MaloS
Headphoneus Supremus
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You meant treble energy, which is not brightness exactly. That is more or less property of the speed of the headphone, and since hd600 in SE mode is fairly slow, it can seem veiled in the treble. When it goes balanced the treble energy improves considerably. So ya, you hit it spot on when you said 'because of SE'. Notice, me and you also use considerably different level of sources. HD600 with a high level source even in single-ended mode, with a good recording can have fairly good treble energy. Its just that not very many amplifiers can get it to sound forward and aggressive. (Ray Samuels tunes his amps with HD600 so it is easy to explain why with a Raptor it was pretty neutral and actually quite forward-sounding).
Originally Posted by Contrastique /img/forum/go_quote.gif Haven't heard the hd600 balanced yet. Missed out on that oppurtunity once When I said bright with the ed9 I didn't mean bright like bright bright but couldn't find a more suitable word for what I was trying to say. More forward is maybe what I tried to say... |
You meant treble energy, which is not brightness exactly. That is more or less property of the speed of the headphone, and since hd600 in SE mode is fairly slow, it can seem veiled in the treble. When it goes balanced the treble energy improves considerably. So ya, you hit it spot on when you said 'because of SE'. Notice, me and you also use considerably different level of sources. HD600 with a high level source even in single-ended mode, with a good recording can have fairly good treble energy. Its just that not very many amplifiers can get it to sound forward and aggressive. (Ray Samuels tunes his amps with HD600 so it is easy to explain why with a Raptor it was pretty neutral and actually quite forward-sounding).