Headphone dilemma

[solderdude]

same pads a.f.a.i.k.

 

[ciccio1378]

same pads a.f.a.i.k.

Sorry, solderdude, but what do you mean? I don't understand.

 

[solderdude]

As far as I know the ATH-R70xa and R50x pads are the same.

 

[Teepeex]

If you don't mind the open design, I recommend the ATH-R70xa from my own experience. Very light headphones made in Japan, relatively higher impedance, so I recommend a headphone amplifier, but with the Dawn Pro 2 dongle, for example, they can be controlled relatively easily. With a light equalizer, they are beautiful

 

[ciccio1378]

After three months of exchanging opinions with friends on the Forum, I've found the headphones that have solved, I think definitively, my listening needs, and I hope no one is horrified: the new Fiio jt7. I find them to have more extended bass, which sounds more balanced and "natural," without the need for EQ adjustment. The mids are more prominent than those of the HD560, and in certain situations I found the mid-highs around 6kH a bit annoying, but I solved this by adjusting them by -5dB. The highs are more extended and brighter, but never become sibilant or harsh. The soundstage is wider, meaning that I can more easily pinpoint the position of the various instruments in good recordings, and the sound impulses are much quicker. In a certain sense, a world I didn't know about before has opened up to me. Everything sounds "more fun" and engaging. If we then consider that with the Black Friday discount, I paid €103 for them, I think that for this price I couldn't have found better.

 

[bogdanni]

After three months of exchanging opinions with friends on the Forum, I've found the headphones that have solved, I think definitively, my listening needs, and I hope no one is horrified: the new Fiio jt7. I find them to have more extended bass, which sounds more balanced and "natural," without the need for EQ adjustment. The mids are more prominent than those of the HD560, and in certain situations I found the mid-highs around 6kH a bit annoying, but I solved this by adjusting them by -5dB. The highs are more extended and brighter, but never become sibilant or harsh. The soundstage is wider, meaning that I can more easily pinpoint the position of the various instruments in good recordings, and the sound impulses are much quicker. In a certain sense, a world I didn't know about before has opened up to me. Everything sounds "more fun" and engaging. If we then consider that with the Black Friday discount, I paid €103 for them, I think that for this price I couldn't have found better.

I have the same pairing (JT7 and H560s) and I find the opposite: the "sounstage" of HD560s is wider for me. Which shows how subjective this is.

JT7 is perfect to just get lost into music and forget all about this technical nonsense.

 

[ciccio1378]

Perhaps, the sensation of a wider "soundstage" comes from the fact that with the Jt7 I have the impression of being able to better identify the spatial position of the instruments.

 

[bogdanni]

Perhaps, the sensation of a wider "soundstage" comes from the fact that with the Jt7 I have the impression of being able to better identify the spatial position of the instruments.

For me, with the latest version HD560s, being so "analytical" (says so on the box!), it's hard to push the music into the background: it constantly asks for attention for this or that instrument.

 

[ciccio1378]

But I have the first version.