[Beolab]

Just for fun:

What headphones sounds like a High End speaker?

If you should pick out a headphone that sounds for example like the Focal Utopa Be with the same signature, which one should it be ?

Namedrop the Headphone and the Speaker


This could be fun

 

[cjc]

I really like the sound of my ADS loudspeakers and the "closest sounding" pair of cans of mine are the Senn HD 580.

 

[snellemin]

I'm liking my Hifiman 400i.  
Sounds like my A/D/S L470 speakers with copper braid wire added to the crossover traces, which is powered by NAD 2140 Amp.
 
BTW, yesterday I powered the Hifiman to the NAD 2140 speaker terminals with some resistors.  Man does it sound good.

 

[cjc]

Would like to hear the newer 400i then. My older HE-400's don't come anywhere near the upper freq. of my ADS

 

[snellemin]

  Would like to hear the newer 400i then. My older HE-400's don't come anywhere near the upper freq. of my ADS

I pair my ADS with my old B&O S120 speakers and they blend very well together.  I sit about about 5-10 feet away from the speakers when I crank them up.  The Hifiman gives me about the same sound, but without disturbing the neighbors at 11PM.

 

[MermaidMan]

I haven't heard many speakers, but my first time with high end speakers was was at Hanson A/V in Ohio. I had the privilege of hearing the $180,000 Focal Grand Utopia EM loudspeakers and it was one of the most incredible experiences I've had since I started this hobby. The only headphones to come close to that experience were the Hifiman HE-6 on a First Watt F1J amplifier (@Preproman's rig). Truly the most visceral and speaker-like headphones I've heard to date. 

 

[Shaffer]

My bass modded K702 sound like my Dunlavy SCIV. They're actually a bit closer to the SCV I had for about a decade.



(not my pic)

 

[genclaymore]

I never heard high end speakers so I don't know what they would sound like. I do know I like my HE-500 ran thru my setup.