Off-topic, but can you say more about your experience with the Midgard? I know the Headphone Show was testing the Halo stuff when the unit they were testing broke, and they were unable to continue getting results with different headphones, lol. Which incidentally killed my interest in the...

Yeah, I just want to know if *other* dealers might be sending them out early, since I already have an order in elsewhere. Not doubting that people have started to receive them.

Also @ericpalonen , hearing some have started to receive them ... was the June date conservative? Are some dealers getting them sooner? Would be very exciting if so!

Very detailed breakdown, @Mad Lust Envy ! I never would have thought to select home theater when there's no Atmos option, though it makes sense when I think about it that Atmos would want the multi channel info to convert that to Atmos. Really hoping a good standard/best practices gets...

I want a shorter one! Jk. 1.5m is pretty perfect for me.

I think Evshrug mentioned something in his review as well, about the sound changing noticeably depending on how you position the ear cups and how the headband rests on your head. I've seen similar statements about Hifiman headphones and getting a larger soundstage by changing the positioning. I...

Perception of soundstage is very personal. I'd absolutely expect some people to find the Arya's soundstage larger, and others to find the OAE1 larger. It's not some objective thing that's going to be consistent across the board and across different heads. Resolve posted brief impressions on the...

The point isn't that any headphone can be great/to an individual's taste with the right pads, but that certain headphones have the potential to be great but were held back by the pad choice. But in the case of the Elex ... that headphone is literally an Elear with different pads and minor...

How'd you manage to hear that? Haha Have you heard the Elex? Was interested in the new Focal headphones but from what I've heard so far it seems like it's not a straightforward upgrade over the Elex.

Worth noting that all of those headphones except the Grado's are planars, which tend to be low impedance. BUT I'm also not one who thinks the sound quality of a headphone is going to be determined by the impedance. There are so many different factors that go into the design, thinking impedance...

@TheFritz Excellent, detailed breakdown! Thank you for that. I'm very excited to get the 620s. It may be heresy around these parts but I have to admit I've never been much of a fan of suede pads 😱 Shocking, I know. Leather/artificial leather has its drawbacks, but I'm generally more drawn...

Makes sense, since the FR graph was captured at 90 db. Thanks, Jude!

Unfair to ask you to compare them to the E3, but overall your impressions were fairly positive? I've pre-ordered the 620s as a work and "summer" headphone (open windows and fans when it's not too hot, noisy window ACs when it is). Hoping to get a really nice sound with good isolation for a fair...

If you demoed them at this year's NY CanJam that should be the final tuning by all accounts. I believe @Evshrug 's review unit was the same unit at CanJam ...

Well, to be fair, it takes time for wood to get hard.

End of June. I'm hoping they'll have the whole batch in the warehouse and will get them all out fairly quickly but we will see. Plenty of people will post in this thread when they start showing up in the mail, I'm sure.

What stands out to me about the distortion graphs is how low distortion is when you're out of the bass and into the mids and beyond. Given the bass shelf already present, I'm mostly concerned with EQing upper mids (ear gain) and treble, if it sounds dark or recessed. From a distortion POV at...

You'll also want to look out for games that have specific options related to Atmos. Resident Evil 4 remake, for example, has a 3D audio option that's grayed out on PC until you enable Atmos through Windows, at which point it flips on but you can't turn it off (the game enables/disables Atmos...

Lucky dog! The more real-life photos I see the more I appreciate the understated look.

I thought this was interesting. OAE1 graph compared to the Audeze MM-500 and LCD-5. Maybe not such a strange frequency response after all! I haven't had the pleasure of hearing either, and I belive they're somewhat divisive (with some finding them too dark), but they certainly have...

Sounds very similar to the position I'm in! I've been working remotely since 2020 but I got laid off last fall, luckily got a job quickly as a contractor, and mid-April got converted to a full-time employee with benefits. Which is great and a big step up for me but now I have to commute...

Me too. But that coworker sounds like a FUN person! Unless you're using open backs, I can't imagine the music being loud enough to complain about. Even with an open back, it seems pretty petty. I wouldn't say my office is loud but coworkers talking, walking, typing, answering the phone etc...

Who said the ear pads are glued on? I don't see anything in this thread that states that. And some of you are acting like you replace headbands every year or something, lol.

The OAE1 is low impedance and high sensitivity so there should be no concern about driving it.

Driver gate! 😜