obsidyen
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Nooooo.. My Schiit Rag/Yggy stack smokes everything out there
Your setup is more than fine... I just love how real and organic Menuet sound. You should try it.
Sennheiser HD800 S Impressions Thread (read first post for summary)
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Your setup is more than fine... I just love how real and organic Menuet sound. You should try it.
Decided to reunite with one of these after ordering the DAVE, i just recalledhow damn good the HD800S sounded right out of it back at last years ISSE 
Gamergtx260
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Sure. I'm happy with my setup and a happy camper for some years now.
( I say this cuz I'm dead broke and switched to water for dinner :| )
Gamergtx260
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Decided to reunite with one of these after ordering the DAVE, i just recalledhow damn good the HD800S sounded right out of it back at last years ISSE
Chord DAVE? Seriously, what do you do for living?
ubs28
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Decided to reunite with one of these after ordering the DAVE, i just recalledhow damn good the HD800S sounded right out of it back at last years ISSE
Have fun. Best setup I have heard the HD 800 S out of yet
FLTWS
Headphoneus Supremus
Nooooo.. My Schiit Rag/Yggy stack smokes everything out there
I have no idea as to who is smoking what but I've been comparing a top notch recording of Mahler 1 (1st movement) this morning with all 3 of my Schiit HP amps. The Rag may be the most underrated HP amp in their lineup.
Dvdlucena
100+ Head-Fier
Hello Music Friends!
Anyone has tried the super dupont French mod in the Sennheiser Hd 800?
What was your impressions?
Thanks!
Anyone has tried the super dupont French mod in the Sennheiser Hd 800?
What was your impressions?
Thanks!
Whazzzup
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Im stepping away from the line of fire, lots of ricochet spread
This is hd800S thread
This is hd800S thread
Gamergtx260
100+ Head-Fier
No problem, Yes I have tried it and works well to reduce that awful spike. But surely wont get close to the HD 800S.
http://www.head-fi.org/g/i/1645814/a/1075336/my-haphazard-journey-into-turning-a-sennheiser-hd-800-into-a-hd-800s-with-the-superdupont-mod-and-paint/sort/display_order/
Energy
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Had a customer send me his HD800 for an internal wire change lately and noticed he had a Super Dupont Resonator installed.
A/B tested it to my HD800S and noticed the HD800 with the dupont to sound slightly better in the bass region by perhaps roughly 5%. It's more accurate and you can hear a very subtle punch improvement but not by much at all. Sound stage was similar to my ears however the HD800S overall sound was warmer which created a more intimate sound stage in which one can perceive is smaller compared to the HD800.
Overall I still preferred the HD800S. It was a little more thick sounding to my ears and with a nice tube amp like the DNA Stratus makes it that much more compelling to listen to but still wouldn't pick it over a Focal Utopia, even if paired with a slightly colder sounding solid state as those headphones to me is just the epitome of full sound embodiment with the slightly cost of sound stage width.
A/B tested it to my HD800S and noticed the HD800 with the dupont to sound slightly better in the bass region by perhaps roughly 5%. It's more accurate and you can hear a very subtle punch improvement but not by much at all. Sound stage was similar to my ears however the HD800S overall sound was warmer which created a more intimate sound stage in which one can perceive is smaller compared to the HD800.
Overall I still preferred the HD800S. It was a little more thick sounding to my ears and with a nice tube amp like the DNA Stratus makes it that much more compelling to listen to but still wouldn't pick it over a Focal Utopia, even if paired with a slightly colder sounding solid state as those headphones to me is just the epitome of full sound embodiment with the slightly cost of sound stage width.
Yes, I have and am probably the only person that ended up removing them. It's pretty much unanimous that it is a great mod but with my setup, I found that the imaging was less precise and the bass was a little bloaty. Also borrowed the HD800S for a couple of weeks and found the same thing with them. Maybe there's magic with the McIntosh and HD800 or I just got too used to the sound but I absolutely love my setup.
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hey y'all! considering the hd800s and I was thinking if it sounds good out of a mojo? or if anyone has tried it with a vorzüge pure 2. i'm not looking to go crazy and get a huge expensive desktop rig, but i'd like to use my considerable mobile rig (mojo dac + vorzüge pure 2 or cayin c5) to drive the 800s.
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People would say otherwise, but I found the HD800 to only start to sound impressive out of TOTL rigs.
If you don't want to invest at least a $1,000+ on a amp, I don't think the HD800S will give you a wow sound.
It can still sound good & better than competing headphones priced around & below it without a good amp, but it will be sorely lacking in some areas.
