what headphones do you own thread - i own dt150's :)

Yamaha dsp a1 on the pc which is fine but they're too low on my Sony z5 phone. Got a baby in the room with us atm so have to watch things on my phone in bed
 
So my first impressions when I fired up some songs with the SE535 is why can't Shure do mids like this on their full size phones. They sound good. Very balanced, bass is DEEP. Mids sound intimate, lush, very good. HD650 good? Too early to tell but heading that way. Need to spend a lot of time with these.
 
Bought another pair of pre-fazor LCD-2's to go with my fazored ones last week.

Woo Audio WA6-SE landed today from Sweden :) thanks to HeadFi.

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So that's me happy for a while :D
 
Excellent so far more then impressed, the rectifier tube is a Brimar (have the original tube but not tried it yet) which sounds excellent with the fazors but makes the non-fazors a little too bass heavy for my liking. So I have ordered a few different ones from ebay which should be here by the end of week.

How many HD650's have you had now :eek:

Have you decided to keep the night hawks as I noticed you had them listed on HeadFi a couple of weeks ago?
 
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The 650 I've lost count! I'm not on headfi, well sort of. I have people list things for me but I've not ever listed the Nighthawk. My account got banned because me and my ex roommate had accounts in the same house and apparently two under one IP isn't allowed...

I would sale them for the pre fazor LCD-2 if it was a good quality one.
 
Do planar magnetic headphones require burn in? I've bought a new pair of Hifiman HE 400i headphones and they sounded pretty awful when I first turned them on; screechy treble, hollow mids and bass with no impact. Have been running them for a few hours now, listening to them on and off, and I swear they sound way better now and steadily improving. Treble is still a little sibliant, but everything has a lot more body to it now.
 
Headphones don't really burn in like people make out. We adapt to their sound more than anything but things do get smoother but it's very subtle IMO.
 
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Ryanr1987 said:
Headphones don't really burn in like people make out. We adapt to there sound more than anything but things do get smoother but it's very subtle IMO.
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Don't notice it much with other headphones - the beyers I have for instance pretty much sound exactly the same as the day they were bought, but almost all the Sennheisers I have owned have improved low frequency presence after 50-100 hours of use - didn't notice it with the momentums though.

(Know this for a fact as there are low frequency components to hans zimmer - injection that are completely missing out the box but audible after a few days).
 
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Just recently purchased some DT770 pro 32 Ohm. Was a bit of an impulse buy as I don't find my Sennheiser PC350SE's that comfortable to wear for very long even with velour pads (which did help the suction feeling a lot too).
The 32ohm 770's come with pleather pads which are ok but I prefer velour pads so I swapped them out.

The 770's are surprisingly comfortable and sound very nice. I feel that their response is a bit slow, but they are a very pleasant headphone to listen to.
Surprisingly while they can be powered ok from my phone (one of the reasons I went for the 32ohm version), I find that when plugged into the headphone output of my Logitech Z550 control module that they don't get that loud and feel like they need more power.
 
Might find the Logitech Z550 can't provide the current gain the low ohm DT770s need or has a limiter that is detrimental to their performance.

EDIT: Dunno if the Z550 has it but some of the other models have a poorly documented "boost" mode that works with headphones as well.
 
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Don't notice it much with other headphones - the beyers I have for instance pretty much sound exactly the same as the day they were bought, but almost all the Sennheisers I have owned have improved low frequency presence after 50-100 hours of use - didn't notice it with the momentums though.

(Know this for a fact as there are low frequency components to hans zimmer - injection that are completely missing out the box but audible after a few days).
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I've personally always put it down to our brain/ears adapting and other factors like mood or time of the day.

I've personally found V shaped headphones to change from out of the box but it was only a small difference. I was only able to hear it as I had 2 of the same headphone. The sound matched the other within an hour.

There's a lot of people that believe in burn in so I'll never dismiss it but I think the people that act like a headphone wil sound completely different after 500 hours or so are exaggerating. I think if you don't like a headphone out of the box hours won't change it physically but our minds can adapt to like the sound in some cases.

I was reading headfi a few days ago about the Nighthawk and people were saying burn in changes the sound. I decided to listen to my other phones then when I returned the NH sounded likes its original warm self. That headphone is different though as its signature requires adaption.

Your experience with bass frequencie is interesting to me as I've always wanted to find out the science behind burn in. Personally I think it's our brain 95% of the time but I could be wrong.
 
I think it is 90% just your brain adapting to the sound, but I'm quite certain that there was actually a physical change in within the first few hours. The treble sounded very rough at first and then slowly smoothened out. Bass felt very distant and detached but is now more integrated with the rest of the sound. It's not a minor difference.

I think it may also be something to do with the pads softening as you wear them giving you a better fit and hence a better sound.

That all being said, my hd650 sounded great from the get go. They just seem to have the most pleasing and comfortable sound.
 
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