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
I've only recently gotten into headphones, so I don't have a huge range of experience, but I'm hearing a lot to like. They seem to have a nice amount of detail, and a nice clear sound. I can hear a difference vs dynamic headphones I've listened to, but hard to explain exactly what the difference is.
As compared to my AKG KXXs these don't have as much bass, and seem to roll off a good bit earlier in the sub bass region.
Compared to Audeze EL-8s I listened to at the Apple Store these seem to lack a bit of 'sparkle' in the treble, and again have less bass and less punch, but the EL-8s are a much more expensive headphone.
Overall they are still very nice though, and feel well built. They're comfortable, though I wish they came with a longer cord. Do planars break in over time?
he4xx hard thick cardboard box with plastic holder and one foam piece. (box is small)
6xx paper thin cover box then hard case filled with foam .
m1060 comes in a hard take case with zipper with a net pouch inside for cable.
A song I use to test is Katy Perry’s Swish Swish. There’s an isolated deep electronic bass line. With the K7XX I can hear every note and it doesn’t diminish in volume as it digs deep. With the HE4XX it seems to drop in volume considerably as it goes down.
Now, it may also be a difference in amp. I’ve been using the K7XX on the headphone jack on my Emotiva PT-100, but the cord on the 4XX is too short to reach from the chair, so I tried that out tonight on the jack on my Elac Element, I’m not sure if that would make a difference, but when my extension cable arrives I’ll try them out on the Emotiva.
I generally choose to EQ planars in the bass for the type of listening I like to do. My EL-8s are the same way. When I pop them into a lightning port with the EQ through the CIPHER DAC the cans feel like they come alive, but when I just go straight 3.5mm into a FIIO X7 I kind of feel meh.