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What is your opinion of the Ultrasone ED8

It's a good sounding headphone.
It's good, but I've got some reservations about certain aspects of it.
It's OK. Nothing special.
I don't like it, but I can see why others do.
It's a bad sounding headphone.

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Author Topic: I need some serious help with a "study". Please vote. Part 1 of 7. ED8  (Read 1444 times)

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Marvey

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I need some serious help with a "study". Please vote. Part 1 of 7. ED8
« on: June 11, 2012, 12:04:45 AM »
I need some serious help with a "study". Please vote. Part 1 of 7. I respect everyone's opinion here on ER. There will be seven parts.

What is your opinion of the ED8.


Also, we are just talking sonics, price should not be factor.

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Re: I need some serious help with a "study". Please vote. Part 1 of 7. ED8
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2012, 12:16:10 AM »
Hmm...  I only heard one very briefly and quite a while ago.  I don't really remember much about them other than I was neither impressed or offended.

I don't think the treble was as nasty as the one you measured though since I'd probably remember that.

Not sure what or even if to vote...
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Re: I need some serious help with a "study". Please vote. Part 1 of 7. ED8
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2012, 12:17:20 AM »
I've heard others - they didn't seem to be as nasty as QH's
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Re: I need some serious help with a "study". Please vote. Part 1 of 7. ED8
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2012, 12:20:11 AM »
Guess I'll give it an "OK" and chalk it up to variation...
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Re: I need some serious help with a "study". Please vote. Part 1 of 7. ED8
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2012, 01:23:07 AM »
You know my answer  ;)
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Re: I need some serious help with a "study". Please vote. Part 1 of 7. ED8
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2012, 01:32:39 AM »
Quest, I think the ED8 was your sacrifice to the Headphone Gods to give you a good LCD-2 rev2.  How long did you own the ED8?  Would be good for others to know what they have to do to get a good LCD-2. 
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Re: I need some serious help with a "study". Please vote. Part 1 of 7. ED8
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2012, 02:30:31 AM »
Hmm. I got them mid-January, sent them down for measurements around end of February and sold them mid-March. It's a shame. They sure were pretty.

Apparently the guy I sold them to loves them, so win-win all around.
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Re: I need some serious help with a "study". Please vote. Part 1 of 7. ED8
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2012, 03:09:31 AM »
Owned the LE's for a couple weeks but had them up for sale after a couple days.  Sonically they were meh-to-bad, and with price factored in selling was a no-brainer.

However, unlike the PRO 900's which were downright terrible and unlistenable, I could see where someone else with very different tastes and preferences could find redeeming qualities in the ED8's irrespective of price.
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Re: I need some serious help with a "study". Please vote. Part 1 of 7. ED8
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2012, 08:24:09 AM »
My biggest beef with the Edition 8 is the glaring, sibilant upper-end. I do like other facets of it though. I just don't listen to it much, and I could never have it as one of my "main" headphones.
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Re: I need some serious help with a "study". Please vote. Part 1 of 7. ED8
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2012, 10:42:30 AM »
Having never heard them I am not qualified to make a judgement. 
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