Sony 7506 with beyerdynamic dt250 velour pads + LG V20 phone with EQ set to W shape EQ. I couldn’t believe the bass could sound that good on the common ol’Sony monitors. Makes me respect Sony again. I had these Sonys in one form or another for 20 years and the new pads, Quad DAC of the LG and EQ made the 7506 sound like new headphones. It completely transforms the sound. They sounded way more energetic. (I have the made in Thailand model)
On some songs, the bass sounded like explosions goes off in my head lol
Hifiman 5xx can be BASS CANNONS with the right source and bass bump. Pleasantly surprised by them. These sound like nukes going off. Lol
Also, Sony MDR-Z7m2 sound utterly sparkly like colorful unicorns are coming out of the drivers. A magical experience. Sound is refined and complex like a fine wine. Fun sound that isn’t muffled like cheaper cans. But that’s a little less of a surprise given the level of cans hierarchy.
For female vocals hifiman Edition XX sounds out of this world. Some sounds gives me goosebumps
my dad had some koss headphones, those sounded really nice. then i got koss sparkplug cuz bass. then i tried i think shure ec3 and those were horrific. thats where i learned what "thin bass" meant. they were completely unusable. then i got the athm50 and finally felt right about it. then hd650 and now hifiman edition XX
I had a pair for a long time and regret selling them.
I wanted an open back planar again and I was debating between another pair of these or the Edition XV that just released. I got the XV primarily because I heard the tuning is perfect out of the box.
Turns out it was. I'm happy I got them I definitely prefer their sound over the 2C.
I would still like a 2C again in the future though. I love the build and the pads.
Actually yeah they don't feel that far removed from an Audeze build. They are nearly all metal and pretty hefty. Even the pads are nice and plush. I always hated the pads on the original Ananda. I would say the bass sounds better to me than the 2C did. Less rolled off, more of a meaty sound all together.
Granted, I'm talking about the XV. I do think things like the Ananda and some of their other sets feel cheap. I've never had the XS but you can tell by the looks they feel cheap.
One thing I will say, when running frequency sweeps above a certain volume, I have noticed some ghost tones creep in at specific frequencies. Not sure what that was about but a lot of it went away as I've been using them. But out of the box it was like there was a tone within the tone on one channel or another at a couple different frequencies. Like 400hz and 1700hz or something.
Seems to have gone away though for the most part. I don't notice anything in every day use like music or games or anything. If I didn't frequency sweep my headphones every so often to check for driver issues, I would have never noticed. I'm thinking it's just because they are new and it will go away, I hope.
I use this set of tests
[https://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests\_headphones.php](https://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests_headphones.php)
well after testing the XV today, they no longer have that weird issue with freq sweeps. It sounds clean throughout the range even at high volume. It was probably just because they were brand new.
I won't argue, maybe some people like the sound of dynamic headphones, but I don't at all. They are not natural to my ears, they are blurry and slow (except, maybe, ADX5000 and Composer, didnt hear them), I can't stand it. The Focal Utopia sounded especially terrible, just disgusting. I also didn't like the Raal ribbons (single ribbon variants, had not listened to Immanis). I like the sound of the Sr Omega the most closely followed by X9000 and 007. I liked a lot Audeze LCD 4z but have no good amp for them. Given this, i judge, to my ears, IMO, dynamic drivers cannot offer me clarity, soundstage, speed, naturality and resolution of estats which is gives me top sounding to my ears.
I would say yes difference is definitely there
Edition xs -
- Much Better sound Separation and Soundstage
- Better Sub bass response and mid bass response is same as 560s . Bass quality is excellent. I didn't miss any bass in any
- Excellent treble response and resolution ( neutral bright). I didn't find treble to be harsh to my ears yes it's brighter than hd560s but highly detailed. I wasn't impressed by HD600 much but edition XS did impressed me.
- Vocals are very little recessed but natural sounding but that's the cost of a much bigger soundstage.
Great timber I would give edtion xs 8/10 timber and 560s 9/10 timber. 560s is little more natural sounding than edtion xs
Overall Edition XS is highly detailed very balanced headphone and better than hd560s in every area. But you need a good DAC and amp to fully drive the edition xs if not then it can sound thin.
I actually listened to both exclusive mode and Window shared audio service ( set to 32 bit 44.1khz in window 11 sound settings ). And there is actually no sound difference or even if there is it's so inaudible I think window 11 shared audio mixer is very high quality. I was using Apple music high res in Window 11 paired with Topping Stack and now moving to Spotify lossless exclusive mode has no difference in sound quality
If you music streaming service has exclusive mode then absolutely use it cause the audio data going directly to your external Dac rather than window shared audio sampler and if not then you are not missing anything from your music.
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Budget gaming king with clear sound, but tight fit.
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