I did a very slight boost in mids (150-1000hz) on my spotify EQ and I feel they can’t sound better than this haha

I don’t mess with EQ because I like having the ability to plug them into any source and they’re gonna sound the same. Some sources don’t have good EQ like my iPhone for example.

Have u tried boosting the mids on the 560s, I feel they sound much fuller after that

Not at all. I have the 560s as well and it's thin sounding, lacking the meat that the 660s has and the treble on the 560s is a little to harsh for my tastes, although you can get used to it after a while.

The 560s aren't bad whatsoever, but I just adore my 660s so much more.

I also followed a similar item journey, but I found that the Variations were the only pair in which I could really hear a difference in something. Everything just sounded better and I couldn't really describe it. Arias? Meh. Timeless? Meh. But wow the Variations packed a punch. Definitely my endgame

Nah, don't think I will. The 660s are so freakin sensitive, if I try them on anything more powerful, I'll have to have the volume on like 1 to be comfortable hah

Seems to be in issue with the cable. A lot of users complain about it cutting out on the 200, 300 and even 900 as well.

Unacceptable at this price point and shame on Sennheiser for failing its customers. Their headphone lineup is known for lasting literally decades and yet they cannot figure out a way to build a secure and lasting IEM connector. Pathetic, really.

I'd love to suggest the Sony IER M7 at this point, but depending on your location they might be unavailable.

Just because I don't hear a difference doesn't mean I'm doing something wrong. You may hear a difference which I don't refute. I'm just telling it as it is on my setup even with the official Ifi adapter and there's no difference whatsoever, nada. Maybe stop trying to invalidate others?

I do think different drivers can help accentuate sound. I mean, if I made a headphone using the driver that come with electival engineering kits and have it tuned bery similarly or exactly to an hd 600, its going to sound like shit conpared to an hd 600 because the driver will get everything loud enough but lack texture, bass will sound like simple thuds with no detail and high hats will sound blunted lacking any stayong power. Granted, the difference among actual headphones is smaller but still noticable.

I read the headline of this while having dinner and I had to stop chewing my food, re-read it again a couple of times to make sure I didn't misread the sentence.

I actually was looking into buying an SSD for my laptop and has been reading quite a bit about SATA and NVME so may be that was why google feed showed me that article, although I wondered what it had to do with headphones.

I might have vomited a bit in my mouth.

Speakers are beating both, but in a modern environment if you’re not living in your own home, apartment isn’t best environment for speakers That said- iems are the convenient way to audio

I've been using the Variations for 1.5 years and I gotta agree with all you've mentioned. It's just heavenly for EDM, JPop, and KPop. And yes, the boosted sub-bass, undeniably based. I also don't have any plans to upgrade because I think anything else beyond this price point is kind of a diminishing return value per dollar. But if I ever do, I'm probably gonna do Monarch MK2.

My setup: Variations + BTR5 2021. Cable is Letshuoer M3 and tips are just the plain ol' SpinFit CP155.

Already tried the spinfit and even the l size doesn't seal in my ear and I don't know why....

As a mix engineer (music, mostly metal), I'm studying the product page and the embedded video on these. It seems like they're designed to hit a target curve optimized for mixing in the Dolby-certified world, i.e. for multichannel film audio mixing.

I'm very keen to find the perfect headphones for mixing music - something that will reveal all details in the mix, even down to 20 Hz, accurate transient reproduction, while having a curve that facilitates mixes that will translate well. In other words, something that doesn't have exaggerated highs and lows, because then my mixes will be too flat. I was hoping these might be something to explore to this end, but it seems they're not really designed with mixing music in mind.

If you're unsure then return them and try something else. Worst case you end up with something that sounds similar and will (probably) last longer.

Just recently, I bought a Denon AH-D7200 just for the looks (and to have something based on the Foster design) but they turned out to sound incredible and are now one of my favorite headphones.

IEMs are so different than headphones. Like headphones are so different than speakers.The experience I mean.

I think it's like comparing cars and bikes.

IMO, the only thing I can say is that disregarding the experience, and these days, cheap IEMs compete easily with midrange headphones.

Imagine you have a Suzuki Hayabusa engine (that's your HD800S driver) and a Renault Clio engine (that's your cheap headphone driver) they use the same technology, but they are completely different in what they are trying to do, there is no one thing that makes them different, the entire housing, driver shape etc... is completely different from another and everything affects sound in some way or another, look at the HD660S and the HD700 for example, both use the same driver, but the different housing makes them sound very different

Assume you didn't see my initial post from your original thread. Here's a copy about driving.

For driving the Diana TC: On the more analytical end, I would recommend the Topping A90 or A90 discrete. If you prefer warmer, I would recommend the Burson Soloist 3x. Of course you can go up to Ferrum Oor or other more expensive amps if that's what you want as well. The Diana TC has amazing clarity and highs that beautifully reproduce the sounds of string instruments or sibilance in female vocals. Some people may find these annoying - the Burson, being warmer, definitely damps those down a bit, and adds to even a stronger bass. However be warned, since the Diana TC has very strong bass to begin with, adding even greater percussive pressure could be a negative - it's really all a matter of personal taste.

Some commentary on head fi generally would recommend fairly high powered amps for low sensitivity planars due to transient spikes in dbs - for example one percussive strike could be many dbs above the average background volume of the music piece, and to hear that accurately reproduced, you would need MUCH greater power (since 2x power is needed for just a 3db increase). All the above recommendations generated several watts of power so there's no issue in power delivery.

Wow can’t believe headphile is still around. I remember them from my early 2000’s head-fi days

does anybody know how to fix one of these playing super quiet? the volume adjuster even at max is extremely quiet like abnormally and it used to work great 😭 ive tried new batteries and headphones and etc

I was knocked out by the Audeze. Also, the bottom of the line, sub $100 Joe Grado headphones are absurdly great for that price.

> You should buy something that makes you smile when you look at it.

Very underrated IMO.

Beach balls /s

I'm trying to prevent myself from buying a tube amp simply for the glow.