Man of Honour
Some will already know how I accidentally my whole HD555 during a modding incident so needed a new pair of cans as I didn't fancy sound from only one earpiece!
I found the 595 for £75 (eBay) so jumped on them considering that the HD555 seemed to strangely sell for more, even though I paid a little over £50 for them in 2007!
Anyway, roll on to this morning, I did say I wouldn't post my thought on them until a few months in but this is something else. Listening to some albums this morning and something was different, something was there that the HD555 had never shown before, background instruments have more fullness and are more "live" now, the whole sound feels more warm as well and the bass was lower than the HD555 but at the same time feels and sounds more meaty than the HD555.
It's hard to exactly describe because as someone already mentioned in another thread, the HD555s are amazing headphones and output an amazing sound already so just how could the 595s be better still?
Example track: Fugees - Vocab:
On this track where the bass hits you can hear the reverb/resonance which echos in the ambience, just like how you'd hear it if sat in an audition hall listening to them play, it's really freaky but amazing - the HD555 never could go to this level of detail. Also the symbols far back of the stage calmly chimes in on time and perfectly accurately without being distracted by the rest of the music, amazing stuff.
It's the same as when I upgraded from my HD485 to the HD555, it's happened all over again, hidden music can be heard and it sounds amazing. I want to know what the HD800 sound like but I am too scared to demo them because I might never look at my HD595 the same again!
The HD555s improved in sound quality over several months and I expect the 595s to be the same, quite excited to see how they pan out
FWIW I'm powering them from a NAD C325BEE and my source is the Asus Xonar STX.
While writing this I'm listening to them and am still gobsmacked at how much extra music was hidden away in my music collection.
It's £75 you won't regret spending I say, just my 2pence
Obligatory setup pic:
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