Could not get this on jpg - check out "Ornella Muti" for more...

Interesting. Solderdude's reviews go a long way with me, and I will have to listen to it, although I am a confirmed open back fan.

Huzza. Yes. I use SD for comparisons because one can tease out differences in equipment, so its good or better/useful - just not "Absolute" (I still have some of the very early issues). Good idea.

I thought so - but I could not not ABX, blind test, etc. So there is always expectation bias. What sort of music do you listen to, what equipment? What speakers/headphones (open/closed back) do you like or not like?

Certainly SD is a high level guide for recorded pop music (and very well done), but something like "Aja" had 64 tracks (or more), mixing, mastering, musicians playing alone in the studio, they tried what - 6 or 7 drummers - before they settled on Gadd - there is no way to be sure what the exact...

Lighting - resulting in transformers (in the power network outside of your home) trying to turn back on - sometimes 3 times in a row - won't turn off the equipment, and some corner cases (arcing) are not picked up by power conditioners because the voltage is in the "safe" band. The Rags have...

In my earlier years Bose 901/501/301's were my example of that - even more so that I worked at "the Mountain" in the Summer of '78 and saw for myself the rigorous -ahem- QC that the 901 II had, and put them up against ADS 710, 810; KLH-5, AR-3; Magnepan MG-1 and II, DQ-10's etc - heck even the...

I predict they will be a smash. The 600 is -5 db at 30 Hz and the 620 is +6 db at 30 Hz. When a poster says that they will finally have decent bass, it's an example of the desire of the market for "fun tuning". As I wrote in the defunct thread I'd like a less smoothed FR for these, and...

Yes, the stage size, mid and lower bass dynamics, treble detail/harmonics, coherence come to mind at once as strongly favoring the HEK Stealth > Arya Stealth. The Arya Stealth has higher ear gain, can sound a little raw/rough. Classical/Jazz/chamber rock favor the HEK, rock and other...

Closed back - a new "bass cannon" using excess reverb/loose bass Q? +5-6 db over 1kHz under 50 Hz... Senn wants to catch on to the market - can't blame them for wanting to boost sales. Like to see a less smoothed curve than the one Senn put out., and distortion figures in the bass, not just...

That's a sound way to do it. Well grounded techniques and conclusion. Carry on! Added: Getting back to the OP, based on what he's looking for in the bass, a closed back dynamic seems to be the best choice.

Closed back - a new "bass cannon" using excess reverb/loose bass Q? +5-6 db over 1kHz under 50 Hz Senn wants to catch on to the market - can't blame them for wanting to boost sales. Like to see a less smoothed curve., and distortion figures in the bass.

Read the following in Headphonesty re: HE-6 SE: This is what neutral planar magnetic bass is all about. It’s there when the music calls for it, but is everything that a bass-boosted signature is not. Notes are controlled and clear. They are viscerally engaging at times and just enough to...

That is fine. There is a clear trend towards more bass over at least the last 25 years in audio - witness the Harman curve under 100 Hz, it's based on preference - not accuracy. To each his own, but the adjective soft, I would put on the far end of the other side beyond positive traits such as...

I answered this before, but just now when reading the Headphonesty review of the HFM HE-6 SE v2 just now found this description of its planar bass: This is what neutral planar magnetic bass is all about. It’s there when the music calls for it, but is everything that a bass-boosted...

https://danclarkaudio.com/ether-c-angled-ear-pads.html

Very interested in these.

OK - then back to: PEQ Fuzzor mod Pads & rear screen removal/replacement - after testing 15 diff ones - the DCA Ether Angled Lambskin still rule - huge horizontal stage and very even sonics from low to high. The screens off (not good with infants or pets - or safer the Artic Cable screens -...

fuzzor mod, R2R dac, PEQ - any one, or all 3 like I do. Fresh pads will help too. Silver cable (plated or 100%) not recommended for these. Nice O2 free copper cable is the way - including DIY. Wait - do you use the XLR or SE output to the 500's? That amp and almost all Schiit headphone amps...

IMO, no Senn (under $10k) can touch modded/PEQ'd HE-500's on female vocals, also true for DCA estats. 600's do a heck of a job w/ pianos however.

That the success of Rall with ribbons encourages other outfits to jump in so we can have more choices, more improvements, and lower prices. Rall makes the best tweeters - and so far the best ribbon headphones.