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Re: Can you recommend a full rig SPECIFICALLY for female vocals?
« Reply #50 on: June 18, 2015, 06:12:20 AM »
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Re: Can you recommend a full rig SPECIFICALLY for female vocals?
« Reply #51 on: June 18, 2015, 07:12:47 AM »
The W3000ANV is fine with a Project Polaris or a cheap op-amp amplifier.
A GS-1, since it's so neutral, brings out the W3000 weird FR more, and there isn't that much synergy imo.

Also, an ortho should have more genre bandwidth.
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Re: Can you recommend a full rig SPECIFICALLY for female vocals?
« Reply #52 on: June 18, 2015, 07:40:16 AM »
Quote from: purr1n on June 17, 2015, 11:02:23 PM
Except the TH600 is like TH900's ugly sister. They are like sisters who have interesting features, except the TH600 is the one where those features are just slightly off, making her the ugly one.

Ah ah ah . perfect analogy. Spot on.
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Re: Can you recommend a full rig SPECIFICALLY for female vocals?
« Reply #53 on: June 18, 2015, 09:07:12 AM »
Sofar you got recommended:

Earplugs
AudioTechnica (non-studio lines.)
HD650 + a really good tube amp (some budget friendly OTLs)
HD600 + Valhalla 2
AKG K501, Grado HP1000, HE500 and HD600.
K500
yggy > zana deux SE > HD600/650
Shure SRH940, HiFiMan HE560, SRH1840
Hd650s with mods
Stax 009
Yggy > Black Widow > HD650  / HE-560 (Jerg or Bill-p modded) or  Zana Deux Super > HD650
Used Stax 727
used Stax 323
well-driven HD600/650
HD-650 + tubes
Stax 717
yggy > Marv's EC 2A3/Studio > Code-X
oppo HA1 + mr speakers ETHER or ultrasone edition 10
HD650 / TH900
AT W3000ANV + Headamp GS-1
Modded HD800 + EC rig
HD600 / HD800 + DNA Stratus, EC Zana Deux Super or Valhalla 2
HE-400S or HE-560 (need mods for this) + Ragnarak, Black Widow or Asgard 2
W3000ANV + Project Polaris
Vintage orthos

Enough to choose from.

Mostly recommended = HD650 ... I agree.
Some female vocalists still sound poor even with this HP ... blame it on the recording rather than gear (or the artist  :P).
« Last Edit: June 18, 2015, 09:39:21 AM by Solderdude »
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Re: Can you recommend a full rig SPECIFICALLY for female vocals?
« Reply #54 on: June 18, 2015, 09:30:32 AM »
Quote from: Solderdude on June 18, 2015, 09:07:12 AM
Sofar you got recommended:

Earplugs
AudioTechnica (non-studio lines.)
HD650 + a really good tube amp (some budget friendly OTLs)
HD600 + Valhalla 2
AKG K501, Grado HP1000, HE500 and HD600.
K500
yggy > zana deux SE > HD600/650
Shure SRH940, HiFiMan HE560, SRH1840
Hd650s with mods
Stax 009
Yggy > Black Widow > HD650  / HE-560 (Jerg or Bill-p modded) or  Zana Deux Super > HD650
Used Stax 727
used Stax 323
well-driven HD600/650
HD-650 + tubes
Stax 717
yggy > Marv's EC 2A3/Studio > Code-X
oppo HA1 + mr speakers ETHER or ultrasone edition 10
HD650 / TH900
AT W3000ANV + Headamp GS-1
Modded HD800 + EC rig
HD600 / HD800 + DNA Stratus, EC Zana Deux Super or Valhalla 2
HE-400S or HE-560 (need mods for this) + Ragnarak, Black Widow or Asgard 2
W3000ANV + Project Polaris
Vintage orthos

Enough to choose from.


  :)p13  .. I cant' stop laughing.  Celine will never sound so good .. for sure.... I'm impressed. really 


Last night i got a fever and the prescription was more Celine Dion. 


EDIT : F.U to the guy who will give me a -1 for laughing at Celine Dion !



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Re: Can you recommend a full rig SPECIFICALLY for female vocals?
« Reply #55 on: June 18, 2015, 11:41:29 AM »
Quote from: Sorrodje on June 18, 2015, 09:30:32 AM
  :)p13  .. I cant' stop laughing.  Celine will never sound so good .. for sure.... I'm impressed. really 

Last night i got a fever and the prescription was more Celine Dion. 

EDIT : F.U to the guy who will give me a -1 for laughing at Celine Dion !


Cassie's voice was so high pitched that Celine Dion sounded tame according to some.

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Re: Can you recommend a full rig SPECIFICALLY for female vocals?
« Reply #56 on: June 20, 2015, 12:20:13 PM »
I'm wonder does the same set up that being suggest also work with male vocal too?

Like those hd650+tube amp
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Re: Can you recommend a full rig SPECIFICALLY for female vocals?
« Reply #57 on: June 21, 2015, 06:21:17 AM »
Quote from: Sorrodje on June 18, 2015, 09:30:32 AM

EDIT : F.U to the guy who will give me a -1 for laughing at Celine Dion !


Wasn't me! I swear! lol

For all the Celine Dion haters, just remember there's MUCH worse (I use this as a test track a lot):



I actually took a flyer on a cheap DVD player with coax output and swapped in one of my new power cables onto one of my vintage DAC's (Monarchy M22B - PCM63-based). It chilled out the brightness in the midrange vocals very nicely, especially using the Mad Dog Pro. I think my source/cables were the problem before. Now I'll really be interested in trying an HD650 or TH900 on it (HD600 midrange sounds fine on it now, midrange isn't as far forward as before)

I am interested in [redacted] because it appears to lean warmer than towards absolute transparency, which is fine by me. At this point, if they don't name it the [ReDACted] I'll be disappointed. ;)
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Re: Can you recommend a full rig SPECIFICALLY for female vocals?
« Reply #58 on: June 21, 2015, 07:58:38 AM »
Speaking of the HE400S has anyone heard it and is it better than the HE500? Should I be selling my HE 500 and swapping to the HE 400S?
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Re: Can you recommend a full rig SPECIFICALLY for female vocals?
« Reply #59 on: June 21, 2015, 08:18:45 AM »
Quote from: slaine on June 21, 2015, 07:58:38 AM
Speaking of the HE400S has anyone heard it and is it better than the HE500? Should I be selling my HE 500 and swapping to the HE 400S?

Bass quality is better on HE-400S. HE-500 has a different sound - you know some people say sort of full and speaker like. I'd keep the HE-500 if I was running jerg-mods and some monster power amp that can grip the driver by the balls and give it fantastic transient response. HE-400S is seems cleaner, but doesn't have the fullness of the HE-500.
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