ButtUglyJeff
Headphoneus Supremus
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@ButtUglyJeff I would be careful not to dumb down changing an amp for another one to just being a power difference. that would be conveniently forgetting about so many other possible reasons that comes from using 2 different amps.
while I agree that I also kind of felt that with the 650, and it indeed usually happens that the amp with more power feels like it still brings something to damping the sub, I certainly wouldn't draw any conclusion about power alone. first because I never conducted an actual test at matched volume levels. but even more so when the laws ruling electricity aren't the kind to bend just for one headphone. at some point the only way to get more power to pass through the hd650 is to push the volume louder.
@whirlwind all the grados roll off sub bass so much that your comment makes sense to me. the reason is simply that a good deal of what would change due to the equal loudness contour stuff of our ears when listening at lower level, is already too rolled off on the grado at normal listening to make a noticeable difference compared to the mids.
to me it's more like the grado sounds as bad at normal level as it sounds bad at quiet level, but I'm a sucker for sub bass, so I'm very much partial on this I'm afraid.
for low volume listening, I instead go with V shaped stuff that feel more balanced when used quietly. that way I still have some feeling of bass/sub. but the side effect is that I hate V shaped signature, so I never ever listen to those stuff at normal listening levels. they have an exclusive "quiet usage" in my case. at least you can still have fun with a grado at normal level.
whatever the method, it can be challenging to really enjoy music at low volume levels. I wish someone would upgrade our ears already.
Power isn't a dumb down thing, its actually quite complex. You have your watts, amps, ohms, volts. You have tubes vs. solid state. Ask any HD800 owner....