I think of getting a pair of 650s.
Could any1 tell me how well the 650s do with:
- female vocal jazz - Very good, one of their strong points is jazz, they can transmit that jazz club sensation awesomely nice.
- acoustic / songwriters - Also very good, although can be slightly dark for some tastes, but overall I think this is also a strong 650 point.
- alternative / rock (disturbed, bfmv, breaking benjamin, three days grace) - This might be one of their weaker points, although not that bad, its just that electric guitars are not the 650's forte, along with cymbals which IMO takes away the feeling in alternative and rock a little bit (although some might like their non-offensive treble reproduction).
- prog (porcupine tree, dream theater) - Ok, not great but not bad, but can lack the transient response to make this genres shine (particularly if not well amped IME). Also mid bass can get a little overwhelming in some DT recordings (in which Portnoy's drums are already slightly accentuated), but PT is pretty good through the 650. The layering that the 650 can achieve is what makes them not bad at all here.
- metal (judas priest, children of bodom, iron maiden) - Pretty much the same case as the above, except that the layering is not that important, once again they are ok, but can actually be pretty good with some of the brighter recordings in heavy metal like Iron Maiden's eponymous album.
some impressions would be nice
greez
