Thursday, July 8, 2021
i was hoping the 449s could replace the 440-IIs, but they never will. it's not even close.
they're alright through a big amp, but they need to be driven rather substantively, or you get that underpowered bass-heaviness. i can barely even tone them down from the alesis. so, they're just shelved...
that said, it's been a few years now, and the magnets might have dulled a bit. it's worth another try. soon.
if that's the case, and i can make sense of them, i may want to get a pair of 559s as backup, while i can. i can replace the cord in the 559s; i can't in the 449s.
i bought 449s and 201s at about the same time a few years ago, and i put the 449s on the shelf because the bass response was way too high. the 201s sounded way better - like, it wasn't even close.
so, i'm looking at a 559 and i'm concluding i'm going to have the same problem as the 449s.
i still have the 440-IIs and will use them for mixing. but, i want a flat pair for walking, too.
this is frustrating.
i've got some cash, so i'd like to buy some new phones to replace my beat up 201s, which i like precisely because they don't have an exaggerated bass response. i don't listen to bass-heavy music and don't want bass-heavy phones. it just ruins the mids, mostly - which is where most of the detail in the music i like is.
maybe i can try to find some 201s for now, but i understand what the problem is - people listen to everything on mp3, so the phones are designed to compensate. and, that's the market, now. if you want to listen to a flat signal, you need to pay for it.
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