solderdude
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Hey @Bald1 What's that little transparent box sitting on top of your Topping? ;-)
Garage 1217 Project Polaris
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Hey @Bald1 What's that little transparent box sitting on top of your Topping? ;-)
Hey @Bald1 What's that little transparent box sitting on top of your Topping? ;-)
There is a story behind the Polaris...
So I designed the Polaris ...
Jeremy wanted the BW settings to filter lower in freq. so in the end there is the option to order it with 'aggressive' settings (Jeremy's settings) and the more gentle settings (mine) where BW can be chosen between low (which rolls of treble somewhat similar as NOS DACs), mid setting which rolls of just outside of the audible band and full bandwidth which rolls off way above the audible band.
Don't expect big differences though.
This is the first time I hear that one of these models is boomy. I don't think that this may be caused by the amplifier, except in cases of really bad design. The output impedance must be quite high to have a significant influence on the sound due to the Sennheissers having 300 Ohm nominally impedance.I found the Senns bass boomy -- 580 600 650 -- and was wondering if the 58x massdrop alleviates this. If anyone knows.
the Shure 940 amd dt 880 have a much better neutral cut to the bass and I can hear pitch and tone better, though certainly bass lighter. On 650 in orchestral music I always heard low register overhang. Lesser extent with the other two Senns.This is the first time I hear that one of these models is boomy. I don't think that this may be caused by the amplifier, except in cases of really bad design. The output impedance must be quite high to have a significant influence on the sound due to the Sennheissers having 300 Ohm nominally impedance.6
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If it's just a case of personal preference (fine with me, tastes differ) you may be more happy with AKG K5xx and K7xx. Maybe not those models tuned by musicians, just the standard models.
I had versions of the Senns quite a while ago (580 at least 15yrs) perhaps newest iterations are different.Both the HD660S and HD58X sound less 'boomy' and somewhat 'tighter/more controlled' in the lows to me.
Don't expect big differences though.
Still haven't had feedback from Massdrop whether the newest HD58X indeed differ from the first run.
This still has to be investigated before I would recommend the HD58X when bought new (or need to check more samples)
There are a lot of 'amateur' reviewers that only heard 1 or 2 other headphones. Wouldn't trust those. Pick one that agrees with your own assesment of the HD600 and HD650 (taking age of the headphone/pads into consideration)
Nice collection! Would love to audition ZMF...I order of my Favorite ones first:
ZNF Verite Pheasant wood
ZMF Auteurs Teak
MrSpeakers Aeon Flow Closed
HiFiMan HE-400i