I got a pair on a whim lately, and theyāre quite good! They donāt stand up to my other (much higher priced) cans, of course. But Iāve never heard a set of hjeadphones under $400 that can compete with the level of detail and tonality. And they definitely blow other BD cans in the same price range out of the water.
I had a quirky experience when I first tried them that they made me queasy after about 45 minutes of listen time. The only other time I had that experience was with the MassDrop HiFiMan HE4xx. I canāt tell you what it is, but I switched back to other headphones and the feeling went away. Donāt take this to mean that you will have the same experience. Iām the only one that Iāve heard having it. Iām 40-something and in good health, without any ENT, GI or neuro issues that might cause dizziness or nausea, BTW.
Thatās an interesting possibility, M0N. Suspension headbands and Focals are all my other cans, so maybe pressure on a particular part of my head? Iāll try to find a way to change the headphone pressure on my next session with them.
Or maybe I have my own personal ābrown noteā that both cans have a frequency peak in?
Do you think it had to do with something audio related? Like is there something that jumps out that would make you feel sick? Sometimes phase and polarity issues can make people feel like that, or pressure issues
Thatās smart thinking. I do feel like there a slight āoff-kilterā feeling to their sound profile, but that can also be associated with width and soundstage to my earsā¦ Iāll give them a closer inspection next time I give a listen.
In the mean time, breaking in the drivers at the same time I break in the headband!
Thatās smart thinking. I do feel like there a slight āoff-kilterā feeling to their sound profile, but that can also be associated with width and soundstage to my earsā¦ Iāll give them a closer inspection next time I give a listen. Thanks.
In the mean time, just to see if the fit is the cause Iām breakng in the headband at the same time I break in the drivers!
Ahhhhhh you got the black pads, ok. Perhaps consider picking up some genuine beyer 880 silver pads, perhaps that might make things fit better for you. The black pads are stiffer and less comfortable imo, also they kinda tilt the sound brighter and sound a bit less refined than the 880 silver. They are also a bit thinner and wider too, so it might fit better on your head
Yep, donāt worry about it, itās a common mistake people make with these, they go for the cooler looking black color. The pads are really the only thing as far as I know that they did differently to change the sound.
The silver should sound much better. Hope you like them more!
my vote is the silver over the black for three reasonsā¦ #1 the pro is tight, the black premium is super loose, and the silver premium is just right. #2 the head band on the black premium has this weird rubbery, hair grabbing, texture to it. #3 on the versions i had the velour fabric was not the same. the silver was noticeably softer.
I simply couldnāt use them. They both made me very queasy and āmotion sick.ā I couldn wear them. Like I said before, Iāve only had that experience once before. But the sensation happened within a couple minutes of putting them on, got worse as I weared them, and wore off within a minute or so of taking them off or switching to another headphone. I tried it on different days, both weekedsd and weekdays, so itās not like I was having an off day either.
YMMV, and obviously itās a rare thing because I donāt thin that Iāve ever heard anybody else complain of that. Maybe Iām just sensitive to something specific to these and the HE-400. #delicateconstitution#bornthisway
Did you try just having them sit on your head and not playing anything to see if it was fitment or sound? Either way they werenāt staying, but Iām just curious what it was now lol
I have a similar issue with the Beyerdynamics Iāve tried. Iām not really treble sensitive, so itās not that, but they didnāt work at all for me. I still own 770s, but I had to return the 1990s I bought. Only headphone I ever returned, but the RE2000 is going to be the 2nd
