Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
Based on my ears, they have no issues. They sound exactly the same straight out of my iPhone 5s as when pushed by the DACport so I guess it's a good pairing. If you like the HD650, you will get the HD650 sound out of the DACport. No colouring at all, just louder.
I do have a DACport HD now though. Maybe that'll give the 6XX a bit more oomph than the Slim. I shall compare when the time comes.
The HD650 has high impedance so I don't really worry too much about distortion. I also don't listen to classical so it gets more than loud enough.
When I stole my friend's HD600 with permission, he just stared at me using my phone to push them. :P he recommended me to use a noisier laptop output instead as he claims the phone isn't good enough, with a dedicated dac/amp being the holy grail of unlocking the headphones. I stuck with my phone. Then I tried the DACport. Not really much of a difference that I noticed during the short listen.
After letting him listen to the HD600 out of my DACport (he doesn't have a dedicated dac/amp), he recommended me to get a gold plated USB cable, as he can't really hear much of a difference either and he thought that getting a better cable should improve the sound.
But hey, we may both be deaf, like the majority of human beings out there.
If so, I have a few questions:
How much does that extra 3db increase in volume help?
Are they the same in low gain, max volume, or is one louder than the other?
If you use them with a mobile device, does one drain the battery faster than the other?
Cheers! ^_^
As for a gold-plated usb cable - that's probably not it. Gold plating on a digital signal doesn't do anything except make it anti-corrosive against the elements. Turns out it's a lot harder to swap 1s and 0s than it is to mess with analogue signals in a headphone wire.
Anyways, I know where my next work paycheck is going. This will be my last headphone purchase for awhile haha. Hopefully they're endgame for me.
Spending 100 dollars more on better headphones is probably a better idea. Or just buy more food from Chinatown. Think of all the rice you can get...
\(0w0)/
Search for headphone stores near you and visit them with your DACport. You might find a few HD650s lying around the city for free listening. Better to listen for yourself than to guess.
All the headphones I have currently are super efficient and can be easily powered by a phone. So I have no idea if the extra 3db helps, or if low gain max volume is the same since I'd probably blow out both my eardrums and my headphones. My HTC One M9 can't power these by themselves and require external power. If I hook up external power, I have no idea which drains battery faster anyways.
However, I can provide pretty pictures.
I took a look online but I can't find any headphone stores near me. Which is disappointing. I've got 5 days to think if the HD 6XXs are worth the cost and upgrade from my SHP9500s.
The case is from a JLabs J4. Pretty terrible earbud. It came with the nice pouch though, so I guess it was worth the $5 I paid for the thing.
tbh I just wish CEntrance did a revision where the low gain was a bit lower. I barely have to touch the volume knob to get all my cans and IEMs powered right up to listening volume. I've never gone past halfway on low gain during regular listening sessions.
:o
I got the update e-mail giving me a chance to join the 6XX drop. Rip my wallet.
Here. We. Go.
I personally hate to see people constantly spending money on audio equipment, because they are not satisfied with their previous purchases (usually because of deceiving reviews and biases).
Think of all the burgers one could have bought...
6XX comes with a 3.5mm instead of the 1/4" on the 650, so it'll fit right in with the Slim/HD.
(I wasn't impressed because it sounded the same out of an amp compared to my iPhone, just louder, but then again, this is a neutral amp pushing a high impedance can. What should I have expected? :p It just gives you the HD650 sound, so if you like that sound, it's a good pairing for you. )
Am I doing something wrong?
;-;