Mini-Review: Sony MDR-V6 Headphones

[Aynjell]

Hello everybody, and welcome to Aynjell's first headphone review!

Today, we're going to be looking at my brand new Sony MDR-V6 Headphones.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415BVED4YNL._SL500_AA280_.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR-V6-Monitor-Headphones-Voice/dp/B00001WRSJ)

Getting to know me and my setup a bit:
First and foremost, I want to tell you all a little bit about myself. While I'm only 23 years old, my hearing is impaired at the top end. Almost my entire working life, I've worked in machining shops and other loud environments. Only recently have I moved to call center environments, and most recently a technical help desk at a large corporation (internal, IT type stuff). I can hear bass noises a lot better than I can hear high end noises. People who listen to my headphones when tuned for me complain about the amount of treble I use. That being said, I think this impacts my perspective on headphones quite a bit, and I think you should take my opinions into account with this information. My hearing is not impared, but isn't as strong in the highs as some people's.

Next up, I want to go ahead and tell you what will be driving these cans for the duration of my testing. I have a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Championship Edition. It's probably the top end consumer grade product currently avaialable before moving to products geared and designed for studio work, etc. Obviously, my favourite hobby is gaming...

Lastly, why am I even using headphones? I live in an apartment and the korean lady upstairs is easily upset by noise, or so I've been told by her.

Initial Impressions:
Okay, the first thing I want to go over is the packaging! This is my first interaction with the product, and well, it has a somewhat lasting impact on you. The package is your standard cardboard, but it has some silky cloth glued to it to give an obnoxiously royal look to the packaging. I actually wondered if it was removable from the box but unfortunately not without a hassle.

I hated the way they packaged the cabling, but well, if you decide to buy these headphones, you can deal with the hassle of unwrapping them. Let's just say it took me about 5 minutes to get them out of the package, which to me is a little too long.

Volume Limitations:
One of the things I think ends up becoming a factor for me, is the ability of my headphones to turn it's signal into sound, and by that, I mean, how loud can they get! One of the points of reference I'll be making is my Sennheiser HD201's, which I bought because everyone lauded over Sennheisers. I can tell you right now I wasn't satisfied, and perhaps this is evidenced by my requesting another set of cans for my birthday. One of the complaints I had about my HD201's is that my source can't drive them to the volumes I needed to have to enjoy my cans. My sennheisers maximum volume is comparable to about half of what these cans can put out, so those of you who have the sennheisers I've mentioned will understand what this means.

Also, one of the things that speakers tend to do when driven really hard is distort, and headphones are by no means excluded from this, so I'll go ahead and speak on this. In my creative panel for my sound card, I noticed I was limited to a 3db increase in bass, and setting the bass cutoff to anything above 80 would cause distortion, as of right now, I'm still tweaking things, but i have them at 80hz cutoff, and 5db increase, and so far I've noticed no distortion on these headphones.

So to summarize this section, they get loud, stay loud, and don't complain about it. I can actually get them loud enough that they hurt my ears, and I accidentally just did that... and with my needing to hear my music and nothing else, this is definitely a perk!

Highs:

Good volume, and piercing. I like the way it sounds. It's got a lot of seperation and is very clear. Not as clear as the sennheisers in this department, but it's the only thing the sennheisers do better than these so far.

Mids:
While there, it doesn't appear to be as spacious as the bassline is, and isn't very distinct. I dislike this quite a bit about these headphones, but I am completely willing to be forgiving when everything else is so right with them. It's clear, and concise and has decent seperation between tones, but I wasn't impressed by the mids on these cans, to be frank.

Lows:
If any one sound range mattered more to the creators of these headphones, I'd probably guess it was the lows. I've never heard such great range in the lows from my any of my sound sources. Name of the Game, by Crystal Method is excellent on these cans. The bottomline guitar riffs seperate themselves from the low ambient that's present in this song.

Final Verdict:
I like them. I liked them before having them as 'd heard them at a local furniture store (Nebraska Furniture Mart) but never wanted to pay the 100$ they wanted for them. They were 71$ on amazon for my mate, who purchased them for my birthday. So considering they can be had for 75$ roughly, I'd say it's a good value. I'd value them at the 100$ the local store asked for them, but I have no doubt I'll grow out of them like I did with my sennheisers.

