If it’s to honour Joe Grado, shouldn’t it be designed to have the flat pads?

I’m coming from the HEDDphone 2, which (to my ears) has a very smooth, seamless signature, but is a tad bulky for me. Any suggestions for something with a similar tonal balance (in the $1500-$2000 range), with a smooth silky treble being of utmost importance,

Driver looks like the one in the Nectar Ambrosia.

No, the reviewer is spot on. The E3 has some liveliness in the upp mid and lower treble, thanks to an unnatural boost in those areas. But the bass dynamics are flatter than piss on a plate. Well balanced and extended, but no jump at all.

Has anyone had a problem with the right channel fading out a bit? Mine starts out fine but after a while, if I move my head or shift the headphone a bit, I can “hear” movement in the diaphragms and the sound shifts to the left.

Ahh yes thank you. I’ve never experienced such a variety of options in a $400 headphone before. Well done Fiio.

I just got my FT5 and the cable has the wrong plug on the end. Can’t use a 1/4” adapter to use in my amps.

Thank you. Mine indicates nothing, except the L/R markings on the center pivot. So I’m assuming it’s the original 350 ohm. Plus it’s hard to drive.

How do I know whether my FT3 is 32 ohm or 350? Can’t see anything on the box, manual or FT3 itself.

I was being a bit facetious. There is no veil. Just pure tone. If chocolate, you taste cocoa, not sugar. I’d say for those who want “tonality accurate”, probably the way to go. Just don’t expect the NDH30 to entertain.

Perhaps it’s the Neumann veil, and could be alleviated by replacing the orange felt in front of the drivers with a thin foam.

Headphones are just getting too expensive to even warrant consideration.

Meze kinda did that, going from the 99 Classics to The Empyrean.

It is rather bland, blase, and nondescript. But that was the point of the exercise. It’s an open back studio monitor. Whatever judgements are made using it have to translate to the outside world and whatever other gear. Many will be satisfied with the NDH30 for its “just the facts” and “do no...

I never thought I’d read a statement like this regarding ‘headphones’.