Headphones: Hd800/LDC's Worth it?

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Dhji
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Headphones: Hd800/LDC's Worth it?

Post by Dhji » Sun Apr 05, 2015 9:44 am

So I've been mixing on k712's and dt770's and I now have some money to buy hd800's or lcd's, I absolutely LOVE headphones and have dreamed about the hd800's for quite sometime (just look at some of the custom paint jobs! https://www.google.com/search?q=colorwa ... CAYQ_AUoAQ)

Are they worth it? Has anyone tried all of the above (or something better?) and can say it's worth the money to get the pairs? I love the separation in the k712's and I love the bass in the dt770's! (Though frequency response doesn't entirely matter as the master can be eq'd?)

From the many threads it seems the hd800's are great for the soundstage and although people complain the highs being too high as a result of having an acoustic "ringing" in the space within the earcup, it seems it has been resolved with a DIY mod here: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/di ... axilus-mod

The bass in the Dark Prince/LCD's seem preferable of the 2 but again, I could just eq the master on the either of the headphones, thus the frequency response comparison seems redundant so perhaps I should be comparing soundstage, or? hmm...

HD800's?

h4nc0
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Re: Headphones: Hd800/LDC's Worth it?

Post by h4nc0 » Sun Apr 05, 2015 10:18 am

spaceface wrote:So I've been mixing on k712's and dt770's and I now have some money to buy hd800's or lcd's, I absolutely LOVE headphones and have dreamed about the hd800's for quite sometime (just look at some of the custom paint jobs! https://www.google.com/search?q=colorwa ... CAYQ_AUoAQ)

Are they worth it? Has anyone tried all of the above (or something better?) and can say it's worth the money to get the pairs? I love the separation in the k712's and I love the bass in the dt770's! (Though frequency response doesn't entirely matter as the master can be eq'd?)

From the many threads it seems the hd800's are great for the soundstage and although people complain the highs being too high as a result of having an acoustic "ringing" in the space within the earcup, it seems it has been resolved with a DIY mod here: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/di ... axilus-mod

The bass in the Dark Prince/LCD's seem preferable of the 2 but again, I could just eq the master on the either of the headphones, thus the frequency response comparison seems redundant so perhaps I should be comparing soundstage, or? hmm...

HD800's?
I've used them all and currently use HD800. Just different flavours.

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Re: Headphones: Hd800/LDC's Worth it?

Post by TomViolenz » Sun Apr 05, 2015 11:22 am

I think the HD 600s are closer to neutral from what I hear. (haven't tried the hd 800s though)

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