Drakemoor
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I've just bought a pair of speakers from ebay without a demo, my main concern was that they wouldn't fit my preferred sound signature (which i'm very picky about)
...after 5 minutes use i came to the conclusion that they were fine ...pretty much neutral to what i'm used to.
Then i start asking a major question;
How come even high end dynamic headphones vary so much in sound signature?
Grado headphones signature is known to be bright sounding (i've tried to SR225's and although they were bright i found them enjoyable, to an extent)
Sennheiser's high end offering are often described as 'rolled off' or 'veiled'. To me this gives the impession of Senn's being dark/warm in signature.
Beyerdynamic is a mixed bag, from what can tell they offer headphones not just for the acheivement of neutrality but for specific purposes (which i can understand) but according to most users, the most 'neutral' sound of headphones is the DT880.
I've owned this headphones and although it is remarkable is a lot of qualities it is far from neutral. The amp i was using might have something to do with it (although it shouldn't be a major factor) i found them to be very recessed in the midrange and quite sibilant/exessive in the 7Khz area leading to a slightly uneasy listening. I will admit that once the DT880 was EQ'ed to my liking it was absolutely unequalled in detail/resolution to what i have in any sort of system (and that includes £15,000 in my fathers speaker setup) but i refuse to spend the relevant amounts for high end headphones and then have to manually change the stock sound.
This is a big issue to me (and probably a lot of people) in buying expensive headphones when i've just bought £200 worth of speakers and the ' sound signature' is completely irrelevant, i'm looking at other, more important aspects of the speaker rather than personal preference in sound (and this applies to all speakers in general because i never seem to have the problem of choosing sound signature in speakers)
...after 5 minutes use i came to the conclusion that they were fine ...pretty much neutral to what i'm used to.
Then i start asking a major question;
How come even high end dynamic headphones vary so much in sound signature?
Grado headphones signature is known to be bright sounding (i've tried to SR225's and although they were bright i found them enjoyable, to an extent)
Sennheiser's high end offering are often described as 'rolled off' or 'veiled'. To me this gives the impession of Senn's being dark/warm in signature.
Beyerdynamic is a mixed bag, from what can tell they offer headphones not just for the acheivement of neutrality but for specific purposes (which i can understand) but according to most users, the most 'neutral' sound of headphones is the DT880.
I've owned this headphones and although it is remarkable is a lot of qualities it is far from neutral. The amp i was using might have something to do with it (although it shouldn't be a major factor) i found them to be very recessed in the midrange and quite sibilant/exessive in the 7Khz area leading to a slightly uneasy listening. I will admit that once the DT880 was EQ'ed to my liking it was absolutely unequalled in detail/resolution to what i have in any sort of system (and that includes £15,000 in my fathers speaker setup) but i refuse to spend the relevant amounts for high end headphones and then have to manually change the stock sound.
This is a big issue to me (and probably a lot of people) in buying expensive headphones when i've just bought £200 worth of speakers and the ' sound signature' is completely irrelevant, i'm looking at other, more important aspects of the speaker rather than personal preference in sound (and this applies to all speakers in general because i never seem to have the problem of choosing sound signature in speakers)