Morph201
Headphoneus Supremus
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Sorry, no offense intended. I guess it's like any other headphone, either you love it or hate it. Lord knows I spent enough time defending the K70x's..
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Originally Posted by Morph201 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sorry, no offense intended. I guess it's like any other headphone, either you love it or hate it. Lord knows I spent enough time defending the K70x's.. ![]() |
Originally Posted by Stephen Murphy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks for the interesting reading! I have not heard the HD800s yet, but I do own the HD600s, and I don't agree with your assessment of them. If you can't get any "joy" from some good ol' school Senns, which are pretty much considered like a pair of well used blue jeans around these boards, then I wonder what your sources actually sound like? I get ear to ear smiles from my old Senns all the time and I look forward to hearing the new ones. |
Originally Posted by feifan /img/forum/go_quote.gif (...) Your review brings into sharp focus the issue of warmth in the HD800. In many of the reviews I've read, writers, almost as an afterthought, mention that the HD800 has warmth. But there's a strange reluctance to go into detail, and this observation also seems to pop up out of nowhere in the text, seemingly out of context. I think this disconnect occurs because they sense a paradox, analytical clarity and revealing dynamics on an unprecedented scale, on the one hand, and this unexpected warmth on the other. This has been my experience. Both remarkable resolution and warmth. But it's not the same kind of warmth that I get from the HD650 and the GS1000. With these two, the warmth is in the intimacy, the sense of physical proximity to the performers. I don't necessarily mean a small soundstage, but the feeling is one of a smaller, enclosed space like a nightclub. Very natural, palpable almost. The audio and visual images vibrate through and around you, making you feel one with the whole. This is not the HD800 warmth, though. The HD800's warmth is also natural -- so much so that I'm aware of it only on the periphery of my consciousness. But it's the emotional dimension of the HD800 that makes it extremely listenable. After many hours, I don't feel fatigue and forget that I'm actually wearing 'phones. Without this warmth, the HD800 would be, for me, too analytical, causing irritability and fatigue after 10 minutes or so. BTW, my comments here are by no means a disagreement with your findings, and I post this not to dispute your claims but to share a different experience. Once again, thanks for a wonderful review. |
Originally Posted by pp312 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'd have thought it more likely the result of their not being broken in. I have the 650, and I'll never be able to afford the 800, so it wouldn't bother me if everyone said the 800 was crap (except I might have sympathy pains for Sennheiser). However, I would never attempt to seriously evaluate any phone, let alone one at this price, before it was fully broken in. That said, I think the review was brilliant, giving a real feel for the overall sound rather then concentrating on aspects. Even if impressions might and probably will change once the phones are burned in, I still feel I have a better sense of where 800s are coming from than after reading other reviews. |