Sennheiser HD650 - The classic beauty in a grey dress Appreciation thread!

james.miller said:
wow, super human ears over here!
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Since there doesn't appear to be any conclusive proof under any scientific DBT that Au makes any difference over the equivalent Cu cable? I think you could make money (possibly life changing) if cable manufacturers could find someone with truly golden ears that held up to scrutiny.

I'd be fascinated too, I might be skeptical, but honestly if there is evidence I am always willing to be swayed.

OT, I keep auditioning the HD650's since a few friends have them, it keeps making me want to upgrade my DT770's, but I need something office friendly, and at my usual listening volumes that definitely means closed.. I did audition the Momentum 2 Over ears yesterday and actually quite liked them, a complete different signature to the 650's from memory.
 
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It does not play music to your ears, it merely conveys an electrical signal to the headphones and it is they that play music to your ears - as long as there is good conduction with negligible impedance and capacitance, one will sound the same as any other.

Somehow I (and many, many others) think that we are never going to agree on this.

ps. significance is also relative to any delusions one may be experiencing :p
 
rids57 said:
It does not play music to your ears, it merely conveys an electrical signal to the headphones and it is they that play music to your ears - as long as there is good conduction with negligible impedance and capacitance, one will sound the same as any other.

Somehow I (and many, many others) think that we are never going to agree on this.

ps. significance is also relative to any delusions one may be experiencing :p
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Yeah some amplifiers can be susceptible to issues with a capacitive load/parasitics - the difference in capacitance between 2 cables could be enough to make a difference to how the amplifier sounds its the only way I could imagine someone could tell the difference between 2 good quality cables in blind testing.

With ultra high end equipment in an isolated listening environment I guess Johnston noise could become a factor (maybe?) but I'd imagine that would be more on the input side of the amp than the output cabling.

Demon said:
OT, I keep auditioning the HD650's since a few friends have them, it keeps making me want to upgrade my DT770's, but I need something office friendly, and at my usual listening volumes that definitely means closed.. I did audition the Momentum 2 Over ears yesterday and actually quite liked them, a complete different signature to the 650's from memory.
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Momentums have a fun sound I really like mine but I wouldn't want them as my only set of headphones the sound reproduction is a bit gimmicky and can become fatiguing compared to headphones with a more natural response. I've never heard another set of headphones that can do the bass coming at you like a freight train trick they do but seems to come at some expense to the mid-range.
 
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Rroff said:
Momentums have a fun sound I really like mine but I wouldn't want them as my only set of headphones the sound reproduction is a bit gimmicky and can become fatiguing compared to headphones with a more natural response.
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I found them at a reasonable price online so thought I'd try a pair since they are quite different to my current DT770's.. At some point I'll start spending a bit more, but I've found headphones tricky to find good places to audition and also they are all very very different and my ears like a bit of excitement at times, and smoothness at others..
 
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Make sure to use the right cable for your device - I was using the 4 pole one as it looked nicer but ruined sound quality due to not quite sitting right in a device not designed for it.
 
Nah never! I think it's ******** lol

I've found differences between cables but it's mainly down to cable noise, poorly made cables, high resistances and all that rubbish. If I buy a cable it's purely to please my semi-materialistic tendencies.
 
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