Either had real Kenai there really a defective device get (is supposed to happen to anyone), or operate it to a (2) absolutely lousy signal source (s). The headset produces neither the KHV my E-MU 1820 still on my portable MP3 player even the tiniest noise.
For KH itself:
The sound is clean, crystal clear and has a lovely openness and spaciousness. Not for nothing one open headphones. ^^
All in all, the HD 555 a very balanced and more analytical coordinated headphones. The bass coming, as they should be: dry, defined and natural. In the deep bass range of the HD 555 is a little reluctant to my mind, but I would not call him a bass weak as I read that sometimes - the bass reproduction depends very much on playing material and where it will bear this, the HD can 555 zulangen also vigorously , The centers are clean and clear and precise treble. Overall, the sound is very pleasant. Topping understates the HD 555 may be somewhat contrary to three times more expensive copies, while slightly emphasizes the midranges.
The downside of his clean and analytical way of playing is that the HD 555 uncovers shortcomings of reproduced signal mercilessly. Bad blended, cluttered and poorly encoded music and totkomprimierte MP3 files he unmasked with malicious precision. MP3s, by waving my 130 EUR expensive 2.1 system unopposed, dissected the HD 555 outright and presented me accusing each compression artifact. But you get on the other side well blended CDs with a high degree of transparency and sound quality presented and will possibly even a new hobby: If my earlier someone said that he discovered the manuscript of the sound engineer while listening to a CD, I laughed at him. Thanks to the HD 555 I know now that you really can and I enjoy it. :-)
Despite the relatively low impedance of 50 ohms urges the HD 555 in my view, a proper input level. To really mitzubekommen how punchy and dynamic, he can play, a high quality headphone amplifier is almost mandatory. I usually operate on him KHV a high quality and high volume levels Recording Card (E-MU 1820). On a portable MP3 player you can even operate it and it delivers on my Sony Ericsson W800i a clean and clear sound from. He sounds there still fairly bleak, if not to say lax - at least compared with the pithy style of play, the beschehrt him a decent input level.
There are certainly more accurate and audiophilere headphones, but not less than 100 EUR. In this price range he is undefeated, if you like his style of play neutral. Friends of "eXtreme phosphates" basses that make it like grooving really are, find these headphones because of the more conservative vote might dull. He fluffed the sound just is not artificially, such as an HD 485 makes.
Almost forgot I had the comfort - it there is really nothing to complain about. The headset is very comfortable thanks to the soft velvet upholstery and the circumaural, open design and the earcups can be well adapted to the head shape. Despite strong contact pressure of 3.5 N, there is no pressure spots or sweaty ears. Here, the KH seated but so tightly that you could probably even go jogging with it. Because of the stupid looks that I would thereby probably draw but with this thick pots on the ears to me, I have taken from this endeavor for the time being even spacing. :-)
