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Most folks can hear down to 20 so you bet there are low fr these days. Gotta love that bass
Most folks can hear down to 20 so you bet there are low fr these days. Gotta love that bass
My aurelic taurus mkII arrives today. Hope I'll be able to listen to it tonight.
It's not hard to change the cable on the HD 800 S I assume? I'm going to be running the HD 800 S balanced.
http://en-us.sennheiser.com/global-downloads/file/6263/HD800_HD800S_Manual_12_2015_EN.pdf
Please some comments with/without balanced connection with Taurus MkII...
Why? Do you think that someone designed a balanced amp that actually sounds better single-ended?
Maybe it's time to change some of my gear...
Just looking for information from different users when they just changed their gear, later there can be effect of 'settling down with new habit'.. hearing/brain just readjusts to new, and takes this new as 'normal'. Different story, if someone can collect many devices and keep them all somehow in use
That I understand.
In general, the HD800 sounds better on tubes and so far, in my limited experience, so does the S. But the S sounds better than the classic on SS amps. So, it could be that the some SS amps will sounds as good or better than the best valve amps. In the not too distant future, I bet we get some impressions from people who have the best of both and will contrast and compare. But at this point, I still think glowing glass is the way to go.
First listen - sorry I do not have TOTL setup for the HD800 / HD 800 S:
Toshiba SD9200 > Schiit Gungnir Multibit > Schiit Valhalla 2 > Sennheiser HD 800 S
I had a thought, in my mind prior to listening, what the HD 800 S would sound like. I envisioned basically HD800 without the treble peak. But upon first listen, it doesn't sound like that to my ears. I do no agree either that it is just treble peak solved and bass added. In fact, I did not hear anything specific added or taken away. As I mentioned, I would make one of my first focus efforts on comparing width, depth, height - soundstage to my ears remains the same remarkable size as it was on HD800.
But the headphone sounds so different! The delta to me is like a change across the entire frequency spectrum. Going back and forth, HD 800 S to HD 800 and back to HD 800 S, I was seeking something I could hear in one and not the other. I did not find a thing - an instrument, a sound, nothing! I did, however, find it easier to focus on some things on the HD 800 S - particularly the sounds behind the foreground sounds. In a way, I could peer over the shoulder of the singer to hear something played way off in the distance. My senses felt more on-edge, overwhelmed sometimes with the original HD800. I felt eerily calm with the HD 800 S.
Anyways, these are just first thoughts - I concur with anyone who said difference between the two headphones is not subtle at all. And I could agree with someone who claims the HD600 and HD650 are closer in sound - at least I could agree today![]()
Thank You! Very interesting comparison. You say that HD600 versus HD650 are more 'closer in sound' than HD800 versus HD800S. I'm intrigued to hear HD800S now, because for me HD600 versus HD650 sound difference was the reason to let HD650 go and get other hp's. Maybe difference was bigger for me because I had HD650 'older version' (supposedly darker sounding than 'newer version')
First listen - sorry I do not have TOTL setup for the HD800 / HD 800 S:
Toshiba SD9200 > Schiit Gungnir Multibit > Schiit Valhalla 2 > Sennheiser HD 800 S
I had a thought, in my mind prior to listening, what the HD 800 S would sound like. I envisioned basically HD800 without the treble peak. But upon first listen, it doesn't sound like that to my ears. I do no agree either that it is just treble peak solved and bass added. In fact, I did not hear anything specific added or taken away. As I mentioned, I would make one of my first focus efforts on comparing width, depth, height - soundstage to my ears remains the same remarkable size as it was on HD800.
But the headphone sounds so different! The delta to me is like a change across the entire frequency spectrum. Going back and forth, HD 800 S to HD 800 and back to HD 800 S, I was seeking something I could hear in one and not the other. I did not find a thing - an instrument, a sound, nothing! I did, however, find it easier to focus on some things on the HD 800 S - particularly the sounds behind the foreground sounds. In a way, I could peer over the shoulder of the singer to hear something played way off in the distance. My senses felt more on-edge, overwhelmed sometimes with the original HD800. I felt eerily calm with the HD 800 S.
Anyways, these are just first thoughts - I concur with anyone who said difference between the two headphones is not subtle at all. And I could agree with someone who claims the HD600 and HD650 are closer in sound - at least I could agree today![]()