BigOakTopher
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The new HD700s definitely look very futuristic. I think I like the aesthetics of the HD650 better.
I don't know, they look very nice, and I think $800 is a much more tempting price point.
The new HD700s definitely look very futuristic.
You are referring to the 6kHz right on the HD800? Yeah that one can be bad on the HD800s and it varies. On all post s/n 10000 I've heard, it doesn't seem to be too bad.
To be clear, the peaks on the HD700 are not small. The HD700 has a similar peak to the HD800 around the upper mids, but that one doesn't seem as bad as the HD800 (mainly because the overall treble is not shelved up as much.) What bothers me the most one in the mid-treble. It is sharper, more narrow, and of greater magnitude than anything found on the HD800. At at least that's what I hear. The "spotlit" term that Jude used aptly describes it. Think HD25-1-II treble and to a lesser extent T1.
Now one more comment which I haven't made before: having a tube amp did not take away the edge of the HD700 peaks, at least not for me.
Which is the brand of your tube amp?
As a musician who plays a variety of instruments I know that the two hardest instruments to reproduce via electronic media are the piano and the human voice.
What do you think are inside a piano? Strings. Struck or plucked strings are easier than others though. I do agree that bowed strings and human voice are the most complex musical sounds to reproduce with bowed strings taking the top spot easily. The complexity of a bow interfering with a vibrating string in a 'constant' tone can't be underestimated. The difficulty in human voice is how deep the 'strings' are in our throats and that they are actively variable. Like playing a violin with 1 string and a peg to change the pitch.