🔷 Sennheiser HD820

Headphones [Official] Closed Back
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Ok thats not bad then, but you gotta get some sort of bass boost going on that

How’s the soundstage and imaging

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The 58x is more warm and rounded sounding in the bass but the 95x is way more detailed in the subbass and further extending

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Imagining is very very good for the price. Soundstage is above average as well, also very open sounding

It’s actually really good for eq if you are into that

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Ok but what even are the benefits of an estat over a dynamic

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Typically the estats have better detail, imaging, separation and openness. They also are much faster and effortless sounding (sometimes a bit lighter sounding). It’s pretty different than most headphones but its not clearly better than others in it’s price point comparing all aspects

Also note that the 95x does have a tad bit of dynamics compression but it’s not a deal breaker like it is for the schiit modi or older aeon lolol

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EStat’s are about mid range timbre and speed.
Nothing else sounds like an EStat.
And that’s true whether speakers or headphones.

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They don’t rely on a magnet… and they can react near instantly to dynamic changes in sound… hence crazy detail… that is more or less impossible with a dynamic driver…

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So why are these so cheap then this seems like a great deal

Is it just Koss being Koss?

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They are 100 bucks off atm which is a great deal. The original 950 is from like the 90s (I think I can’t remember) but it still holds up today. Massdrop just brought them down in price a ton and only give them new pads

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Also something to note the build is somewhat cheap if you care about that (like surprisingly so but still better than stax lol) but comfort is still good

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Yeah… it’s worth mentioning the Koss Electrostats were originally $1000 or so

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Ok I am actually interested in THESE

Question is how would I even use a bass boost since I can’t use a different amp (with a bass boost) cuz they use an energizer :thinking:

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You could do it through eq or get a schiit loki or something

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ok ok

20 charrrrrrrrr

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Also head over to here for more info and so we stop hijacking this thread lol

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I’m getting pretty good at understanding headfi lingo but can someone explain to me what ‘air’ is? It’s being used to describe 10k + frequencies

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My understanding is that is in reference to where high frequency transients occur. Like cymbal splashes. Decay is also a characteristic of “air”.

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Gold for :de: :wink:

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Sennheiser HD 820 Flagship Closed Back headphones: Beauty and the Beast.