Hopefully they release a HD700 S or HD750 so I can buy it. 

 (HD800 S has no peaks like regular HD800 so I believe that can do it somehow)

 

[Dallagen]

 
Sorry... how do I do that? PM me if you have a custom settings files for the HD-700.

• Download and install EqualizerAPO.
• After installing, you'll need to restart your computer, as the installer instructs.
• Go to "C:\Program Files (x86)\EqualizerAPO\config"
• Open the "config.txt"
• To make sure this will work, change the dB value(6) to "0." The volume level should change after "ctrl+s"(saving.)
• If the volume level changed, copy and paste the preset, below, into "config.txt" (REPLACE/ctrl+a everything)

 

[MWSVette]

Am I alone? I like the 700 as they are.

 
No a least one more...