I'd give them a 4.0 out of 5, so far, but like I just said, I'll grow out of them and into something higher end in a few months, like I did with those before it, but my initial satisfaction with these is far greater than with my sennheisers, which I honestly noticed nothing spectacular about them even when I initially got them. The fact that these are impressing me before even being broken in is a good sign, and may outlast the last pair.

Anyway, let me know what you guys think, and if any of you buy them on my behest (as I do reccomend them to those who have a similar hearing situation to mine) please by all means, add your input!

[Aynjell]

Well, after owning these cans for quite some time, I can say that they're very selective about thier source. For example, I actually prefer my sennheisers on my audigy 2 ZS, not counting the comfort factor, but the sound is crisper and cleaner on the A2ZS.

As for my final analysis, I recognize all headphones are different, but in this case I can say I prefer one over the other. I'll keep the 205's around though, as they have a place in my life. :)

[xtkxhom3r]

thanks for the review bro

[Sir Barton]

One thing Ive noticed with the MDR-V6, for music listening you need some vacuum tubes somewhere in your audio chain, as theyre a naturally over-analytical headphone. The MDR-V6 and MDR-7506 are both studio monitor type headphones, which are used to find imperfections in recordings. Tubes really do smooth them out pretty good. Ive found without adding warmth, listening fatigue sets in soon enough. Ive owned the V6s for about 15 years, and its the headphone that keeps me coming back.

[Aynjell]

Would a tube based amplifier do the trick? I want toget an amplifier, I'm also thinking about constructing a C-Moy one of these days.

[Sir Barton]

Look at the at the Little Dot II++, they can be had on ebay for around $150. The warmth of the tubes really makes these headphones shine.

[Albaholic]

Look at the at the Little Dot II++, they can be had on ebay for around $150. The warmth of the tubes really makes these headphones shine.
+1 tube rolling is fun (and expensive)

[Aynjell]

Look at the at the Little Dot II++, they can be had on ebay for around $150. The warmth of the tubes really makes these headphones shine.

I've been wanting an amplifier for quite some time. How long would it last without any intervention on my part? Do the tubes burn out?

[Albaholic]

I've been wanting an amplifier for quite some time. How long would it last without any intervention on my part? Do the tubes burn out?

I've had mine for over 4 years now (i think) . I don't clean them or touch them. I did break one once but that was because something fell over and hit it.

[Aynjell]

I've had mine for over 4 years now (i think) . I don't clean them or touch them. I did break one once but that was because something fell over and hit it.


Easy and cheap to replace?

[Albaholic]

Easy and cheap to replace?
Easy, Yes. Just pull the old ones out, push the new ones in.

Cheap is rather subjective. Replacing all four tubes will run you ~$100. (You shouldn't have to do this unless you accidentally break them like i did, or if you want to experiment with different tubes) If you go with the little dot II++ your choices will be a lot more limited than if you go with a newer little dot amp (or other popular tube amp). Here's a link to the ebay seller that I buy from (http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Yen-Audio_Little-Dot-Upgrade-Tubes_W0QQ_fsubZ649054018QQ_sidZ417147938QQ_trksid Zp4634Q2ec0Q2em322). Just to give you an idea of how much they cost. BTW, if you do end up going with a tube amp, that guy was beyond helpful. I had tons of questions and he responded fairly quickly, he even made suggestions as to which tubes i should buy based on my listening preferences. Also, you may want to register over at head-fi.org. (Though your wallet will never forgive you).

[Aynjell]

Easy, Yes. Just pull the old ones out, push the new ones in.

Cheap is rather subjective. Replacing all four tubes will run you ~$100. (You shouldn't have to do this unless you accidentally break them like i did, or if you want to experiment with different tubes) If you go with the little dot II++ your choices will be a lot more limited than if you go with a newer little dot amp (or other popular tube amp). Here's a link to the ebay seller that I buy from (http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Yen-Audio_Little-Dot-Upgrade-Tubes_W0QQ_fsubZ649054018QQ_sidZ417147938QQ_trksid Zp4634Q2ec0Q2em322). Just to give you an idea of how much they cost. BTW, if you do end up going with a tube amp, that guy was beyond helpful. I had tons of questions and he responded fairly quickly, he even made suggestions as to which tubes i should buy based on my listening preferences. Also, you may want to register over at head-fi.org. (Though your wallet will never forgive you).

