i know that all of the headphones mentioned here are great quality etc, but which ones do you people think are the most accurate *flat* response? obviously not the grados, as they apparently exaggerate the top end a bit, but which ones are the closest to a perfect flat response? ie bass levels not boosted or attenuated, not exaggerated mids etc? thanks porl 2008/7/20 Florin Andrei <florin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > lynne shorthose wrote: >> >> it's just that i treated myself to the 650s a while ago in the >> hope of using them for mixing and mastering, but don't think >> them at all suitable after having listened to them extensively. >> >> i've always wondered whether the 650s were a step down from the >> much lauded 600s, or whether i just wouldn't recognise quality >> and neutrality if they broke into my house and spelt their names >> on my fridge with alphabet magnets. > > You might be one of those people who don't like the laid-back style of > the Senn' HD 6xx. To your ears, they seem too "soft", isn't it? > > Try and get your hands on a higher-end-ish Grado and see how you like > it. In fact, many of the high-end phones should be a bit more "forward" > than Sennheiser. > But don't just sell the 650 immediately. Wait a bit, you may end up > keeping both. That's what happened to me, even though I went the > opposite way. > > And indeed, for splicing tracks and stuff like that, I find the Grado > more helpful sometimes. But then I switch to the sampler, hit a chord > with an aggressive, buzzy synthesizer patch, and all of a sudden it > feels like I'm chewing glass. Oh, right, I was listening through the > Grado. :-/ > > Your experience might be different. > > -- > Florin Andrei > > http://florin.myip.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
