I have a pair of HD580 which are my best cans. I read that you can put HD650 drivers in them so I was thinking of buying a pair of those to see if I like them better. I'm wondering, how close will this come to the HD650 sound? How much is the sound affected by the housing?Has anyone done measurements, or subjective comparisons to compare the HD580 and HD600 which have the same driver and different frames? Would switching to HD6000 or HD650 grilles improve anything noticeably?Also, I was wondering if someone could recommend some good, comfortable closed cans that aren't expensive. Preferably with good sensitivity & flattish impedance so they work well without an amp. Right now I'm using Bose Around-Ear 2 for that which don't sound great, but they're very comfortable. I haven't found any closed cans I'm happy with. Either they sound bad, or they're uncomfortable, or they don't have much isolation in which case I may as well use open phones.
How do you find the MA900 compares to the MD3.2? My main problem is pain on the top of my head. The fatigue on my neck and such doesn't come until much later.
Any recommendations for full-size headphones? I wanna move from IEMs, looking into both open/closed phones. I want something with relatively large soundstage and good imagining, decent bass response.I was thinking again about HD800 (ya, i'm serious), but not sure the way i'm gonna use them will warrant their purchase (everyday use as main headphones, both casual and critical listening).
well these definitely do image well, but in their stock form I find them a bit too finicky to do well for long-term everyday listening... treble is a bit peaky.is there any way you could listen to these with the amplifier you are planning to use them with?there's of course the Anax mod but I recall them slightly limiting the soundstage, though still very impressive. and not sure when the newest version will be out.
Munch is right. We need to know a little more about your set up to make some recommendations. HD-800 is going to want a well set up rig, back to front. That's not say it can't be a great long listen headphone if you are able to stay near that well set up rig. Are you going to set up a system around the headphone, or buy stuff to go with it?
