Thank you! And I have to agree the soundstage is honestly great already, probably should have mentioned that in my previous comment in case anyone gets the idea this is lacking in that regard, definitely not - it's fairly wide and especially has great height to it. I'm just a sucker for...

That one of my neighbours tosses out a HE-1 on garbage collection day. 🤣

Been forever since I posted here. I started an antidepressant medication that instead of helping my depression/anxiety gave me crippling fatigue, not want to get out of bed all day, and I also started experiencing horrible anhedonia so stopped enjoying all my usual hobbies like music, games...

So the obvious contender is the HD 620S closed back. Which I suspect (based on them saying it's 150 ohm) will use the same driver as the original HD660S. My original thinking would be that they'd try to get as close to a 600/650/6XX/660S/660S2 type tuning as possible within a closed back, given...

I like the passion put into the video. You can tell the folks involved really care about this headphone. I'm intrigued by what was mentioned about its spatial properties, I'm a self-confessed soundstage-aholic so I love anything that has interesting spatial representation. I also liked what was...

Happy new year! So glad I treated myself to the Kiwi Ears Cadenza the other day, it's been stealing head-time from my K702 and T50RP 50th Anni despite those being $150 and $200 respectively. I just find I keep reaching for the Cadenzas. Stupid me is already thinking "What next?" though and...

Kiwi Ears Cadenza: Vocals are stupidly good on these things. Still can't believe they cost me a measly $35. I actually took my T50RP 50th Annis off my head to listen to these for a bit again. At home for New Year's and having a few drinks, so probably going to slowly work my way through my...

So I can't remember who it was here that told me I should pull the trigger on the Kiwi Ears Cadenza, but whoever it was, thank you! It just arrived today and I'm really impressed by it. The tuning is just so much fun. The treble especially is really pleasing to my ears, coming from my K702 and...

Just got a new addition today, my second pair of IEMs, which I'm putting through its paces at the moment. Kiwi Ears Cadenza: So far first impressions are really good.

I posted here about how I was considering the Kiwi Ears Cadenza a while back, but as I ended up getting myself an over-ear T50RP 50th Anniversary Edition that month I didn't end up ordering it in the end. My purchase finger was itching again though and since it's Christmas I decided to order...

Speaking of closed back HD600s, Sennheiser has been teasing a new model called the HD620S recently which is priced the same as the HD600 and is a closed back. SInce it's a 150 ohm driver it might be using the driver from the 660S, but I think we can at least be confident it's a closed 600 series...

T50RP 50th Anni: Today's a day for songs like this with lots of ear candy and lots going on spatially.

CAL!: Someone just introduced me to the genre that is "PC Music", it's giving me major 90s electronic vibes, and sounds phenomenal on my CAL! with the XBass and XSpace on my amp enabled:

T50RP 50th Anni:

Mine's pretty small as far as the collections here go. 1 planar headphone, 4 dynamic headphones, and 1 dynamic IEM. Yes I have a whole file in my note-taking app to keep track of my current headphones. And yes there's a similar file for my wishlist of ones to buy 🤣 🤣

I think I might need to get me one of those. I heard from someone on Reddit who had the same cable fiddliness issue as me that it is in fact the cable not the headphone, and only affected one of their two cables. They switched to the other - and issue gone. So I think I need to try out my 2.5mm...

CAL! again with some more FKJ on the iFi Zen Air Can: Maybe it's just in my head but I feel like there's quite an audible improvement to how my CAL! sounded when just ran off my audio interface, and there was another improvement today when I got my 6.3mm -> RCA cables so I could use my audio...

CAL! on my new iFi Zen Air Can: I'm really enjoying the XBass and XSpace functions on this amp a lot more than I expected to. My CAL! really sings with both. XBass adds a decent but tasteful amount of bass, and the XSpace function actually works quite well in expanding out the stage and...

Although it could be your gear I think it's worth remembering that the K701 is a pretty forward headphone in the upper mids and throughout the treble. Overlay it on top of something like the HD800S and you'll see it's basically more forward than it across that entire range, and the HD800S as we...

^ Regarding the lacking bass part, make sure you experiment with seating if you haven't already, like having them fit more tightly vs sit more loosely by adjusting the sides. I noticed these are a fair bit more picky about seating than any of the other headphones in my collection. Soundstage...

From my understanding the HD6XX is basically a HD650 with a different paint job and cable - but internally is identical, and so there isn't really a need to spring the extra for the 650 now with it being available. You are essentially getting one with the 6XX, maybe subtle differences but...

High impedance headphones do have one benefit - they're sometimes a better fit for OTL tube amps. So if you're fancying a trip into trying tubes then one could be a worthwhile investment, and I think if that's your intention most people are going to recommend one of the HD6X0 line (HD600, HD6XX...

K702: In other news, just ordered myself an iFi Zen Air Can, to see if I can get a little more juice behind the T50RP 50th Anni and K702. Won't be here until at least Tuesday though sadly.