Probably not a good idea. As far as I'm concerned I'm very happy with my cans. Only thing I can fathom replacing/adding is an amplifier, and I'll probably start with a DIY cmoy to make sure it helps in some way (IMO) to do so. Plus I have an engineer for a girlfriend. She can make it for me in like 2 hours. :)

[Aynjell]

Is the LDMKII++ recommended over the MKIII? I really think I'll be buying one here real soon because I seriously haven't hooked up my speakers since I got these cans. They're just so nice.

My chain is as follows: X-FI Titanium -> Amplifier -> MDR-V6

So it has to take into account this sort of setup. If you have this sort of setup and still avidly reccomend me the MKII++ I may get one... are there any changes to the stock settings you have to make to the MKII++ that I should be aware of?

I'm almost afraid to get a tube amp, though.

[Albaholic]

You shouldn't run into any problems (I was running a similar setup to yours). Except for the fact that eventually you'll want to ditch the sound card and buy a DAC. Why exactly are you afraid to buy a tube amp?

[Sir Barton]

Theres no need to be afraid of a tube amp. I love them, and would pick one over a solid state amp any day. Tube rolling isnt necessary, but you can get better sound out of your amp by experimenting with different tubes. Read up on the various amps and see which tubes people are using with them. Tube amps are also easier to fix if something fails, as many of them use a simple circuit to function.

[Aynjell]

To start off down the AMP roller coaster I'm getting a FiiO E5, which was recommended to me on Head-Fi. As cheap as they are I have to try one.

[Albaholic]

I've been meaning to try one those. I'd interested to hear your opinion on that amp

[Aynjell]

I've been meaning to try one those. I'd interested to hear your opinion on that amp

All the reviews I've read are positive. Everything else in it's price range was put down for various reasons but these are lauded for actually working at their price point.

[MadMan007]

I've read the E5 is basically a bass booster, maybe clears up the sound just a little if you're using phones that aren't really meant to be portable, at least compared to more 'real' portable amps. For the price it's ok but even a Cmoy would be better in general.

[Aynjell]

I've read the E5 is basically a bass booster, maybe clears up the sound just a little if you're using phones that aren't really meant to be portable, at least compared to more 'real' portable amps. For the price it's ok but even a Cmoy would be better in general.

The CMOY beat out the E3, but the E5 is a big improvement over the E3.

[Aynjell]

Before getting my mini-amp I'm going to make a prediction:

Since sound output isn't perfect, and since there's a slight hiss at higher volumes, I'm probably only going to use this amp when I'm mobile, and it may be used exclusively with my sennheisers. I just don't see them beating my X-Fi (with all features off, 50 bass, 38 treble, 90 volume) and my MDR-V6's. It just sounds so damned good. I can see a nicer amp making a difference... like a tube amp as was suggested... but not this thing. I'm looking forward to maybe finding a use for my sennheisers though. :)

But yeah, just putting my prediction out there. Hopefully it will confirm if I've learned anything yet. :)

[Aynjell]

One thing I didn't expect when buying headphones, and read about on head-fi and was very excited to experience and finally have:

Headphone burn in.

Holy **** the attitude of these things has totally changed with just a little tweaking and what has probably been... a couple hundred hours of burning. I know I've ran them at least 10 hours each weekend day... plus maybe 3-5 hours a day.... on normal days.. so rough calculations is aproximately 150-200 hours of real music play time on them and they've become entirely capable of blowing my ears to heaven and back.

Or maybe it's the whiskey talking. Who knows?

I'm still awaiting my pair of FiiO E5's, and am still very intently shopping for a high quality tube amplifier. Tomorrow during down time at work I'll read up on tubes so I have a better understanding of why and how they work. Still top part on my list is Little Dot MKII/MKII++/MKIII as they are all in my price range of about 200-300. I want to find a cheaper tube amplifier to wet my toes a bit and I'm strongly consider a qinpu q2.

[MadMan007]

Could you take a picture of then on top of a CD case maybe? I'd be interested to know the size.

I;m sure you'll do your research too but make sure that the tube amp you choose will support and match those phones. Their impedance isn't high at 63 ohms and an OTL tube amp (output transformerless - output directly off the tubes) might not suit them at all, that type of amp works better with higher or matched impedance phones.

[Aynjell]

I keep circling around looking for different amps and I keep coming around to the LDII (Not ++). It's 190$ shipped and looks really good for my needs and will let me grow into it, me thinks. I can test tubes, tune this amp for my cans, etc. Yeah, seems like the best bet. :)

[Albaholic]

You'll love it

[Aynjell]

Brief FiiO E5 Review:

Shipping was quick. Audio quality and clarity is good. No hiss. Adds a lot of sound for such a small a package. As I said on head-fi... abuot a 15% boost in quality over stock MDR-V6. They almost made my Sennheiser HD205's bearable... almost.

