[scolaiw]

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Welcome to the club!...You are the new guy, where are the donuts?
 
Seriously you are going to be very happy with them.
 

Hot Jam (or Jelly; for all y'all Americans) donuts for everyone! 

After a little more listening, I can say that it's just amazing treble extension that is often being mistaken as the apparent 'brightness' of the HD 800. In fact, I'm going to say that it does the entire frequency range so well. There's a finesse that is unexplainable. I love the bass of the LCD 2/3s and of course the smooth bass of the 650s, but I think I am redefining my definition of good bass the more I listen to the HD 800s. I know they aren't traditionally regarded as bass headphones but wow, the elegance. I'm going to shut my mouth now before I spurt off any more controversial statements and go back to the music. 

I am so very happy right now.

 

[Solude]

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The itch is back...

 
Bucket list stuff I suppose.  Never heard an OTL amp or a modern HiFiMAN but more likely to go tube before doing more dead lifts with my head.

 

[YoengJyh]

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Yes, no, maybe?  I haven't heard either but really need to get my hands on an OTL amp one day.

 
Yeah, you should try EarMax Pro Silver Edition. Is an OTL amp.

 

[jazzerdave]

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Hot Jam (or Jelly; for all y'all Americans) donuts for everyone! 

After a little more listening, I can say that it's just amazing treble extension that is often being mistaken as the apparent 'brightness' of the HD 800. In fact, I'm going to say that it does the entire frequency range so well. There's a finesse that is unexplainable. I love the bass of the LCD 2/3s and of course the smooth bass of the 650s, but I think I am redefining my definition of good bass the more I listen to the HD 800s. I know they aren't traditionally regarded as bass headphones but wow, the elegance. I'm going to shut my mouth now before I spurt off any more controversial statements and go back to the music. 

I am so very happy right now.

 
What in there was supposed to be controversial in an HD800 appreciation thread?  Regardless, I'm glad you're enjoying them.

 

[Kojaku]

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Hot Jam (or Jelly; for all y'all Americans) donuts for everyone! 

After a little more listening, I can say that it's just amazing treble extension that is often being mistaken as the apparent 'brightness' of the HD 800. In fact, I'm going to say that it does the entire frequency range so well. There's a finesse that is unexplainable. I love the bass of the LCD 2/3s and of course the smooth bass of the 650s, but I think I am redefining my definition of good bass the more I listen to the HD 800s. I know they aren't traditionally regarded as bass headphones but wow, the elegance. I'm going to shut my mouth now before I spurt off any more controversial statements and go back to the music. 

I am so very happy right now.

Well I will say...there's a treble peak at 6.5k that makes sibilants sharper than neutral...but good amping and tube selection as well as Anax 2.0 really helped that.
 
Kojaku

 

[Dubstep Girl]

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Hot Jam (or Jelly; for all y'all Americans) donuts for everyone! 

After a little more listening, I can say that it's just amazing treble extension that is often being mistaken as the apparent 'brightness' of the HD 800. In fact, I'm going to say that it does the entire frequency range so well. There's a finesse that is unexplainable. I love the bass of the LCD 2/3s and of course the smooth bass of the 650s, but I think I am redefining my definition of good bass the more I listen to the HD 800s. I know they aren't traditionally regarded as bass headphones but wow, the elegance. I'm going to shut my mouth now before I spurt off any more controversial statements and go back to the music. 

I am so very happy right now.

 

 
indeed, the bass presentation of the hd 800 is very special.

 

[FlySweep]

V200's opened up, smoothed out.. or something else.. whatever it is, it sounds distinguishably better now than it did early last week.  The V800/V200 combo is simply sublime.  I'm hearing the HD800 in all it's silky smooth glory.  Glad to have my solid state desktop rig decided on for the foreseeable future.. now, to add a tube amp.

 

[skeptic]

Anyone know of an OTL amp that doubles as a preamp AND disables the preout when headphones are in?  Manual switch or switched by the jack just as good.

Pretty sure this was true of my old woo 3, but I wouldn't recommend it with hd800.

 

[brokenthumb]

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Hot Jam (or Jelly; for all y'all Americans) donuts for everyone! 

After a little more listening, I can say that it's just amazing treble extension that is often being mistaken as the apparent 'brightness' of the HD 800. In fact, I'm going to say that it does the entire frequency range so well. There's a finesse that is unexplainable. I love the bass of the LCD 2/3s and of course the smooth bass of the 650s, but I think I am redefining my definition of good bass the more I listen to the HD 800s. I know they aren't traditionally regarded as bass headphones but wow, the elegance. I'm going to shut my mouth now before I spurt off any more controversial statements and go back to the music. 

I am so very happy right now.

 
I think the bass is the part I love most about the HD800.  The way it's presented amazes me every time I listen, it just sounds so right.

 

[MickeyVee]

You guys are killing me.  My HD800 are suppose to be in on Thursday so I'll be the new guy. 

 Really looking forward to them. 

In the mean time, enjoying my HE500 (did I really type this on the HD800 thread

.. oops)

 

[bearFNF]

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You guys are killing me.  My HD800 are suppose to be in on Thursday so I'll be the new guy. 

 Really looking forward to them. 

In the mean time, enjoying my HE500 (did I really type this on the HD800 thread

.. oops)

Git' a rope...

  Heh, we'll forgive you this time...

 

[anton2dan]

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You guys are killing me.  My HD800 are suppose to be in on Thursday so I'll be the new guy. 

 Really looking forward to them. 

In the mean time, enjoying my HE500 (did I really type this on the HD800 thread

.. oops)

 
I was in a similar position a week ago. Got my HD800s for a few days now and starting to like them more day by day. They are in a different class as compared to my HE-500s.
The wait was well worth.

 

[negura]

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I was in a similar position a week ago. Got my HD800s for a few days now and starting to like them more day by day. They are in a different class as compared to my HE-500s.
The wait was well worth.

 
Welcome to the club bro. They will keep growing on you, and as you upgrade your downstream, they will keep rewarding you greatly. That's the other beautiful part.

 

[anton2dan]

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Welcome to the club bro. They will keep growing on you, and as you upgrade your downstream, they will keep rewarding you greatly. That's the other beautiful part.

Thanks. I'll sure be rewarding them too with a nice DAC soon. Still deciding on which one will go nice with the V200 though.

 

[Kojaku]

That's definitely one thing that I've noticed about the HD800s. They really put a magnifying glass on every little change you make to your chain. They're honestly a tube-roller's dream haha xD
 
Kojaku