markot86
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I've been a grado man at heart, but recently I had a chance to audition the HD580 from a crappy system and something magical happened that I thought was impossible...
I was floored. The veil absolutely rocked my world; I had turned to the dark side.
I had never heard room acoustics and atmosphere portrayed so incredibly well, while maintaining all the incredible detail that I was accustomed to. When listening to classical, I felt as if I was actually in a grand hall, listening to the orchestra performing just for me. When I listened to jazz, I could imagine myself in a small club, sitting there with a drink and a smoke, soaking up the incredible virtuosity of the band members.
Ok, so I thought, well duh senns rock for classical and jazz, that's what they were made for; lets throw some genres that the sennheisers suck at.
I played some carpenters expecting my hatred of the sennheiser veil would commence with female vocals.
My jaw dropped.
For the first time, I actually felt that karen carpenter was actually singing infront of me, to me, and the sound was so intimate it was rediculous.
How about some rap? surely the senns can't handle rap; that's grado territory.
Suddenly, as ludacris played through the HD580s, I finally understood the meaning of tight bass. It was so controlled yet so plentiful that...
(gasp)
I started tapping my foot to the music! Eat that Grado, senn is entering your territory now.
I saved the rock for last, thinking that there would be absolutely no way I would get this far. How did they do?
Fantastically! I must say, anyone absolutely worried that senns and rock are a big nono; expell your fears and actually try the combination; I guarantee you will be tapping your foot and rocking out hardcore.
I can't even go back to my sr-60's now that I listened to the 580's; they sound like tin cans compared to the senn. If they weren't selling the 580s for 250 dollars, I would have picked one up right on the spot.
So here's to embracing the veil and the dark side
I was floored. The veil absolutely rocked my world; I had turned to the dark side.
I had never heard room acoustics and atmosphere portrayed so incredibly well, while maintaining all the incredible detail that I was accustomed to. When listening to classical, I felt as if I was actually in a grand hall, listening to the orchestra performing just for me. When I listened to jazz, I could imagine myself in a small club, sitting there with a drink and a smoke, soaking up the incredible virtuosity of the band members.
Ok, so I thought, well duh senns rock for classical and jazz, that's what they were made for; lets throw some genres that the sennheisers suck at.
I played some carpenters expecting my hatred of the sennheiser veil would commence with female vocals.
My jaw dropped.
For the first time, I actually felt that karen carpenter was actually singing infront of me, to me, and the sound was so intimate it was rediculous.
How about some rap? surely the senns can't handle rap; that's grado territory.
Suddenly, as ludacris played through the HD580s, I finally understood the meaning of tight bass. It was so controlled yet so plentiful that...
(gasp)
I started tapping my foot to the music! Eat that Grado, senn is entering your territory now.
I saved the rock for last, thinking that there would be absolutely no way I would get this far. How did they do?
Fantastically! I must say, anyone absolutely worried that senns and rock are a big nono; expell your fears and actually try the combination; I guarantee you will be tapping your foot and rocking out hardcore.
I can't even go back to my sr-60's now that I listened to the 580's; they sound like tin cans compared to the senn. If they weren't selling the 580s for 250 dollars, I would have picked one up right on the spot.
So here's to embracing the veil and the dark side