[CanadianMaestro]

Punk rock sucks big time. On any HP.

 

[donlin]

My search is over. I will keep my HD650 and my T90 and sell all my other headphones.

Your signature shows an HD800 so that means you must prefer the 650 to the 800. Excellent judgement!

 

[donlin]

It's really too bad that some are perpetually searching for the "perfect" HP or FOTM. Lost time, imo. Better to just kick back, reach for the favorite HP, and enjoy the music. 

I understand what you're saying but I really enjoy trying out and comparing different headphones, it's a lot of fun.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

I understand what you're saying but I really enjoy trying out and comparing different headphones, it's a lot of fun.

I have no problem with comparing, long-term. It's those who BUY cans, spend only hrs with them, then resell, always listening for tiny flaws, and claiming to have acquired the latest greatest HP, when in fact they really haven't lived with the cans....

 

[penmarker]

My search is over. I will keep my HD650 and my T90 and sell all my other headphones.

What do you drive the T90 with? I can't seem to like it, the treble is hot and sounds like scraping metal.

 

[bracko]

What do you drive the T90 with? I can't seem to like it, the treble is hot and sounds like scraping metal.

They are very resolving and it is important to drive them with good amp and decent high fidelity source. I use Marantz SA-KI Pearl SACD player as source and Matrix M-Stage as amp. No scraping metal sounds here. I only hear a fantastically crisp and resolving headphone, the sound I extremely enjoy.

 

[CanadianMaestro]

If the recording is "bright", then it really should sound bright. Not warm(er). imo. Otherwise, a warm recording would then sound too soupy and thick.

 

[Solrighal]

   
I remember wait a long time for the Daft Punk album to break, thinking that there was no way that the album would live up to the hype...it did. I often use this album to test new headphones and gear. 

 
You know, I became very prejudiced against Daft Punk for two specific reasons. The first was a much-hyped party I went to a few years ago. We got there early and people were just sitting around in the living room & kitchen with nobody really loosened up. That didn't stop the host pumping out Daft Punk at frankly ludicrous levels. I could actually hear the speakers of the mini-system screaming in pain. That was all I heard as conversation was out the window. Awful.
 
The second was when this album was released. The song 'Get Lucky' was played to death and as I was generally in my work environment it was being played back, again, on a crap system or the tinny radio in my van. That song drove me nuts & so Daft Punk were soured for me once more.
 
But now that I have the album myself and I'm able to play it back through a decent system I really like it. Even 'Get Lucky' sounds good. There's subtle inflections on the vocals that are just not there on inferior equipment. I'm not a fan yet but I can see it going that way. I am a completist so I guess I'll eventually buy everything they've done. I already have the Tron soundtrack and like that, even 'though I'm not really a fan of soundtracks in general.

 

[Solrighal]

   
I remember wait a long time for the Daft Punk album to break, thinking that there was no way that the album would live up to the hype...it did. I often use this album to test new headphones and gear. 

 
 

   
You know, I became very prejudiced against Daft Punk for two specific reasons. The first was a much-hyped party I went to a few years ago. We got there early and people were just sitting around in the living room & kitchen with nobody really loosened up. That didn't stop the host pumping out Daft Punk at frankly ludicrous levels. I could actually hear the speakers of the mini-system screaming in pain. That was all I heard as conversation was out the window. Awful.
 
The second was when this album was released. The song 'Get Lucky' was played to death and as I was generally in my work environment it was being played back, again, on a crap system or the tinny radio in my van. That song drove me nuts & so Daft Punk were soured for me once more.
 
But now that I have the album myself and I'm able to play it back through a decent system I really like it. Even 'Get Lucky' sounds good. There's subtle inflections on the vocals that are just not there on inferior equipment. I'm not a fan yet but I can see it going that way. I am a completist so I guess I'll eventually buy everything they've done. I already have the Tron soundtrack and like that, even 'though I'm not really a fan of soundtracks in general.

 
BTW, have you heard 'The Inevitable End' by Röyksopp? That's an astonishing album. If you like Daft Punk you'll like Röyksopp.

 

[penmarker]

They are very resolving and it is important to drive them with good amp and decent high fidelity source. I use Marantz SA-KI Pearl SACD player as source and Matrix M-Stage as amp. No scraping metal sounds here. I only hear a fantastically crisp and resolving headphone, the sound I extremely enjoy.

I do have the Lovely Cube Premium, sort of a cousin to the M-Stage if you look at the topography. I still can't listen to them due to their brightness. Tried them out at Jaben through the Beyerdynamic A20 headphone amp too, no dice. The HD800 and T1 got driven properly with no piercing highs by it though so I couldn't really blame the amp. Maybe I'm just too sensitive to highs.

 

[Youth]

  I do have the Lovely Cube Premium, sort of a cousin to the M-Stage if you look at the topography. I still can't listen to them due to their brightness. Tried them out at Jaben through the Beyerdynamic A20 headphone amp too, no dice. The HD800 and T1 got driven properly with no piercing highs by it though so I couldn't really blame the amp. Maybe I'm just too sensitive to highs.

 
Can't blame you. T90's treble is insane. 

 

[bracko]

  I do have the Lovely Cube Premium, sort of a cousin to the M-Stage if you look at the topography. I still can't listen to them due to their brightness. Tried them out at Jaben through the Beyerdynamic A20 headphone amp too, no dice. The HD800 and T1 got driven properly with no piercing highs by it though so I couldn't really blame the amp. Maybe I'm just too sensitive to highs.

 
What can I say? 

 I advise you to choose some other headphones then. There are plenty of other headphones out there and you can probably find something to fit your needs 

 

[bracko]

   
Can't blame you. T90's treble is insane. 

Could you please elaborate on what you mean by "insane"? T90 has very clear and resolving treble. I am not sure in what way it is "insane" 

 

[Youth]

  Could you please elaborate on what you mean by "insane"? T90 has very clear and resolving treble. I am not sure in what way it is "insane" 

 
T90's treble is one big peak. Picture says it all. I mean if you enjoy it that's all that matters but I was just letting  him know that it isn't abnormal to find T90 bright and fatuiging. 
 

 

[Music Path]

T90's treble is one big peak. Picture says it all. I mean if you enjoy it that's all that matters but I was just letting  him know that it isn't abnormal to find T90 bright and fatuiging. 

Great HP for Treble Heads, is rare to find a graph in which the treble is quite more enhanced then both bass and mids.