vackraord
New Head-Fier
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How about a photo or two in honor of my newest acquisition
My point wasn't that the HD800's are a lousy headphone which ring like tin cans- my point was that it's not just a 6 kHz peak that is the issue, but some energy storage at that frequency as well. Because it's a time-domain issue and not just a frequency domain one, no amplifier pairing will be able to get rid of it.
The counter to that would be that the level starts higher at 6K compared to 3K as well. So it could simply be the 3K plot lifted. But ringing is when the frequency literally rings continuously even after the signal is gone like in the LCD-3 plot. The joke is that GoldenEars got a little ringing around 3K...
Lookin good ^^
The Auditor and the Senn's look like they were made for each other
Isn't this 1 ms of ringing at 6 kHz?
I agree it's not like a set of Grado's, or that plot of the Audeze 'phones that you posted- but to say "the HD800 has no ringing" - really? None? As in zero? True, it has a better waterfall plot than just about anything else out there, but that only serves to more fully expose it's flaw at 6 kHz. If there was more random peakiness / longer die-off times all over the place in the HD800 plot, it would mask the problems at 6 kHz to some degree, the 6 kHz issue wouldn't stand out as much as it does now.
Sure looks like energy stays around a little longer at 6 kHz than it does in the frequency regime around ~3 kHz where it seems betterl damped.
My point wasn't that the HD800's are a lousy headphone which ring like tin cans- my point was that it's not just a 6 kHz peak that is the issue, but some energy storage at that frequency as well. Because it's a time-domain issue and not just a frequency domain one, no amplifier pairing will be able to get rid of it.
Can see the "ringing' on the graph but my ears can't hear it!What now?
So I waltzed in here a week or so ago and was told the SA5000 are the closest cans that come to the HD800's
Realizing that I would prefer an easy to amp can, I decided to go with the HE400
But I see SA5000's on sale used for $375. How much am I looking to spend on an amp/DAC to get these to sound good and/or remotely similar to HD800's?
Fast responses would be appreciated...I missed out on bidding on these a week ago and the winning bid was $300. I almost cried
Or maybe I'm still better off sticking with the HE400's?