[chuck8403]

Hehe. Like I guessed she figured it out within five minutes, so I had to tell her. I promised to give it a long break now, after explaining the exact place these phlnes has in my setup (which it really does, since I'm and audio/musician hobbyist), and then I massaged her feet. Mercy was given, and all is good.

Been listening to my 650's and Townes Van Zandt while paying for my sins and... Bliss

Sounds like a keeper!

 

[Chris Ihao]

You betcha!

 

[raybone0566]

welcome to the club chris...
keep the hd650, and keep your gf if possible.

My wife knows if it comes down to her or my 650's her bags will be packed

 

[Chris Ihao]

Hehe. Or you will become like those pointy nosed guys in spy vs spy, her trying to steal your 650's while you keep laying deadly traps for her.

Loreena McKinnet - The mystic's dream, now. Literally goose bumps.

Edit: Am I imagining things when I feel that the level of bass has increased after just a few hours of usage?

Edit2: I'm beginning to realize these hp's arent very forgiving, when listening to bad mixes. Not as brutal as my ps1000's, but not exactly Mary Poppins either.

 

[DDDamian]

Prolly the most forgiving of the good cans though...

 

[DavidA]

Hehe. Or you will become like those pointy nosed guys in spy vs spy, her trying to steal your 650's while you keep laying deadly traps for her.

Loreena McKinnet - The mystic's dream, now. Literally goose bumps.

Edit: Am I imagining things when I feel that the level of bass has increased after just a few hours of usage?

Edit2: I'm beginning to realize these hp's arent very forgiving, when listening to bad mixes. Not as brutal as my ps1000's, but not exactly Mary Poppins either.

The HD-650 are fairly forgiving IMO compared to my HD-700/800, HE=560/400i and RS2e/SennGrado.

Prolly the most forgiving of the good cans though...

+1

 

[Chris Ihao]

Yeah, I'm not saying they are extremely punishing, but in some mixes I kind of liked before, I felt I had glass shards put in my ears, due to badly balanced mid frequencies. That is a good thing in mybook, as I will use the 650's when mixing my (and others) music. This, to a larger extent, also goes for my PS1000's. In other words; punishing = good.

 

[DavidA]

Yeah, I'm not saying they are extremely punishing, but in some mixes I kind of liked before, I felt I had glass shards put in my ears, due to badly balanced mid frequencies. That is a good thing in mybook, as I will use the 650's when mixing my (and others) music. This, to a larger extent, also goes for my PS1000's. In other words; punishing = good.

Understand your point, have a great weekend.

 

[Chris Ihao]

Understand your point, have a great weekend.

You too man.

 

[Lorspeaker]

Yeah, I'm not saying they are extremely punishing, but in some mixes I kind of liked before, I felt I had glass shards put in my ears, due to badly balanced mid frequencies. That is a good thing in mybook, as I will use the 650's when mixing my (and others) music. This, to a larger extent, also goes for my PS1000's. In other words; punishing = good.

Haven't heard the Ps1000... Can u give a brief compare when u are ready, no hurry.

 

[Krutsch]

Hehe. Like I guessed she figured it out within five minutes, so I had to tell her. I promised to give it a long break now, after explaining the exact place these phlnes has in my setup (which it really does, since I'm and audio/musician hobbyist), and then I massaged her feet. Mercy was given, and all is good.

Been listening to my 650's and Townes Van Zandt while paying for my sins and... Bliss

 
I take things out of their boxes before bringing anything inside. For headphones, they go into my laptop backpack and I use this line: "Oh...I've had these forever, I've been using them at work and decided to swap stuff around."
 

  I promised to give it a long break now

 
...that's a good one, too; just make sure you don't start believing your own fairy tales. 

 

[Krutsch]

   
 
I'll just mention the Woo WA3 OTL.  I have personally had better listening experiences with this OTL then the Crack.  I know tube rolling makes a huge difference, but I just want you to be aware of options if you don't have the DIY bug...

+1 ... I've listened to a few BH cracks at meets and it does sound nice, but I think the Woo WA3 beats it handily with the HD-650; especially with the right tubes 

 
I've never typed that in, because the Bottlehead Mafia is pretty relentless.
Woo Forever! Bring it, Crackheads 

 

 

[Kodhifi]

Okay guys, as promised I tested the modi 2 uber on another PC and I recorded it's output along with the output of the musicstreamer ii plus and uploaded them as FLAC 24/96 for comparison. I put up a thread about it in the DAC section and we should continue the discussion in that thread so as not to derail the HD650 thread. The reason I posted here in the first place is because it was part of a combination of components trying to get the most out of the HD650 and my opinion was that it doesn't work well with these headphones and that amp, which a lot of 650 owners use.
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/766815/comparison-flac-recordings-of-modi-2-uber-soundblaster-e5-and-musicstreamer-ii-plus

 

[DDDamian]

 
+1 ... I've listened to a few BH cracks at meets and it does sound nice, but I think the Woo WA3 beats it handily with the HD-650; especially with the right tubes 

 
I've never typed that in, because the Bottlehead Mafia is pretty relentless.
Woo Forever! Bring it, Crackheads 

 

I'd fight you but my cords too short, I can't unplug and I'm drooling 

 

[mikoss]

+1 for team Woo. Oh wait, still haven't heard the Crack... Guess my vote doesn't count. I just vote for the 650's in general actually.