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YouTube - The Impossible Duet: Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia for Cello and Violin

My HD25's just sang this to my ears with my sound card set to 24 bits 44100Hz (studio quality). The deep bass of the cello and the sweet high's of the violin were reproduced so well by these phones, I guess burn in and headband stretching can make some headphones sound really great. Please list which headphones you used to listen to this and how it sounded. You can list as many as you'd like.

P.S its songs like this that I wonder how bass light phones could do well with classical music, can they capture the bass of the cello's?

 

[dRummie]

I should be writing a paper right now, so what else is there to do other than give this a listen with all my phones?

FWIW, I think when people say "bass-light", their reference tends to be rock or heavier. Bass-light doesn't mean the phones lack extension or detail, merely volume, and for classical the last is much less important.

Indeed, the warmest phones in my line-up, the Yammies, performed the worst here: the cello overpowered the violin. The Grados and the "bass-light" AT's were both pretty admirable. Actually, the bass wasn't all that different between the two, even though the Grados are much more capable of delivering volume at those frequencies. It just wasn't needed in this instance.

Although maybe youtube quality isn't the best for evaluating bass...

 

[Raez]

Lol, I wouldn't go about evaluating phones on ANY streaming media, much less youtube.?

 

[Pyriel0]

Not evaluating it but it sounds very good and they both seem pretty talented.

 

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Originally Posted by Pyriel0 /img/forum/go_quote.gif they both seem pretty talented.

It's just one dude.

 

[Pyriel0]

beer ftw lmao. i noticed but thought they were just brothers or something.

 

[stokitw]

I have a CD with this work.
Amazon.com: Conversations: Sharon Robinson, Reinhold Gliere, George Frederick Handel, Zoltan Kodaly, David Ott, Jaime Laredo: Music

I just listened this CD with GS-1000, K271s, and HD-25-1-II.
Well, HD-25-1-II has great detail but crowded space.
K271s has the right space but not as touching.
GS-1000 gives you better detail than HD-25-1-II without force the music into your ears.
Also the sound is more natural than K271s.

 

[VALIENTE]

This are my impressions with my beloved Grado SR60:

The small instrument sounded sometimes so high with my SR60, that sometimes it is irritating to my ears.
However the bigger instrument is good to hear in my SR60, not irritating.
And when the two instruments go together, the sound is ok.

Conclusion: The highs sometimes in my Grado is irritating to my ears, however, mids and lows were good, based on the youtube video sound heard only.

Overall, it sounded so good with my Grado SR60, but I think other headphones would do better than my SR60 in this video only. I think headphones from AKG like K701 will be one that is good for this instruments (which I will have in a few days before X'mas).

 

[maxnorman]

This is an enjoyable piece, though I think more so when played by the intended ensemble of violin and viola.

Take a listen to Heifetz and Primrose: YouTube - Jascha Heifetz - Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia

Then Perlman and Zukerman: YouTube - Perlman Zukerman Handel Halvorsen Passacaglia

 

[manuvajpai]

Considering the focus is more on the music and less on the headphones, don't you think this should go to the music forum instead of equipment?

 

[jp_zer0]

Sounded fantastic on my RE0. (don't have a full-size at this very instant)

The two instruments were evenly matched in terms of volume and they both produced great detail and presence.

 

[manuvajpai]

Well it turned out to be more headphone oriented in the end.

 

[fenixdown110]

It doesn't do my HD650's justice on youtube...

 

[Specialzed]

Comon people, the youtube is not that bad. If your headphones are truly good they'll sound good regardless. Anyone with a D2000/5000/7000 take a listen?

 

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Originally Posted by stokitw /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have a CD with this work. Amazon.com: Conversations: Sharon Robinson, Reinhold Gliere, George Frederick Handel, Zoltan Kodaly, David Ott, Jaime Laredo: Music I just listened this CD with GS-1000, K271s, and HD-25-1-II. Well, HD-25-1-II has great detail but crowded space. K271s has the right space but not as touching. GS-1000 gives you better detail than HD-25-1-II without force the music into your ears. Also the sound is more natural than K271s.

What a great CD, alot of the kind of music I like to listen to. How did the GS-1000's do for bass?