neilvg
Headphoneus Supremus
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For me it's about the Upper Mid's and the High's that I notice first. When you did your comparison what did you notice about this? For me the Senn HE series is SO fast and extended with an effortless feel that neither of the other two headphones gets. IE, the L3000 can sound sluggish and 'goopy' with the wrong amp or even the 'wrong' music. Also, it's not the most revealing headphone, specifically, it doesn't approach any sort of electrostatic speed and clarity. The R10 is a little better at this I recall.
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Originally Posted by Trogdor Well I did a side by side with the L3000 and Orpheus and it was NOT night and day for me. Sure, the Orpheus overall sounded bigger, the bass was as extended as the L3000 but tighter. However, in the mids section I thought both were pretty close as I would suspect with most of the high-end headphones (the majority of music is in this area). What strikes me as the most amazing quality of the Orpheus is its hyper active response time. No matter what I listened to, nothing phased it; the attack and decay were amazing (I suspect this is very dependent on the amp as well). Again, to really judge and rate these cans one needs weeks to enjoy them and then come up with their top 5 list. The cans mentioned in this thread are all I would think esoteric. What amazes most about high-end headphones is their ability to put some of the small subtieties one finds in analytical listening right in the forefront. With that said, as Hirsch said in another thread, one can not really just rate headphones without looking at the whole system (amp, source, etc.). The wrong combo can create a skewed view of what a certain pair of headphones are capable especially some of the high-end headphones which are typically more depending due to their market segment. |