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
Marantz CD5003 -> Schiit [Eitr -> Mimby -> Vali 2 w/IEC Master Series 10M Tube].
Listening to plain old redbook CDs such as:
Boston (Boston) Big Country (The Crossing) Blue Oyster Cult (Agents of Fortune) Natalie Merchant (Tigerlily) Nine Inch Nails (Pretty Hate Machine)
None of these CDs are victims of the loudness war IMO. I shopped carefully and made sure I purchased releases that were not too loud and had good dynamic range.
Soundstage smaller than an open can like a DT880 or HD650. As documented, lots of bass, but good bass. Mids are more forward than with my Denon AH-D2000. Highs similar to AH-D2000, but maybe less fatiguing.
Just a really nice sounding headphone, and quite different from everything I own (exception: Denon AH-D2000).
Of course, I wish the cable were detachable, but that's nitpicking. Also, the cable, although it LOOKS identical to the one on my AH-D2000, seems to be a little easier to manage out of the box. I had to use my AH-D2000 quite a bit before the cable "softened" up a little bit. It was quite a handful out of the box.
One cause for concern: The headphones are really beautiful, and, because they are wood, I am afraid of something happening that mars the cups. So, as soon as I am done listening, I nicely coil the cable and put the cans away in the soft bag that they shipped with. I even leave the 1/4" jack dangling out of the bag out of concern it could scratch a cup if I stuffed it in the bag. I know. I know. I'm a paranoid goofball.
Anyway, this is a nice intro for me to wooden cups - improves on a sound signature I like without being so dramatically different so as to be off-putting. Well done Fostex and Massdrop.
So I started with the Denon D2000 ans find it lacking mid a bit, then later on upgraded to E-Mu Teak but somehow wasn't too happy with it either so then I tried TH-X00 Mahogany and liked it better. But today I went back to the Denon D2000 thinking to listen to it before I sell it, but damn somehow I never realized this but the soundstage is huge compare to the other 2, TH-X00 Mahogany is the worst in that aspect.
I've heard other review saying TH-X00 Ebony has bigger soundstage compare to Mahogany. But how do you find the soundstage on the Ebony compare to the D2000?
I'm thinking if I should give Ebony a try or just stick to the D2000. I've been listening to it today and I forgot how much I missed the soundstage and the cleaner sound compare to the other 2.
Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks!
But I'm still curious to hear your take on this. :)