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HD800S needs OTL amp. Not solid state amp. HD800S bass impedance is around 600 ohm btw. Far higher than 300 ohm impedance in 1khz.

Of course HD800S using amp like Feliks Envy you will get more than enough bass.

Hi @Joe Bloggs, can you explain why plugin order have different sound ? I try to change plugin order and it's sounds different. Convolution at bottom sounds better than Convolution at top. Just installed plugin but not activate it will sounds different too. And what's the best plugin order for...

Only 5 hours battery life on 4.4 ? Is this acceptable in 2024 ?

You can measure control with CSD plot. Waterfall or C.S.D. (Cumulative Spectral Decay) plots give you SOME information about how fast the headphone stops making sound AFTER the signal has been stopped. https://diyaudioheaven.wordpress.com/tutorials/how-to-interpret-graphs/csdwaterfall-spectrum/

Clearly he said HD800S have better clarity and control which mean it's OBJECTIVELY a better headphone. If you like more bass, more fun than HD800S and more forward and intimate sounding headphone Composer is better. But that's SUBJECTIVE depend on listener taste.

Still it seems he prefer HD800S. Both are in his recommended list.

If you like bass why not try planar headphones ?

The Sennheiser HD 800 S, is selling for $1,699 USD (now discounted to $1,355 USD) which is excellent with the SAEQ amplifier btw, is a faster and lighter sounding headphone than The Composer. It also has a higher energy level with more explicit upper mids and livelier top end. The Composer in...

How about Subtonic Storm resolution compared to Utopia and Susvara ?

I'm looking for IEM with big full body, smooth, dynamic sound, high resolution, with nice soundstage, imaging, and layering. IMAX like sound. Will pair it with HiBy R8II

Have you update your loaner R8 II to firmware 1.20 ? I think it's sound very nice better than previous version 1.11.

I saw the posting date and laughed. Good joke.

I wonder how HD800S sounds with ATH Narukami.

HE1000SE is even brighter than HD800S to give illusion of more detail. Not recommended.

I have HD800S and when I played Ace Combat 7 OST, their soundstage is as wide as the sky. It feels infinite and borderless. I wonder if there is any IEM like that.

I'll never sell my HD800S. Their magical soundstage makes me hallucinate.

Where do you read limited soundstage in that review ? Only N8 II and P6 Pro that have a bit wider soundstage. If R8 II have limited soundstage then ZM2 even more limited.

Have you read theheadphonelist review ? It's wholesome upgrade from R6P2 both technically and tonally.

So the only thing Composer does better than HD800S is more linear bass ?

Most DAP using 3.8V battery. Even Cayin N30LE.

Anyone know what DAC in the middle with 16E used to compared with D16 ? The other is Hugo2 and Mojo2.

Nomax just like to overhyped some headphones. 🤣

Yeah, Utopia driver failure rate is completely different league compared to HD800S. 🤣