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Why do people say the HD600 has a narrow soundstage? What exactly does that mean?
Because everything sounds closer to your head than on some other headphones, and than there are some headphones that have huge soundstage to the point some people think it sounds unnatural like the K702.
In terms of sensation of soundstage size i'd say it goes:
HD600 < DT880 < AD900 < K702
That's only my impression from experience though so take it with a grain of salt. Also, soundstage size doesn't necesserilly imply good or bad, it's pretty subjetive and hardly affects the general experience.
Gotcha. It never bothered me, is just an abstract term.
Source + Headphone advice.
I'm planning on ditching my smartphone but would like to start to use some gear outside out of the house, currently thinking about buying the DT770 pros. At home I use the HD650 or HD598 with my Objective Stack.
Should I maybe keep my smartphone as the digital source and get a separate battery-powered DAC/AMP or go with a DAP?
Are the DT770 pros a good choice to use outside/commuting environment?
Budget is flexible but thinking around the $500 range.
What is "bass slam"?
What affects bass slam
And why do people often say that dynamics have more slam than planars?
Slam is the tactile sensation that bass provides. Dynamics drive more air, physically, so they have more "slam" than other driver types. Some also consider it to be part of the timbre.
How is it?
I'd also add sufficient speed to the definition of good bass slam. With drivers that have too slow bass response, punchy bass hits will be reduced to embarrassing melanin-enriched BRRRT BRRRT fart cannoning.