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Who let the HF shortbus in?

Ok, this isn't as bad as the majority of other first posters so I'll bite. For what my opinion is worth in any case... First of all - take your time and look around the other threads around here about the HD600/650, there's plenty of sound info there. After all if you can't be bothered, why should we? Secondly - don't make the mistake of judging the HD600/650 insufficiently amped. These headphones, especially the HD650 will have a very sleepy treble response if poorly driven. Poor treble means bad soundstaging and that's a big disadvantage for classical music. Third - take a look at your source equipment, the amp won't do any magic if it isn't coming from the signal source. I can recommend Headamp and Schiit as decent manufacturers. Keep an eye out in the classifieds for Gilmore Lite amps, these are pretty great for HD600. As for Schiit both Asgard and Valhalla may fit the bill. If you can find a built Bottlehead Crack at your pricepoint then be sure to consider it. So that's that. The HD600 can be a great headphone if you are willing to do some work. Do some researching on your own, after all - that's where half of the fun lies in this hobby.

The Actual Active would have been perfect. At least I no longer have the stupid iPhone.

I bet they will for people like you who wish they had the Actual Active.

Hopefully, they will have an S4 version so I can be active.

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^ Agreed on both counts with pretty much everything you said. Seems we hear a few things similarly. The 007 and 009 even from the BH, KGSSHV or T2 weren't enough to pull me away from the modded 800 w/ my rig. But the Omega is something special, probably the best midrange I've ever heard in a headphone. If it had a bit more bass punch and impact when called for, it would be pretty damned close to perfect along w/ a well driven HE90. A couple things: 1-I think it was covered but somewhat lost in the nuance of the discussion by some, but high output Z is not a requirement for proper synergy w/ the 800. I know my modded Super 7 puts out around 4 ohms and I've heard a few decent SS implementations w/ zero output-z and objectively beautiful measurements do quite well (the O2 not being one of them). It's definitely a case by case, circuit by circuit determination IME. I would not go dropping 43 ohms after every amp simply because of whatever the HDVD800 does. 2-On the mod, try to be as precise around the ring area as possible, a shift of less than 1mm in position or size can have a significant impact and make the ringing/peak even worse. As for the link to the rabid dawg mod, that's about 3 prototypes old now and anyone can feel free to give it a go. Material selection is key though, and you have to really pay attention to what you are using, they are not all the same. Hope to have a pre-fab kit available in a few months that will offer the end user a few subtle flavors to select for their preferred rig and tastes.

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