dweaver
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The Z7 should need way less power than the HD650. Could this be a case of feeling less dynamic so your just turning up the volume to reach the dynamic sweet spot?
I'm behind about 300 posts on this thread...LOL. It's moving faster than I can keep up with so sorry if the following has been addressed previously.
I am amping my Z7's with a Woo WA7. I was A/B'g the Z7's with my HD650's. I noticed that I had to turn the volume up to drive the Z7's to the same volume level as the HD650's which surprised me a bit. I realize the Z7's have big drivers, but I'd read a lot about them being relatively easy to drive.
Can anyone else confirm (or refute) that the Z7's need more power to drive to the same volume level as the HD650's? Just want to be sure what I'm seeing is to be expected.
Thanks.
HS
The Z7 should need way less power than the HD650. Could this be a case of feeling less dynamic so your just turning up the volume to reach the dynamic sweet spot?
I like to throw more power at them, then one would expect. But not quite HD650 power......
This is what I expected as well but it is not the case. I pause whatever song I'm listening to or restart it and I have to rotate the volume pot on my Woo WA7 amp higher to get to the same volume level...not kind of...not maybe...definitively. I'm hoping I don't have an issue with the Z7, but if I do it's not apparent to me since they sound pretty darn good otherwise.
What I would really appreciate is if anyone that owns both a Z7 and an HD650 tries an A/B and lets me know what they find. If the experiment results in the same findings that I have, then there's nothing anamolous with my headphones. If someone (hopefully more than one other head-fier) finds the exact opposite using the same audio chain including an external amp, then I'm going to be scratching my head.
I think I'm going to post in the HD650 thread as well to see if I can find someone willing to give this a shot that owns both and report back.
Thanks.
HS
I don't have HD650's here but I have used them in this setup and if memory serves the average volume level was pretty close to what I listen to with my Z7's.
It may also be your amp, I'm not that well versed on the ins and outs but I do know some headphones require more voltage while others require more current so depending on your amps design it may need more volume than you'd expect for a low impedance headphone. I know this was the case when I had an RS-1 and Singlepower amp way back.
Isn't the 3.5mm input for IEMs on the Fireflies?
Can I "RTFM" you?
I don't see the same trend that you do. Not only do I own a HE-6 (which blew away the 560 to me side by side) but I've auditioned the 560, the HE-400, the 400i, the XC, owned the TH 900 and I still think the Z7 is a very good headphone. Very.
And just for the record my HE-6 is the best phone I've ever heard.
Generalizing about people who haven't heard high dollar headphones is not true. It's just personal preferences.