Do you guys have good headphones?

The improvment is real big!:
" With the stock cable, the 650 is very unbalanced, with way too much low.
With the Equinox cable, everything was much more equilibrated and the low was tighter and less exaggerated. That’s the point which impressed me the most. As with any good cable, I noticed a huge gain in term of matter, transparency, softness, soundstage, quickness and presence. In one word: musicality. "

Please note that my headphones are drived by a dedicated headphones amp Sugden le Bijou, pure class A:








...I'm also using very "big" power cords, "big" modulation cables, power filters and separated/dedicated power lines, cancelling vibrations equipments, big sources... It forms a whole.



Edited by oliverstoned - April 10 2007 at 03:02

Hi the Bullet! These are very concrete adjectives to describe the sound.

-"Sound matter" is the fact that the sound has consistency. The opposite of a thin sound, it has flesh, it's full. It's not a skelleton. Like analog Vs digital.

-Softness. Do i need to explain? It's the opposite of harsness. With a good cable, the highs are much smoother. It gives a great listening comfort, so you can listening during hours without being tired.

-Quickness. It's link to the dynamic, it's like the music is played faster, without sledging. The note's extinction can be faster too. I was very impressed by this parameter when i upgraded from my little Nad CD player to my "big" current CD setup. It was like the music was played two times faster. Impressive!

-Precense is precense. Its' like the artist/band/instrument is in the room. You don't have the impression to listening to recorded music anymore but to a live event. A sensation of immediacy.




Great sounding radio station:
http://www.tsfjazz.com/player/tsfjazzlive.php?p=wmp




Edited by oliverstoned - April 09 2007 at 01:05

Listening test results of the Stefan audioart Equinox cable, designed to replace the stock cable on Sennheiser
HD600/650 :


I only tried the cable on the HD650 yet. It completely changed the headphone's sound.
With the stock cable, the 650 is very unbalanced, with way too much low.
With the Equinox cable, everything was much more equilibrated and the low was tighter and less exaggerated. That’s the point which impressed me the most. As with any good cable, I noticed a huge gain in term of matter, transparency, softness, soundstage, quickness and presence. In one word: musicality.
To sum up, the Equinox is a great cable that I warmly recommend to any Sennheiser owner.









Edited by oliverstoned - April 08 2007 at 20:04

I have a pair of Sony's professional series headphones, I think something like MDR-7506.  Good headphones really do make a huge difference in certain situations.  First thing I did when I got these headphones was listen to some songs by Opeth and Porcupine Tree.  The music had never sounded better.  It is, like someone said before, like another dimension.

Unix wrote: oliverstoned wrote: I've listened to a big Stax set up yesterday. (Tube headphones amp + electrostatic headphones) Oh my, this is beyond words!! Those look crazy good.   I'm sad to say I don't have good headphones at all, I just use the ones that came with my ipod

You can easily upgrade with Ultimate Ears 3Studio, or Shure E2C, or Etymotic 6i.

rileydog22 wrote: I've got Etymotic 6i Isolater earbuds. They block out almost all outside noise, and provide excellent bass.  I'm no audiophile, but I really love the sound of these.  I don't know if I can go back to my old really cheap headphones.

By the way Oliver, how do these compare with your 4's, in terms of quality?

Just curious. 

oliverstoned wrote: I've listened to a big Stax set up yesterday. (Tube headphones amp + electrostatic headphones) Oh my, this is beyond words!!

Those look crazy good.   I'm sad to say I don't have good headphones at all, I just use the ones that came with my ipod

I've listened to a big Stax set up yesterday.
(Tube headphones amp + electrostatic headphones)

Oh my, this is beyond words!!

I have Sennheiser PXC 250. My favorite traveling companion.

rileydog22 wrote: I've got Etymotic 6i Isolater earbuds. They block out almost all outside noise, and provide excellent bass.  I'm no audiophile, but I really love the sound of these.  I don't know if I can go back to my old really cheap headphones.