Cans open and sealed

[goraman]

Headphones make up a large part of my late night listening.
I have found it nice to have both open and sealed for different reasons and different kinds of music.
For example the AKG Q701 loves vocals and almost anything you throw at them but if you are listening to rock,some blues, organ,reggae and electronic. The Ultrasone 780 is a whole lot more fun.

I like to recable with large Canare star quad giving me 4 x 21 Awg. 2 Per channel for a 14 awg L and 14 awg R. I use the large copper shield as ground/return.
So at 20ft. There is no loss at all.
I use the best connectors I can get.
I also took the Ultrasons to a new level by simply changing the thin sweaty vinyl ear pads. Look at the difference in one of the pictures.
I now have great bass but even better sound stage as the drivers are a little further from the ears.
The 780 is awesome for travel and drives at 32 ohm.
The AKG needs a really good tube amp with more output to shine .
I have never heard a open back that offered much fast punchy bass, this is best left to sealed headphones.
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[Eisener Bart]

I am also recabling Audeze LCD-X (http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?40443-Recabling-of-Audeze-LCD-X)now by vintage german copper wire.

[goraman]

Sergio, Very nice cans and the wire upgrade looks nice too.

[wee tee cee]

I do a lot of late night listening on cans, I was really happy with Senn 650s with a Caiman dac. Bought a Capella, it moved the game on to the point I contemplated spending more on cans.

Tried a Caiman 2....bought 700s-havent looked back.

I would never have contemplated spending this kind of money on cans.

My wish would be to move to 800s-obscene in my mindset but the performance jump was palpable.

Get a listen to 700s if you can-worth every penny IMHO.

[vegman1973]

I have recently upgraded my system but have no headphone amp.
I have the Grado Labs SR80. I feel this is a situation that needs sorting if I'm to enjoy late night listening.

[vegman1973]

By the way Goraman nice cans

[CageyH]

I can really recommend the HD 540 Reference II as well.
They give my 650s a good spanking, but I still like them.

[Pete The Cat]

I use Beyer DT990 Pros (open backed) for fun but my closed backed Denon AH-D2000s have better bass control and extension. I've some HD600s somewhere and they're thinner-sounding than both. Hope to try Q701s someday, until then on this limited sample I vote closed back.

Pete