I recently bought a pair of HD800S headphones, and compared to my previous Bayerdynamic Amiron Home, they are definitely a good sound upgrade to my ears. But they have one big downside. My wife can hear what she defines as my “screechy music” (Jazz), when I am out on the balcony, and she is in the living room.
So back to the internet. I read a comparison review of the HD800S and the T1 V2, where they were described as being pretty similar and on the same sound quality level. I was tempted by a pair of hardly used second hand T1’s that are going for a very low price.
Whilst all the reviews I read about the T1 V2 were positive, a rather geeky site which runs lots of tests, were very negative about these headphones. Their review left me rather perplexed.
So are they a less “leaky” alternative to the HD800S, or best avoided.
The Beyerdynamic T1 Ver 3 seems to be widely disliked, so I have ruled them out.
I wand something low cost SH if possible as I will mostly use the 800S. I will look into a pair of SH T5 headphones. My open back Amiron’s do not spill a lot of sound, so I thought the T1 might be good.
But what really interests me is that a measurements based review, with lots of graphs and such, are very negative about a set of headphones that most reviews said were very good on the same level as the HD800S. Am I missing something.
They slam my Amiron Home cans too, which are admittedly a step downs from the HD800S. But are much better than the cheap headphones I used in the past.
The 820 closed back just sounded odd to me so would avoid or make sure they suit before taking the plunge.
Closed back is a different experience. Could you keep the 800’s whilst wife isn’t about and get a cheaper closed back pair for when she is - accept that may not be practical……
Personally I find it quite restrictive listening to headphones but still have some……
I have open backs (HIfiman xs edition) and some wireless Sony WHXM5’s that serve portable needs and times when leakage isn’t ok. The Sony’s are pretty good value and sound good.
I have a question. Will the Lehmann Drachenfels or the headphone output on my Naim XS3 be able to drive the 600Om T1? I am zero in electronics, and cannot figure out the correlation with the Lehmann specs. I cannot find the specs for the Naim