The Fiio Q3 is such an example as I described it in with the Fiio M11.
On such devices, it makes sense to use the balanced outputs to give the headphones enough power, otherwise they will not be able to use their full sound quality.
As you can see in the photos, I connected my HD 560s to a balaced output and turned the volume up almost to full to get a good sound picture.
I bought a 3.5 mm jack bluetooth receiver. I want to convert to 2.5 mm so that it hooks into my hd560s headphone. Can someone recommend a cable. As you know the 2.5mm end has to be a twist and lock type specific to the hd headphones for senneheiser.
I have had the HD560S pretty much since they came out and they have seen off many other headphones. The latest casualty being the GoldPlanar GL2000 double sided. I canât find anything that has the timbre of the HD560S.
The only thing I would improve would be the bass however the bass boost on the Zen Dac is doing a good job. The HD660S, Sundaras, Phoenix, Elear, Amiron and GL2000 have come and gone but the HD560S has remained with its honest and natural sound with lovely vocals and bright but non sibilant or fatiguing treble.
The planarâs give a bigger sound but then they have the haze in the mid range which bothered me too much. I listen mostly at low to medium volumes as I am visually impaired so I want to protect my hearing.
Also people seem to forget that headphones need to be comfortable. Most of the others have not been comfortable after an hour and some have been far to heavy for all day use.
I have managed to get a pair of Focal Elex but I am really worried about their QC issues. They seem to be the only headphone that can give me the HD560S sound with a little more bass. For me the maximum I can really spend on headphones is around 700US.
hmm, well the 560 here is a reference grade neutral but has some brighter treble to it⊠I would say maybe try some of the other sennheisers if you like the 560 here that much maybe check out the 600 series while these are more intimate they do have some very nice sound qualities⊠personally I like the 650 quite a lot but I know others who swear by 600, 6xx, or 660s
Another you could try since you mention comfort⊠I would say check out the DT 880âs⊠I know you checked out amirons but, as someone who loves brighter headphones and beyers brand, I canât even stand that headphone based on comfort and treble. Amirons are like the little brother of the T1 2nd generation their signature is quite similar but the T1 has the better sound, scaling, and comfort⊠1990 is their alternative but is more aggressive and analytical
I just got my pair today, and immediately putting on I feel like the clamping force is very top sided. Itâs not making a full seal either. Anybody else had the same issue?
The clamp out the box is killer and top sided, it will get way better as both the pads and headband break in, it took like 3 days for mine to feel right.
Try adjusting the headband 1 or 2 notches looser, it helped me with the clamp, also I find the 560s more comfy when I swivel them towards the back of my head.
Hello. First time posting here, so sorry if I didnât post in the right place. I have HD560s paired with an iFi Zen Dac and I love this combo and although HD560s is considered an efficient pair, I find myself sometimes getting the volume at around 2-3 oâclock without power match (low / high gain switch on iFi Zen) or 12 - 1 oâclock with power match on. From what I have read, the HD560s driver accept a maximum of 0.2 W and my dac can only output ~280 mW (SE) at 32 ohms which seems pretty low and possible the reason that I have to turn the volume knob up there. Itâs my second pair of headphones ever, coming from a Sennheiser Momentum 2.0s with Fiio E10K where at the 2/3 on the volume dial they were loud enough even for my preferences, so I thought that Zen Dac is bottlenecking my HD560s. The main question that I have, should I really invest another 200$ for an iFi Zen Can to get the most out of my HD560s, or should not bother anymore and just enjoy what I currently have? Sorry for the long post.
Kinda late answer, did you end up buying the zen can?
I use the 560s with the zen dac, they warm up their analitical sound a bit.
I think itâs great and I donât think its bottlenecking them, but the real improvement for the 560s comes with a tube amp, they sound a lot sweeter with my little dot mk2 than with other amps, better soundstaging as well.
