frequency response of Onkyo A800 - forgot to do averages on these so applied 1/6 smoothing instead Headphone: Onkyo A800 Tonality: balanced with bass boost, which is extremely rare for open-backed cans. Uncoloured mids and smooth highs. A tad more laid-back than Harman-neutral thus makes for easier listening over long sessions. Technicality: nothing really stands … Continue reading Onkyo A800: Measurement and third-party pads
TL; DR: the SDR modded HD800 is basically the HD800S, but still not entirely the same frequency response-wise. As such the HD800 IMO is great value especially nowadays you can find them used in the market for about US$700-900. Their bright tonality in stock form is already great for classical/accoustic music, and you also have … Continue reading Measurement of Sennheiser HD800 and SDR Mod, HD800S
Top to bottom: Cotton fabric suede pads (brown), Real leather hybrid pads (w/ perforated inner walls), Protein pads (w/ perforated inner walls), Real leather pads (w/ perforated inner walls), stock pads (bottom right). The XS is fitted with Dekoni Elite Velour on the left side and stock pads on the right. First up is the … Continue reading [LEGACY] Dekoni et al. third-party pads for HIFIMAN Edition XS and HE1000 V2 (UPDATED)
At last, Resolve my favourite reviewer has posted his review. I encourage you to check it out. Now I can be super biased and gush out some personal opinions of the XS. I actually prefer the XS over the Ananda by quite a large margin. A major feature of the hifiman egghead planar is the … Continue reading [LEGACY] Encore of Hifiman Edition XS – Endnotes and Comparison to HE6SE and GL2000
Edition XS - see measurements here, extra comparisons with HE6SE V2 and GL2000; measurement of third-party pads TL;DR: open and airy but well-balanced tuning leaning ever-so-slightly to the bright side, with the typical Hifiman dip at around 1-3khz making mid-range instruments less forward or aggressive. Great layering and separation. Good all-rounder for different music genres. … Continue reading Review of HiFiMAN Edition XS – Compared to Ananda and HE1000 V2 [updated measurement]
