mikoss
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Got my HD-800's back after lending them to a buddy for 6 months... trying to EQ them with Sonarworks to make them sound more like 650's, but it seems futile.
For the people who advocate EQ'ing, I just feel like software EQ tends to result in a loss of fidelity from stock... for example, the 650's can resolve tape hiss, reverb etc like crazy on the track I was auditioning, but when I enable Sonarworks with the 800's, the tape hiss is gone, the reverb sucks, and I just feel like I've lost too many elements related to overall resolution.
The 800's have so many holy wow moments for me, but the biggest is how badly my ears hurt, so quickly while listening. I wish we had a new HD-650 that combined the two headphones... I don't think EQ or different amps can even do this. If someone has a SWHP file they'd like to share, I'm all ears.
Here's the song, from the brilliant Jadea Kelly:
https://soundcloud.com/divergent-recordings/10-count-on
For the people who advocate EQ'ing, I just feel like software EQ tends to result in a loss of fidelity from stock... for example, the 650's can resolve tape hiss, reverb etc like crazy on the track I was auditioning, but when I enable Sonarworks with the 800's, the tape hiss is gone, the reverb sucks, and I just feel like I've lost too many elements related to overall resolution.
The 800's have so many holy wow moments for me, but the biggest is how badly my ears hurt, so quickly while listening. I wish we had a new HD-650 that combined the two headphones... I don't think EQ or different amps can even do this. If someone has a SWHP file they'd like to share, I'm all ears.
Here's the song, from the brilliant Jadea Kelly:
https://soundcloud.com/divergent-recordings/10-count-on