If you want a cheap amp and are on the fence on something that's 100$+ buy this. It'll make you realize the improvement is something you want.

[Albaholic]

Nice, Still going for a tube amp?

[Aynjell]

I'm tied between the little dot and a zero dac. the zero stands out as something I'd just add to with the little dot after the fact since it's able to run as a dac/pre-amp for the ld when I get it. :D

And it can run as an amp now... seems like the better starter buy.

[Aynjell]

Nice, Still going for a tube amp?

Yeah. I've determined the E5 doesn't benefit my headphones when coming out of my sound card... as it's amped enough. Just makes it louder. helps my ipod a lot, though. :D


I'm tied between the little dot and a zero dac. the zero stands out as something I'd just add to with the little dot after the fact since it's able to run as a dac/pre-amp for the ld when I get it. :D

And it can run as an amp now... seems like the better starter buy.

[Aynjell]

Just ordered some ath-ad700's for 65$. Looking forward to reviewing them too.

[jhanby]

Really good choice there.

I love my AD700's eaisly the best bang for your buck headphones, they'll compete with headphones 4 times there price.

Unamped they sound good, amped sound even better.

They are pure heaven out my headphone amp on the Essence STX (sig)

[Aynjell]

My review of the ATH-AD700's is as follows:

I will own them until I die. After I pick out and settle on an amplifier, I am buying ATH-AD900's. That is all.

(I'll post more later :P )

[Brando]

I recommend Denon AH-D7000. Some of the best money I ever spent.

[Aynjell]

Wewt, I'm almost finished making my Cmoy.

You can read about it here, if you like. http://aynjell.blogspot.com/2009/08/working-on-my-cmoy.html

[Aynjell]

CMOY finished, worked on first try, then I broke it and had to modify the ground a bit... after that it's been solid and sounding good. Minor issues but good.

http://aynjell.blogspot.com/2009/08/cmoy-finished.html

I'll be giving it an extended listen tonight, and this weekend I'll tweak it to reduce the hiss.

[Aynjell]

Ordered a Little Dot I+, since all my cans are low impedence (under 100ohm).

[tweakboy]

Very nice review my cousin enjoyed it greatly

[Aynjell]

Very nice review my cousin enjoyed it greatly

Thanks, after a lot more experience I can tell it was prematurely and quite poorly written.

I'd say now that yes, the bass is strong, and as are the highs, but the mids really stand out. For example, if I said one album sounded better than ANY other on this pair of headphones, it would be Love Vs Money by The Dream. The mids, and the bass are very prevalent in this album, and these headphones recreate all that it is quite perfectly.

The lows are a bit heavy, (maybe a 6.2 when the perfect headphones are a 5 out of 10 on bass) but the rest is right where it should be. If I could find a pad that brought the bass down just a touch, these would sound spot on. They're very very good and faithful to their source, so please don't take it as they put a huge spin on what they're playing, because they really don't.

I still rate them very highly, and like them quite a lot, but I'll be lying if I said they get more ear time than my Audio Technica's. They have everything I want, albeit they're a bit low in the bass department, probably a 4.5, but they bring the highs and the mids up to about a 5.5, and they're very fast and strong.

Anywho, I expect all this to change when I get my amplifier, and I probably won't get much ear time with them for a while, as I'm getting some SR325i's, and let's face it, would you listen to a 60$ pair of headphones when you got some 350$ headphones available to you? Probably not. (Mine will have a few nice accessories, like the pads I wanted)

[Albaholic]

SR325i's


I must ban myself from this thread. I've wanted those for quite some time

[Aynjell]

I must ban myself from this thread. I've wanted those for quite some time

Baby PS1000's are win.

[tweakboy]

If your a hard core gamer, this headphone will do nothing for you.

Should think of getting a 5.1 or 7.1 headset with mic and 10 speakers 5 in each cone....
Built in amp,,, sounds much better then those Sony will ever sound,,, gl

[jhanby]

If your a hard core gamer, this headphone will do nothing for you.

Should think of getting a 5.1 or 7.1 headset with mic and 10 speakers 5 in each cone....
Built in amp,,, sounds much better then those Sony will ever sound,,, gl

No. No. Just No.

