The thing I hate most about the HD650 is that a headphone that just straight up improves on it doesn’t exist. In my listening, I’m very tonal focused; I’d take good tone over good technicalities almost every time. The HD650 just nails tone for me. But of course, tone isn’t everything for me—my ideal headphone still has good technicalities. Even out of the best setups I’ve used, the HD650 still has slightly muddy bass, treble grain, and this distinct lack of resolution that makes it clear that this headphone, while great, is limited. Still, it’s one of my all time favorite headphones.
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