Matkinson121
New Head-Fier
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Hi there,
I've not been into headphones for a while now. I haved owned a pair of HD595 headphones for a few years now and love them, although I haven't used them in ages now as I got into speakers a lot more.
Anyways, I'm in Selfridges in Birmingham today and there was a pair of Ultrasone Edition 8 headphones and always wanted to try these out. I listened to Euphoric by James Labrie (it was the demo song...which I love and found odd to be a demo song but certainly wasn't going to complain)
It did not sound fantastic at all. I know it's no audiophile grade song but...boy oh boy would I be disappointed if I had just spent over £1000 on these. The bass sounded way over the top and the upper mids and treble sounded thin and odd...almost distant, although I suppose they did sound clear.
I then listened to some other demo song on the nearby Grado SR125i headphones which sounded infinitely better (although was with a different song and genre so was a bad comparison)
I remember a while back trying some HD800 headphones with an amp etc which was playing 'When I didn't care' by Sara K and remember it sounding absolutely stunning.
Strange stuff. Just thought I would throw my brief encounter with these headphones out there.
I've not been into headphones for a while now. I haved owned a pair of HD595 headphones for a few years now and love them, although I haven't used them in ages now as I got into speakers a lot more.
Anyways, I'm in Selfridges in Birmingham today and there was a pair of Ultrasone Edition 8 headphones and always wanted to try these out. I listened to Euphoric by James Labrie (it was the demo song...which I love and found odd to be a demo song but certainly wasn't going to complain)
It did not sound fantastic at all. I know it's no audiophile grade song but...boy oh boy would I be disappointed if I had just spent over £1000 on these. The bass sounded way over the top and the upper mids and treble sounded thin and odd...almost distant, although I suppose they did sound clear.
I then listened to some other demo song on the nearby Grado SR125i headphones which sounded infinitely better (although was with a different song and genre so was a bad comparison)
I remember a while back trying some HD800 headphones with an amp etc which was playing 'When I didn't care' by Sara K and remember it sounding absolutely stunning.
Strange stuff. Just thought I would throw my brief encounter with these headphones out there.