This statement is wrong on so many levels

1. There are no headphones that are true Surround sound - its physically impossible.
2. There is no way a "built in amp" will ever sound better than stand alone amp.
3. These "5.1" and "7.1" headphones are so ridiculously expensive that your mainly paying for your name.

All your "5.1" and "7.1" headphones are complete software trickery.

If you're a real "hardcore" gamer go for the Audio Technica AD700's.

[Albaholic]

^ Thank you for that!

[jhanby]

Just to clarify on my first point.

5.1 surround speakers use the fact that you can space them far away from your head and in the correct position.

Craming 5 Drivers into a small housing is like taking you whole 5.1 speaker setup and placing it half a meter away from you surrounding you.

You are correct in thinking that by having 5 seperate drivers, you can have 5 seperate channels, but because they are all placed in a relatively small housing, you cannot get the correct placement or space to make it sound realistic.

Therefore, these "5.1" headphones have to use the software to enhance the sounds, which means that the loud bits are made louder and "sent" to only one of the drivers to try to simulate that the sound is actually coming from that direction.

They will also turn down the ambeint sound, so that when a loud bang comes over your shoulder, it is more pronounced.

Having a properly designed Steroe pair of headphones (take the AD700s for example), will mean that the 'Soundstage' that people go on about will allow you to accurately place footsteps because it is realistic.

[Aynjell]

If your a hard core gamer, this headphone will do nothing for you.

Should think of getting a 5.1 or 7.1 headset with mic and 10 speakers 5 in each cone....
Built in amp,,, sounds much better then those Sony will ever sound,,, gl

I have a Razer barracuda HP-1, and guess what? It sits in the closet.

Yes, it has decent sound, and it's an okay piece of equipment but I never would have paid for it, it was given to me, and I'd never recommend you to buy it. The sound works, but I paid 65$ for my Audio Technica AD700's. I got a hellaciously good deal, and on top of that, Amazon gave me 5$ worth of MP3 downloads with my purchase.

here's the kicker, my sony's and my Audio Technica's both beat either of those devices hands down. Also, there are people that say an Audio-GD compass acting as a sound card works better than an X-Fi in games. I believe it, but I'd rather upgrade to a forte myself... that's another story for another time.

However, having used multiple headphones for gaming, I'll tell you know, that the Sony's aren't the ones you'd want for gaming, they're definitely more geared for music listening. The audio technicas are great with music, but really stand out for gaming. I'd probably use the sony's for WoW, and the audio technica's for any kind of shooter.

I will say this though: It's crazy how many people avidly belive that garbage sales pitch about 5.1 cans.

[Aynjell]

Woohoo, my headamp is shipping now!

If your a hard core gamer, this headphone will do nothing for you.

Should think of getting a 5.1 or 7.1 headset with mic and 10 speakers 5 in each cone....
Built in amp,,, sounds much better then those Sony will ever sound,,, gl
Something you may want to read, btw:

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=383298

I must ban myself from this thread. I've wanted those for quite some time

Fun fact, my girlfriend has some SR80i's. She preferred grado's based on COMFORT. Wierd, huh? :)

[Aynjell]

Little dot arrived. It works. :)

[Aynjell]

I got my LD I+ powering my ATH-AD700's, and it's simply fantastic. :)

I can't wait to get a good solid few hours on it tomorrow. :)

Initial impressions are, it takes my ATH-AD700 and adds a LOT more body to it, more body than I ever expected. I think I'm now fully in love with my technica's.

[Aynjell]

Getting 'er nice n' hot. :D

A lot less impact on my Sony's than on my Audio Technica's (the ATH's become completely different with more body, bass, etc). The Sony's sort of get mellower and darker, not necessarily a good thing with how deep they already are.

Definitely a good addition if you already have the much lauded ATH-AD700.

[Aynjell]

I think the bobble-head will become a staple in all my pictures. Here's another pic of a marriage made in budget heaven!

[jhanby]

That does look an awesome combo.

I've always wanted to try tubes, but never got round to it.

Next amp maybe ...

[Aynjell]

That does look an awesome combo.

I've always wanted to try tubes, but never got round to it.

Next amp maybe ...

The tubes don't really benefit my sony's as much as they do my ath's... the tubes seem to add the roundness that the ath's lack in the lower areas, plus the ath's have a very digital concise and to the point sound, the tubes remedy that. It makes them sound a lot smoother, a lot cleaner, and even more musical.

