Post by Rabbit on Feb 7, 2014 17:19:35 GMT
I'm seeing more people around work using Yamaha headphones and yet on hi fi forums, very little is said about them. (Rather like the Rolands.)
I've switched over to a new workhorse from the Beyer DT150 over the past year (I think it is) and I brought one home to try on normal gear without eq or any messing around so that I get a better idea of how most people would hear one. So this is a freebie through work but it is a giant killer imo.
The DT150 is fine at work since it is eq'd properly and is great. However, bring it home and you get a bass monster with not a lot going out in the treble!!
I saw another post on another forum concerning these Yamaha headphones and since I already have them, I thought I'd compare what I read with what I heard at home.
TBH, they are way better than the M50 and have a clarity that goes beyond what I found them to sell at imo.
It's the Yamaha HPH-MT220. I looked for them on Amazon and found them at £130 and on other sites can be had (I think) at £109.
They go deep and are extended in the treble and even from a normal home amp with no eq, they sound really balanced. The bass is perhaps raised a tad but it's not a lot but what really hits you is the impact and the depth of the bass combined with the way that sounds 'hit'. Transient attack is superb. Tonally, they are beautiful.
Just to let you know what they are - they are closed. Pleather pads unfortunately but over ear, so nothing gets crushed. They go from 15 - 28KHz. Perhaps a peak in the treble but not nasty. A weird 37 ohms impedance and a real delight to listen to on home gear.
This is way better than the M50 and DT150 at home. It responds to amping nicely and although it goes down (it says) to 15Hz I wonder if it can actually go lower so that the sound is 'felt' down there. The reason I say this is that I have heard church organs played through them and it's surprising what rattles your head down there. Yet, the bass doesn't dominate, it just goes down.
I don't really think about them too much if I'm honest until I read some posts about them so I tried them at home. (The plugs on mine were altered so I got hold of a new delivery!!)
The HPH-MT220 is a bargain headphone that delivers a sound that is very natural, open and deep. I'm going to keep a pair at home now. I'm sold.
To give you an idea - I was listening to some Thomas Dolby stuff today. I know the sounds of his 'live' synths quite well (seen him playing a lot) and one thing I noticed on these headphones that is different to most, is that you hear overtones and harmonics in the sound that I have heard live, but not on most of his recordings. The notes are the same and all that, but the sounds are more 'translucent'. (as they are live) Not many headphones do that well. Also the fruitiness of the bass is there. Some of his bass lines are quite 'rubbery' rather than thuddy - and this really comes across.
Don't buy an M50 if you were thinking about it - these are better!! Less muddy. Translucent. More sparkle in the treble and a really lifelike timbre.
I've switched over to a new workhorse from the Beyer DT150 over the past year (I think it is) and I brought one home to try on normal gear without eq or any messing around so that I get a better idea of how most people would hear one. So this is a freebie through work but it is a giant killer imo.
The DT150 is fine at work since it is eq'd properly and is great. However, bring it home and you get a bass monster with not a lot going out in the treble!!
I saw another post on another forum concerning these Yamaha headphones and since I already have them, I thought I'd compare what I read with what I heard at home.
TBH, they are way better than the M50 and have a clarity that goes beyond what I found them to sell at imo.
It's the Yamaha HPH-MT220. I looked for them on Amazon and found them at £130 and on other sites can be had (I think) at £109.
They go deep and are extended in the treble and even from a normal home amp with no eq, they sound really balanced. The bass is perhaps raised a tad but it's not a lot but what really hits you is the impact and the depth of the bass combined with the way that sounds 'hit'. Transient attack is superb. Tonally, they are beautiful.
Just to let you know what they are - they are closed. Pleather pads unfortunately but over ear, so nothing gets crushed. They go from 15 - 28KHz. Perhaps a peak in the treble but not nasty. A weird 37 ohms impedance and a real delight to listen to on home gear.
This is way better than the M50 and DT150 at home. It responds to amping nicely and although it goes down (it says) to 15Hz I wonder if it can actually go lower so that the sound is 'felt' down there. The reason I say this is that I have heard church organs played through them and it's surprising what rattles your head down there. Yet, the bass doesn't dominate, it just goes down.
I don't really think about them too much if I'm honest until I read some posts about them so I tried them at home. (The plugs on mine were altered so I got hold of a new delivery!!)
The HPH-MT220 is a bargain headphone that delivers a sound that is very natural, open and deep. I'm going to keep a pair at home now. I'm sold.
To give you an idea - I was listening to some Thomas Dolby stuff today. I know the sounds of his 'live' synths quite well (seen him playing a lot) and one thing I noticed on these headphones that is different to most, is that you hear overtones and harmonics in the sound that I have heard live, but not on most of his recordings. The notes are the same and all that, but the sounds are more 'translucent'. (as they are live) Not many headphones do that well. Also the fruitiness of the bass is there. Some of his bass lines are quite 'rubbery' rather than thuddy - and this really comes across.
Don't buy an M50 if you were thinking about it - these are better!! Less muddy. Translucent. More sparkle in the treble and a really lifelike timbre.