Audiophobiac
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- Jan 3, 2019
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That’s what I’m afraid of too. I’ll have to start listening to my old pair of Sennheiser HD650 (?) and see how it goes.
Good idea, they might sound good to you now. I have a pair of HD650s, brand new. I have about 2 hours on them. At first, I thought, "christ, these are the worst cans I ever heard, where did the bass go"?!! However, I understand they get better with more time and should sound better than my HD518s, which have too much bottom-end and near zero top-end. (They drop off a cliff at 9kHz).
My most balanced headphones are a pair of Status Audio CB-1s, believe it or not. They are closed back and well under $100 and yet have the right amount of everything through the frequency range. Staging is a bit on the narrow side, but not real bad, they are closed back after all.
I have never heard a headphone with great dynamics, that is why I like speakers.
As for IEMs, no thanks, those scare the crap out of me, but that's just me, you may like them.