afobisme
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sennheisers
or so i thought
or so i thought

Originally Posted by Svperstar The 650s really are a sacred cow on this forum. You can say ANYTHING negative about any other can safely, but you say one negative thing about them and be prepared to find out how bad you source is, how cheap your amp is, how bad the cable is, how your ears aren't up to snuff, and how, you are just plain Wrong. Of course when the HD700s are released, the 650s will then become worthless to these same people.... |
Originally Posted by Svperstar The 650s really are a sacred cow on this forum. You can say ANYTHING negative about any other can safely, but you say one negative thing about them and be prepared to find out how bad you source is, how cheap your amp is, how bad the cable is, how your ears aren't up to snuff, and how, you are just plain Wrong. Of course when the HD700s are released, the 650s will then become worthless to these same people.... ![]() |
Originally Posted by Jahn "....What that shows me is that the HD650 is scalable up to any rig you can stick it in, and can operate smoothly in the priciest environments...." |
Originally Posted by DevilDog I believe that the HD650s perhaps more than any other can need the right source/amp to sound good. |
Originally Posted by Ferbose ...To me this suggests its sound is not neutral to begin with. Therefore great attention must be paid to the amp, source and cable. |
Originally Posted by JefferyK I'll go out on limb here, seeing that I've spent a lot of time over the past year listening to different Sennheiser and Grado models plugged into different amps with different sources. Grados have a lot of punch and a lot of detail. But don't confuse punch and detail with accurate sound reproduction. Where Sennheiser trumps Grado is timbre: Instruments sound like actual instruments. Strings, acoustic guitars, and drums, for example, sound more real via Sennheiser headphones. Sennheisers are not exciting. They sound soft compared to Grados. They don't have that toe-tapping impact. But I find them far more involving because I find them far more musical. I certainly understand why some people would prefer Grado over Sennheiser. I have been dazzled by my 225s. But I still think Sennheiser makes better headphones. Jeffery |