Btw, Johnny fyi - if i'm not mistaken, not all Beyer models are open.I didn't mean to imply that they are; just that *in general* the better open back 'phones sound more real than the closed cans do.
Denon AH-D5000 anyone compare to Grado RS 1i
I am looking for some input (LOL) from some of the more serious user’s of headphones. I have never used them for any length of time recently. Yrs back when I was a traveling drummer and worked in the studio we were of course forced to use them and there’s where quite offend very expensive and SEALED I remember it felt like my ears where in a vacuum and being sucked out (treuly air tight)!
Any way I listen to a lot of Latin guitar and percussion music, Brass with power, I like deep natural bass and wide detailed sound stage. The live feeling of music and I am not sure if I can afford a pr of headphones to meet that need.
Equipment would be my Esoteric X-05 SACD/CD player through my McIntosh C220 preamp I am using Mazda 1958 military tubes and it is very sweet. I bought my kid a pr of Bose on-ear headphones which he did not want because he likes ear buds, so I tried them one time and they really are not made for this set up. They are more I think for travelers and I-Pod users.
I read a review that the Denon AH-D5000 Reference Headphones are quite a stereophile pr of cans, as well as the Grado RS 1i. Would love to hear what you guys think or any other thoughts. I found the Denon’s brand new for $418 shipped at Amazon quite a deal I thought for new.
Thank you for your help-
Any way I listen to a lot of Latin guitar and percussion music, Brass with power, I like deep natural bass and wide detailed sound stage. The live feeling of music and I am not sure if I can afford a pr of headphones to meet that need.
Equipment would be my Esoteric X-05 SACD/CD player through my McIntosh C220 preamp I am using Mazda 1958 military tubes and it is very sweet. I bought my kid a pr of Bose on-ear headphones which he did not want because he likes ear buds, so I tried them one time and they really are not made for this set up. They are more I think for travelers and I-Pod users.
I read a review that the Denon AH-D5000 Reference Headphones are quite a stereophile pr of cans, as well as the Grado RS 1i. Would love to hear what you guys think or any other thoughts. I found the Denon’s brand new for $418 shipped at Amazon quite a deal I thought for new.
Thank you for your help-
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Among the headphones you are looking for, the Denons are are closed-back headphones. Any other serious headphones--Sennheiser, Grado, AKG, Beyer--are open-back designs. For informed descriptions of any headphone you might be interested in, go to http://www.headphone.com, the website of Headroom.com. In addition to those Denons, I would look at their descriptions of the Grado RS-1, Sennheiser HD 600, Sennheiser HD 650, and the AKG K 701. Being a drummer too, I have long been satisfied with the open, fast, airy, extended, and completely natural sound of the Sennheisers I mentioned. |