Massdrop x Sennheiser HD58X Jubilee

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  1. jexby

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    gawd. Fire them. @zerodeefex would.
     
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    Wtf, I do this. f**k, I’ve listened to an HD800 out of a phone more times than I can count. I’d rather have music going with what I have on hand than none at all.
     
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    unless it is the HD800 out a phone then is it still music?:p
     
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    @zerodeefex , I thought that's where the Andromeda came in? :)
     
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    Ah crap. Just as I ordered the 6XX and the 600 to compare against my 650M. Might as well have the whole family and compare them.
    Thanks guys for staring me clear of the 660S which sounds more like a creepy cousin no one wants to hang around with.
     
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    Send back your audiophile card pronto.
     
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    I would rather listen to cheap IEM like Xiaomi , or stock ones on phones than HD800. There is no way phones can push the 600ohm low end of the HD800 even to half decent levels and control.
     
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    In Canada, I paid $249 for HD558’s (on sale) at Best Buy a long while ago. Best Buy still sells a whole lot of mediocore headphones for prices around the $150-$200 mark, so there is a lot of value in Massdrop and Sennheiser working together.

    Not sure how much the 58X’s would be held back through a phone, but splurging for something like the GOv2a with the 6XX’s is worthwhile.
     
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    I'll take EDM on my PM3/phone over a well-amped HD600/HD650 any day... the bass is cleaner.
     
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    In my day we where happy to listen to two cans tied together with string! Had the same treble as the HD700’s.
     
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    They had cans in your day? I thought there were only stone bowls :)
     
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    Yeah at first. Then later the cans. We listened to the Bose uh..bowls for years until someone pointed out they sounded like ass.
     
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    What they used before stone bowls.
     
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    Yeah, and people today complain about the weight of the Audeze. Ass could break your neck. That’s how we lost Ogg.
     
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    So many variations which makes harder to purchase. Lesser choice, easier to make decision and purchase for me. Call me crazy and it would been better with just one headphone in each series, HD6xx, HD7xx, HD8xx.
     
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    Will HD58x scale well by pairing with better amp like HD6xx? My guess is that this new driver is not as good as HD600/650's in terms of scaleability from the feedback on HD660s...
     
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    I am of opposite opinion.
    I think the newer design should make is better because greater efficiency is always a plus to being better..


    Damm.....
    I cant believe Sennheiser going backwards in quality to make money instead of going forward..

    They give us a "facelift" of new molded plastic and Make money...

    It would have been great to have this one modded to beat the others but as Marvey reviels it is inferior.
    No place else like SBAF to cut thru the BS of hype.

    I already soved the 4.5k residual on CSD which all these units have ...
    But will stick with my original 580..
     
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    Not as good. 38mm driver, more wonky FR, higher distortion. Close though. There is a reason why it is $150 instead of $200. Think of things like this:

    HD580/HD650/HD6XX/HD600
    HD660S
    HD58X
    -gap-
    HD558
     
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    Where would the original HD580 lie in that list?
     

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