Welcome Bill!  Always nice to have another Baroque fiend.   

Audiophilia... a sure way to end up Baroque.

Time to say hello.  Long (long) time audiophile.  I'm a theater director, who's done a lot of his own sound design over the years.  I've been interested in headphones at home for quite a while, but the first attempt proved unfortunate when my wife gave me some HD800s in their first year, and--through a Denon receiver--I just didn't like them.  They sounded "electronic," more or less pinched and artificial, not a lot like music.  Tried again this last Christmas with a gift for my seventeen-year old son of an Asgard and some AKG 550s, as well buying some Beyer dt 1350s for myself.  This time the results were much better.  I suppose I got lucky.  The 1350s are good: a little closed in and clearly lacking detail and air; but pretty much enjoyable--especially with a portable.  The 550s seem to be very good: thin through the upper mids and a little splashy up high; but voices are terrific, and bass is articulate.  I guess my son got one of the good ones.  So, I end up agreeing with Tyll about these.

I'm over here because of a misadventure with the Beyer T1.  Flushed with moderate success on the Christmas purchases, I went looking for high end phones; and was directed both through reviews, and contact with HF members, to the Beyer.  When the pair came, they sounded awful: but not, I think, with the problems most hear.  This pair was muffled, closed in, and wasn't opening up with break in.  So, they went back.

And when I emailed an amp manufacturer to ask questions about them, he sent me over here.  And the few days I've been on have certainly been an education: certainly about sample to sample deviations with Beyers.  And I expect to keep on reading and learning.  What I can contribute are whatever lessons decades of audiophile and professional listening, and some recording, experience might be transportable.

So, hello.  And I certainly look forward to the experience.

 

Welcome jrb!

Do you still have the HD800? There are many here who can guide you to getting the most from them.

Hello all.  I've been lurking for about two months and finally decided to register.  The name is Luis, but since you already have one of those, shadow is fine