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Headphoneus Supremus
Have a set of 812 Pro [my third pair since their inception] scheduled to arrive on Thursday (4/18/24).
Why did you decide to buy K812 again and not a different pair? Just curiousHave a set of 812 Pro [my third pair since their inception] scheduled to arrive on Thursday (4/18/24).
Felt like I probably should have spent more time with the K812 the last few times around, plus they stand out in my mind as headphones worthy of some extra attention.Why did you decide to buy K812 again and not a different pair? Just curious
Have a listen to them with Oratory1990's EQ as well. That really whips an already wonderful sounding and well constructed headphone with some minor loose ends into shape! I just bought a new one too.Felt like I probably should have spent more time with the K812 the last few times around, plus they stand out in my mind as headphones worthy of some extra attention.
In the past, and too often, I made purchases on impulse just to say "I did" and/or to do cursory a/b-ing.
Let us know what you think after an extended listen.Have a set of 812 Pro [my third pair since their inception] scheduled to arrive on Thursday (4/18/24).
Thank you for the Oratory 1990 reminder!Have a listen to them with Oratory1990's EQ as well. That really whips an already wonderful sounding and well constructed headphone with some minor loose ends into shape! I just bought a new one too.
Let us know what you think.Thank you for the Oratory 1990 reminder!
Just keyed in the settings for the Neumann NDH-30 and hope to give them a try later this evening.
Care to elaborate on your last sentence [i.e. balanced cable]?Agreed with all of the above. After market cables are available (Arctic cables do one), but the supplied cable is good.
Forget about even starting down the path of going balanced with these phones.
LOL - to do this correctly, you'd need to completely disassemble your phones, buy a second left-sided cardanic structure and LEMO socket to modify the right sided headphone shell, rewire the whole thing with 2 left sided cardanic structures and the associated wiring into the LEMO sockets (ALA the Focal Utopia) and assemble a new cable with 2 male LEMO connectors. I'd guess if you had this done professionally (so it at least was done as beautifully as the unmodified set), it would cost about as much again as a new K812 (i.e. around the cost of a new Composer), for possibly minimal sonic gain over the OEM SE unit.Care to elaborate on your last sentence [i.e. balanced cable]?
Thank you.
With all due respect, I completely disagree with your assessment.Somehow I cannot post my review on product page so I will just post it here.
Star: 3/5
Pros: Big soundstage, good for monitoring
Cons: But not good for music listening. Very hard to drive. Phones for pros, not for audiophiles.
The reason I say that K812 is not good for audiophiles is because K812 seems to has its "special" way in presenting music: K812 tends to confine every piece of music in a certain room with a stress of bass. This is good because that will ensure you hear something familiar every time you use K812. The strong signature is definitely for pros who do not want to waste time getting familiar with a headphone again and again. But for those who are not basshead or those who want to hear "music free in style", this strong signature is a big big big problem.
The sound is a bit dark, detailed but no way balanced. To much bass; imaging is good in a bad way (Clear, wonderful imaging, you can see everything but the singer seems to be in an awkward position: behind/is the drumer) ; treble harsh like hell if you don't drive it properly; sounds depressing as if I was listening via closeback phones
Bottom line: Remember these are monitor headphones. Don't waste you time if you are not a pro.