Over time however, the flaws of the TH900 grated on me more and more. The edginess of the highs started to creep up during longer sessions, though the bottom end fullness helped to kind of counterbalance this for me to an extent. Unfortunately the slight sucked-out quality of the midrange left the extremities a bit more grating to me than if there was something fuller there in between. I still feel the TH900 is a great headphone with its own particular charms, but I ended up selling mine off because I wanted to downsize.Honestly, I think headphones like the SR-009 have a sort of "wow me at a meet" honeymoon effect on a lot of folks.
For many of us this is the story of so much gear we go through, right? We fall in love with something about it, knowing full well that this or that is not quite right. In the early days of our love affair we look past that little thing. This may last a while. But as time goes on we find the little thing starting to stand out, to grind away at our audio soul, until we decide it's time to move along. Those euphonic tube amps that seduce us with the lush easy going presentation. In the right mood they make us melt. After time we start to think they are muddy and lack detail. Many never tame the HD-800 treble peak, and it eventually leaves an owner thinking they are etched or edgy. Those thin, bright electrostatics sounded so detailed you couldn't get enough, until you had way to much of it! That powerful SS amp that has a little kick down low, boom boom, until you feel like you've got a disco in your head.For many of us, that's the stuff that get's relegated to now and again service because we just can't live with it full time. Or goes out the door so we can seek something closer to, well, neutral? I'm not sure it's a clean cut as that, but when stuff has too much color that takes it too far from it, I think it's only a matter of time. Marv called me out on this when I had the ZDSE... and he was right. Anyway, just sort of rambling while I'm stuck in an airport... Quote from: MuppetFace on October 07, 2013, 07:57:07 PMOver time however, the flaws of the TH900 grated on me more and more. The edginess of the highs started to creep up during longer sessions, though the bottom end fullness helped to kind of counterbalance this for me to an extent. Unfortunately the slight sucked-out quality of the midrange left the extremities a bit more grating to me than if there was something fuller there in between. I still feel the TH900 is a great headphone with its own particular charms, but I ended up selling mine off because I wanted to downsize.Honestly, I think headphones like the SR-009 have a sort of "wow me at a meet" honeymoon effect on a lot of folks.
Quote from: jerg on October 07, 2013, 10:56:24 PMAnd I'm guessing the real conclusions to such stories is that everyone just end up with their HD650s?
