i bought these to replace sennheiser HD25s i bought for a reduced $94 price and actually like the sound of these BETTER. they have deeper bass with less midrange brightness and aren't shabby in the detail department. their 2 greatest weaknesses are bass politeness and a little bit of treble enthusiasm that emphasizes siblants on some tracks. it isn't a bright sound unless you pair it with something like a bright sansa player, but it can really make extreme treble sounds piercing like on some techno tracks. if anything, i'd say they're closer to...

this reviews was SUPPOSED to be for the HD 25 SP II model. i wasn't aware there were 2 versions