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Originally Posted by MacedonianHero /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I agree that they aren't that hard to drive, but (there's always a but) they do scale very nicely with better and better equipment and are able to reach new heights with better gear. They can be financially sinister that way (like their predecessor HD600/HD650).
Enjoy...they are certainly amazing cans!
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Yeah, their sinister powers have already led me to decide building a beta22 in the not so far future (this year, maybe in the summer). At the beginning of the year I was a happy HD650 user (I still have them, and don't plan to give them up), and my plans were to upgrade to a balanced rig. I heard a pair with the RSA Apache and it was great, but then I started to do the math, and getting a good balanced rig would be comparable, if not more expensive than getting a HD800. Since I know a very good friend that owns the HD800 I got the opportunity to audition them for a couple weeks, and I completely made up my mind, so I ended up buying a pair of my own. That they perform well with not so high end amplification was just the (awesomely great) icing in the cake
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Originally Posted by joomongj /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Yes...they aren't that hard to drive. Certainly easier than 70x let alone T1 in that respect. They only get better w.r.t. time so enjoy your gradual expose to a scintilla of audio nirvana if not already there. :]
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I've been so delighted, I finished my undergrad thesis just before I got them, so I have been hearing them practically 24/7, and having insomnia and being a loner makes that not far from the truth at all
(why is there no HD800 smile?).
I've read almost no reviews of the T1, and I've never heard them personally, but it strikes me as a surprise that they are so hard to drive. It kind of surprises me due to the 1 Tesla magnet that they speak about and the lighter driver, if I had done a (blind) bet about their difficulty to be driven I guess I would have lost
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Originally Posted by kool bubba ice /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I recall you had the DT48 on your list.. Since you got the HD800, maybe you should spend the money else where, unless you just want to try them.. I really want the HD800 bad.
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As a matter of fact when I told about my plans of getting a DT48 I already had the HD800. They seem like a very interesting headphone, and I want to get a pair to have the opportunity of analyzing them carefully, and from the way you and Uncle Erik have described them, and also the threads in your sig, they seem to be very different to anything produced today. I get the impression that they sound like a no soundstage HD800 or something like that. Also since they are made for investigation and measurements, they get the researcher in me very very excited to try them and compare them with others.
Anyways thank you all for the responses and good wishes!
(And I also hope you can join the HD800 club kool bubba ice, the best luck in getting a pair!)