its a doc page. Theres bottom tabs click them to cycle through it. Definitely nothing I would agree with as far as “bad” headphones its not a very large list either.
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thanks lol, missed that.
OMG I love this guide! Thank you VintageLC. I love how he mentions the sound signature right at the top: U shaped, Dark, Nuetral Bright, Nuetral Warm. Also the used prices
It’s good that he described it like that but when you put those particular headphones in a “bad” description and then go out saying that Sennheiser HD 559/579/598/599 can all be paired together without a thorough description, say the dt990 has a muddy bass I am not sure this guy knows what muddy bass is and the treble is fixable based on amp setup, lastly stating the dt 1990 is grainy suffers from driver issues so suffering from qc problems and is worse than that of a dt 880? Nah, I discount you immediately and remove the guide. Just my opinion though.
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Have you seen Zeos review of these? he says pretty much the same thing lol
Yeah the DT1990 i read. he says “driver death issues” not sure if thats what i think it means. maybe it was something they had a problem with a time ago. As for the grain, my Helios has the same problem, on most tracks its fine but on a few you’ll hear grain. maybe thats what hes talking about
He described 990 and the philips lineup as all muddy and the 1990 as grainy. x2 hr fidelio I can agree to being a little muddy and the like but definitely not 990 or shp9500. I definitely didn’t get any grain on my 1990s so like I said my opinion. Definitely to each their own but its definitely not a guide I agree with at all
oh yeah! he put the 4xx under terrible value. I dont like it. I really think this headphone is overrated
aw man, he dumped on the meze 99 =(
He put Aivas up high but doesn’t mention that they most definitely lack a bass presence despite being a planar and have a very high treble presence to some people who can find sibilant
I think the Avia has good bass. yeah the treble is high on it but not too bad.
I found the bass very lacking while it was bright I had to equalize to have a good enough bass for a respectable planar. I want my bass “slam” so to speak. If the bass doesn’t really seem like it’s there it completely throws me off.
Wow, he says the Utopia is his favorite hes heard. but lists it as Neutral
The reviewer seems very biased towards “neutral” sounding headphones. He compares quite a few to the hd 600 and stands by the Focal stating its neutral. He also seems to fail to understand the difference between a V shape to a Neutral-Bright signature. Calling the Sundara a V signature? Nah.
Yeah like most audiophiles he loves the neutral. i used to like neutral till i started hearing the better v,u,w shaped headphones.
Also he loves the elex but called it neutral.
I actually haven’t got to listen to any W signatures I don’t think. I typically stand by Neutral bright or V signatures but I do love warm tones. I hate like 95% of dark tones outside of the nighthawks. eh, I will count him as someone whos far too biased as a reviewer… I don’t prefer to review things myself due to my subtle biased viewpoint towards V and Bright signatures however, if I do review something outside my preference I definitely try to give it the benefit
well he does say its a “Mild V shape”
Have you gotten the Helios yet? you did order it i thought you said. its really awesome you should try it
Well, ya see. I did order it. Then I had some other stuff come up causing me to cancel it. I have been sitting down with the T1 Balanced + Liquid Platinum + Bifrost 2. Also Balanced my aeon open x on this thing and for the life of me I haven’t considered trying other alternatives at this moment lmao. It’s unfortunate that I will be sending back the T1 amp and dac as they are only auditioners. I will have to buy these later on a sale. Sound to die for especially on my aeons. The helios is described as a V shape with a fairly decent sized sound stage, sounds like its closed to a 58x level of staging, while being fairly aggressive. It honestly sounds like a damn dt 990 just not as sharp and a smaller stage lol. Waiting it out a bit to see if someone somewhere will offer a return policy so I can sit with the helios for a few days and see if I realy want the headphone or not
yes thats true. its a U shaped headphone with 58x like soundstage and a agressive/exciting sound. but what they fail to mention and what i had trouble describing before is its presentation. Its got a Big driver/speaker like presentation. that just makes it sound really fantastic.
I recently re-listened to and compared all my headphones and one of the things that surprised me was how different this headphone sounded compared to all the others. And i think its the presentation that does it. also its great treble and detail, good bass just makes it my favorite headphone right now and i have some truly great headphones
To many who don’t like that much bass they can be perceived as muddy
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