shellylh
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Welcome to head-fi. Usually people add "sorry for your wallet" but in your case, it looks like you wallet has already been hit.
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Originally Posted by Omriff /img/forum/go_quote.gif As a long-term headphone user, but also as one who is totally new to contributing to this thread (or any thread, for that matter), I wonder if I can add something to the debate. I have a range of good headphone systems. They all depend on synergy, since, in my experience, one hears a sound which results from a combination of factors. So, for example, my Stax OmegaII sounded a little dull and uninspiring until I found the right combination of DAC and turntable inputs, with the right interconnects and - critically - mains lead, to work with my Stax 007tii (Kimik-modified) energiser. Similarly, my ALO-modified Ultrasone Edition 9s, with 18AWG Cryo cable (JenaLabs), did not sound right until I had a good, tight, but natural sounding input for them. The latter includes a Benchmark DAC 1, feeding signals into and out of it through quite high quality Nordost cables, into a Lehmann Black Cube Linear. I have also recently bought the Denon AH-D7000s, I have the Grado GS1000 with 18AWG JenaLab cable (put on by Grado) and Grado RS1s. I have also had Sennheiser HD600s and 650s for a number of years. And I have K701s with Equinox cable. With all of these headphones, I have found that it is essential to have the right balance of source, amplification, interconnects and mains cables for the headphones to work well. And I have the range of equipment that I do because recordings vary so much. One recording will sound good on one system, and not on another. The K701s, for example, work best through a valve headphone amplifier (such as the Earmax Silver), and in some cases are just as involving as almost any other headphone, and not too harsh. On other occasions, they work rather less well than other headphones with the same recording. So, what I suspect is that the HD800s will sound worse in some set-ups with some recordings than other headphones, but very good in other set-ups. What I have found, however, is that electrostatics (and I have also the SR-404 with a 006t energiser, also modified by Kimik) often sound quite different from dynamic headphones. I have, however, not heard the Orpheus. But I am willing to bet that its sound will depend on the source equipment and software. It will, nevertheless, be very interesting to hear how the two compared, Jude. |