19 Jul
2008
19 Jul
'08
9:52 p.m.
lynne shorthose wrote:
it's just that i treated myself to the 650s a while ago in the
hope of using them for mixing and mastering, but don't think
them at all suitable after having listened to them extensively.
i've always wondered whether the 650s were a step down from the
much lauded 600s, or whether i just wouldn't recognise quality
and neutrality if they broke into my house and spelt their names
on my fridge with alphabet magnets.
You might be one of those people who don't like the laid-back style of
the Senn' HD 6xx. To your ears, they seem too "soft", isn't it?
Try and get your hands on a higher-end-ish Grado and see how you like
it. In fact, many of the high-end phones should be a bit more "forward"
than Sennheiser.
But don't just sell the 650 immediately. Wait a bit, you may end up
keeping both. That's what happened to me, even though I went the
opposite way.
And indeed, for splicing tracks and stuff like that, I find the Grado
more helpful sometimes. But then I switch to the sampler, hit a chord
with an aggressive, buzzy synthesizer patch, and all of a sudden it
feels like I'm chewing glass. Oh, right, I was listening through the
Grado. :-/
Your experience might be different.
--
Florin Andrei
http://florin.myip.org/