johnwmclean
Aka: capone, bignurse.
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The β22 designer (Ti Kan) used the HD600 as his reference, the amp will also drive HD650’s to the same level of performance. Whilst it does not compensate for the inherit HD650 veil, as that would be a deviation for a reference level amp, it excels in key areas. I’d say that the HD6XX’s series are very scalable in terms of performance, the better the equipment = less veil. The scalability also applies to topology and the use of balanced equipment which also increases performance.
Mark Spitz, I’ve also heard the HD800’s sounding very average in comparison to the HD650’s, on some amps I even preferred the HD650’s. The tables soon turn the higher up the food chain you climb, in my current system the HD800’s wipe the floor, the HD650’s do not even get a look in.
Originally Posted by pp312 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Interesting comments. The usual comparison is with the 650 rather than 555; I guess that says a lot for the 555. I'd love to hear the 800 for curiousity, but could never justify the price. What I'd like to see is someone introduce an amp specifically for the 650 that boosted the extreme highs sufficient to remove the Senn veil. I'm rather surprised that given the popularity of the 650 and the consensus of a veil, no one has come up with such an amp. I'm a great believer in designed synergy rather than randomly trying to match expensive components and going broke in the process. |
The β22 designer (Ti Kan) used the HD600 as his reference, the amp will also drive HD650’s to the same level of performance. Whilst it does not compensate for the inherit HD650 veil, as that would be a deviation for a reference level amp, it excels in key areas. I’d say that the HD6XX’s series are very scalable in terms of performance, the better the equipment = less veil. The scalability also applies to topology and the use of balanced equipment which also increases performance.
Mark Spitz, I’ve also heard the HD800’s sounding very average in comparison to the HD650’s, on some amps I even preferred the HD650’s. The tables soon turn the higher up the food chain you climb, in my current system the HD800’s wipe the floor, the HD650’s do not even get a look in.