V6 on the highs. Any way to tone them down?
Mar 25, 2004 at 9:38 PM Post #31 of 48
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Originally posted by GanChan
Calling Hormel....
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There may be a lot of "secret ingredients" in Spam, but I don't think they've added Viagra yet. Not unless I start seeing email ads for "the blue can" instead of "the blue pill"...
 
Mar 25, 2004 at 9:53 PM Post #32 of 48
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Originally posted by Axelrod1
Whats a good alternative in this price range?

-Ax1


None.....v6 were designed for mixing and nothing else....I preffer V700DJ, and 7509, but both are above the price, 50mm driver, and more comfortable......after that, go for the big guys.....
 
Mar 25, 2004 at 9:58 PM Post #33 of 48
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Originally posted by Sovkiller
None.....v6 were designed for mixing and nothing else....I preffer V700DJ, and 7509, but both are above the price, 50mm driver, and more comfortable......after that, go for the big guys.....


What would you say is the starting point on the scale for the closed-phone "big guys"? Trackmaster? Beyer 250?
 
Mar 25, 2004 at 10:34 PM Post #36 of 48
I hate those headphones. It's not the recordings, it's the high frequencies of the V6/7506. Bright, coarse treble like gravel. The expensive 7509's fix this problem. My Ixos headphones also are a good alternative, but are a bit midrangy and lacking in low level resolution. Much more comfortable to listen to than the V6, though. Out of an old panasonic portable I'd take the Ixos any day over the V6. The 7506 did sound passable, though a bit too crunchy, on a Panasonic 361C that I owned. But it sucked on everything else. I think that extra bit of brightness is also what gives the headphone a false sense of resolution and liquidness to the midrange.

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Originally posted by Axelrod1
Hi all.

Wearing the Sony V6, I love them -- except when I'm listening to poorly mixed highs that are so high they make my ears bleed. I'm talking about older Miles CD's and other jazz records. It's mostly horns, but some vocal mixes kill me too.

I love these phones, is there anything I can do about the highs?

Would the beyer pads help tone them down, or does it help by bringing your ears a little bit furthar from the drivers?

thanks-

-AX1


 
Mar 25, 2004 at 11:38 PM Post #37 of 48
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Originally posted by GanChan
What would you say is the starting point on the scale for the closed-phone "big guys"? Trackmaster? Beyer 250?


I never said "closed-phone", and he never asked for particularly closed headphones neither, see his question, while I said big guys I was referring to the top of the line headphones for each particular brand, DT880, CD3000, HD600, HD650, AKG-K1000, RS-1, RS-325, Etys 4X, top ATs, etc.....
 
Mar 26, 2004 at 1:44 AM Post #38 of 48
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Originally posted by Sovkiller
I never said "closed-phone", and he never asked for particularly closed headphones neither, see his question, while I said big guys I was referring to the top of the line headphones for each particular brand, DT880, CD3000, HD600, HD650, AKG-K1000, RS-1, RS-325, Etys 4X, top ATs, etc.....


Yeah, I know. I'm asking for my own purposes, cuz I figured you might have some opinions on higher-end closed phones.
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Mar 26, 2004 at 2:02 AM Post #39 of 48
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Originally posted by Reticuli
I hate those headphones. It's not the recordings, it's the high frequencies of the V6/7506. Bright, coarse treble like gravel. The expensive 7509's fix this problem. My Ixos headphones also are a good alternative, but are a bit midrangy and lacking in low level resolution. Much more comfortable to listen to than the V6, though. Out of an old panasonic portable I'd take the Ixos any day over the V6. The 7506 did sound passable, though a bit too crunchy, on a Panasonic 361C that I owned. But it sucked on everything else. I think that extra bit of brightness is also what gives the headphone a false sense of resolution and liquidness to the midrange.


That's exactly why I had consistently called the V6/7506 "Gratos"...
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Mar 26, 2004 at 2:02 AM Post #40 of 48
There's a good solution, it's just not super feasable. Use the V6s with an Audio Valve RKV Mk II. It's rolled-off highs matched up perfectly with the V6s when I owned them both. I was using some VD Nites and an Arcam CD23 at the time, and the highs were not at all intrusive.
 
Mar 26, 2004 at 2:06 AM Post #41 of 48
I agree with a lot of the above opinions. It sucks cause I like them for portability (can't stand buds,clips etc.). They're also tough, have some isolation and fold down. Do the 7509s do this? The Beyers don't, correct?
 
Mar 26, 2004 at 2:11 AM Post #42 of 48
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Originally posted by Ohoen
I agree with a lot of the above opinions. It sucks cause I like them for portability (can't stand buds,clips etc.). They're also tough, have some isolation and fold down. Do the 7509s do this? The Beyers don't, correct?


edited: Sorry for the confusion, yes it will fold down....same as V600, V900, 7506, V700DJ
 
Mar 26, 2004 at 2:30 AM Post #44 of 48
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Originally posted by Eagle_Driver
Actually, Sovkiller got one thing wrong. The 7509's do fold up.


Oh s%&*t, sorry my fault, I thought he was talking about the piercing highs....yes the 7509 fold the same way as V600, V900, 7506......thanks Eagle, I stand corrected.....
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