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Gear / Technical Help => Playback Forum => Topic started by: dabbler on October 31, 2015, 10:28:59 PM
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After over a decade of owning them, the HD650 remains favorites of mine despite having tried newer, more expensive headphones (including their HD800 out of a Benchmark DAC1 Pre) and having decent speaker setup. They're forgiving, so they allow me to listen to my far-from-perfect head-baffled live recordings without emphasizing bass bloat and/or harsh treble in the original recording. On the other hand, they're good at detail retrieval and allow me to hear subtle details I didn't notice live with my earplugs on.
Anyways, Sennheiser has updated the stock earpads and they do seem to subjectively improve the sound for me a bit; and measurements seem to confirm it:
By way of DIY-Audio-Heaven: https://diyaudioheaven.wordpress.com/
http://www.mediafire.com/view/d9kb768up61eh3b/HD650_modifications.pdf