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Post by pinkie on Jan 28, 2017 7:53:37 GMT
Has anyone else tried ultrasone professional headphones? We tried a pair while auditioning a digital piano for Mrs pinkie. I think I will treat myself to a pair for the studio. Maybe they will stray into the living room...
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Post by ChrisB on Jan 28, 2017 8:10:11 GMT
Never heard of the company. Are they German? Their website shows a massive range of about 28 different models though. www.ultrasone.audio/en/ |
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Post by pinkie on Jan 28, 2017 10:07:58 GMT
Yes German
Seem mainly to focus on the pro market although they do HiFi models.
Features magnetic field blocking (allegedly magnets either side of your head are fatiguing - when worn for 10 hours a day)
Also feature S Logic plus
We auditioned the Pro900i
Material was not of my choice and probably chosen for "Wow" factor, and the audition was brief - we were there to buy a piano.
But "Wow"
The excellent, genial salesman (shop owner) was grinning in an avuncular fashion, Sue was looking puzzled, and I was looking far more puzzled, and kept looking over my shoulder.
Nearest I have experienced is Stax Lambda (for the freak "out of my head") effect - I'm not saying on a brief audition that resolution was in that class - but it could have been
They did NOT feel like wearing headphones or listening on headphones. They gave the strong impression that you were NOT wearing headphones, and real music was coming from real places some considerable distance from my head
Unquestionably very different, and having watched Sue wear them, after me, and sort of know what was coming, I know I must have looked very comic twitching round to see where the music was coming from
Sealed back - almost completely inaudible to other users in the room, you can hear the room quite well wearing them. Very detailed, mindblowing bass, maybe, just maybe a bit "digital glare"
Odd
Interesting
I need another studio pair - and although a bit pricey compared with regular Beyers - I might just indulge. At the very least I shall go back to the shop for a proper audition sometime
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Post by pinkie on Jun 4, 2017 13:24:49 GMT
I did indulge. Mrs Pinkie bought me a pair for my birthday. Just back from a trip to Canada I was dealing with loose ends and had replacement ear pads to fit on my Sony MDR-CD470's, a replacement head band on Beyer DT990's, and that provided an excuse for a quick 3 way with the Ultrasones. Verdict - whilst on a short audition the Beyers were perhaps, just, the most comfortable (all 3 pairs are pretty good - the Ultrasones hug tighter than the others) Sound - The Beyers were richer than the Sony's which are a bit clinical or sterile although a detailed relaxing set of cans I have used happily for years. The surprise was the ultrasones which I auditioned for studio work and have really only used with the guitar so far. I knew the presentation was different due to the position of the drivers (in the shop they used a "stunt" test track, where the saxophone was DEFINITELY outside the headphones, about 20 yards behind me - like a chimp I fell for it and looked round over my shoulder, to the mirth of the salesman). But I had wondered if the sound was a bit "dry". In AB comparison with the other 2 - nothing of the sort. Quite obviously more detail, more low level information, more natural and more bass - or probably strictly more lower mid. Flipping back to the others the bass notes on the guitar sounded like bass notes on a guitar on the Ultrasone and like weak copies on the other 2 (Beyer better than Sony) So - in brief, like the AHB2 - designed for studio - more than up to the job as HiFi - actually really bloody good  |
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