To describe it though, both headphones have an easy sound to them, it doesn't sound like the cans are being overworked at all. It's like a stable overclock. :)

It's so awesome to finally have a "serious" setup.

[Aynjell]

Hey jhanby, I'm still feeling stuff out but I'd really reccomend trying the LD I+, it may not be an upgrade from a compass (which I heard at a head-fi meet here in omaha) but it's a great lower priced entry level amp.

[Aynjell]

Since I ordered a new mobile headphone, I rebuilt my CMOY tonite, and it turned out fantastic. I **** canned the old case and tried some new wiring ideas, specifically, the CMOY uses a virtual ground, so where you put the ground wires really doesn't matter as long as you got it connecting to the virtual ground at SOME POINT. So I used this concept to my advantage in wire management, only one wire leads to the VG.

Ground from the pot goes to the headphone out, ground from headphone out goes to headphone in, and ground from headphone in goes to the vground. The end result is a fully functional vground with almost 0 mess, since the ground wire stays almost out of the way. :)

You can see for yourself, but this amp is simply leagues ahead of the old one, and can now pass as a useful addition to a portable rig.

Current portable setup is as follows:

iPod 4GB -> Whiplash Audio LOD with Verablue End -> Custom Built (by yours truly) Chu Moy Designed Amplifier -> Phones (atm, it's Sony MDR-V6, but the rebuild was for the UHP336)...

THe other reason I went to such a length was to reduce the gain, I had used the default reccomended gain of 11, and the noise the amplifier produced was terrible. I've essentially cut the gain in half, and I'm pretty happy with where things are, noise comes in at about 90% and is intolerable at 100% volume, but I don't listen past 60% to 80% if I'm feeling arnery... so it's moot... but eventually I'll get another wild hair up my butt and I'll swap the resistors again.

I'm also still considering one more minior tweak to the design:

Using dual 9V batteries. My reasoning behind this is actually two fold: at it's peak, it would provide 18V, allowing for potentially more op amp options. At it's worst, I'd get the same amount of voltage that a single 9v would provide prior to clipping, but dual 9v's would last a bit longer and I'm under the belief that I'd get more battery for my money with a design like this.


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Ready for the UHP336 that was shipped today. nicer wiring, better layout, and it just sound PRISTINE. Had to take a shower though, went to bed smelling like solder. Granted me and the GF both enjoy the smell but not while trying to sleep.

My fortune cookie at lunch said, and I **** you not, wait... I'll take a picture.
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By the way, the rebuilt CMOY has developed a synergy with my MDR-V6's. It's a shame my MDR's won't be portable... but I'd assume any headphone will sound good coming from my CMOY now. I'll test my ATH's tomorrow, the gf is sleeping and she doesn't deserve to hear me listening to ATH's in the other room. (Yeah, they're that loud, guys)

[Aynjell]

Getting my SR325i tonite. :D

[Aynjell]

Getting my SR325i tonite. :D

My response to this is as follows.



:drool::drool::clap: :attn::clap: :attn::clap: :drool::drool:

[Aynjell]

http://picasaweb.google.com/aynjell/GradoSR325i#

[MadMan007]

You like them with the jumbos more than the bowls soundwise?? (comfort is no comparison :p) With HF-2 which by all accounts have less treble energy on balance than 325's I felt the jumbos made it very thin and distant sounding - little midrange, no bass and all treble and distant sounding to boot.

[Aynjell]

You like them with the jumbos more than the bowls soundwise?? (comfort is no comparison :p) With HF-2 which by all accounts have less treble energy on balance than 325's I felt the jumbos made it very thin and distant sounding - little midrange, no bass and all treble and distant sounding to boot.
Seems to me they sound better, due to a bit more sound stage. :shrug:

That being said, my UHP336 lasted all of a week and a half, and I'm sending them back for refund. The detachable cable part broke so it pulled the wires off the driver.

[Maxvla]

This was a very entertaining thread to read start to finish.

My headphone choices very distinctly (I cannot stand Grados), but it was fun watching you climb the ladder making the steps from V6 to AD700 to 325i.

[Aynjell]

This was a very entertaining thread to read start to finish.

My headphone choices very distinctly (I cannot stand Grados), but it was fun watching you climb the ladder making the steps from V6 to AD700 to 325i.

I got a few rungs to go yet.