I remember the day I listened to these. They looked gorgeous. They were lightweight and fit beautifully on my head. I thought I was in for a treat. I just wanted to first try with my cayin n3. It sounded very tizzy, hazy and unrefined. I thought maybe I was underdriving them. Tried plugging into multiple sources and powerful amps and still the same sound. Yikess!!

How do I describe the sound these make? Some coarse ragged treble and distorted mids. Like I've never put anything on my head that sounded this bad. I just can't believe this product was actually sold in a retail stores. The pricing is a joke. I think some cheap 5$ thrift store iem like skullcandies sound better and will measure objectively better.

Now I honestly was thinking I listened to a borked pair. However innerfidelity charts showed the same I was hearing. Not that I trust a graph or anything, but in this case I have to agree that they sounded like they measure.

Now here's the deal. There apparently are unicorn units that sound good. I can't comment on that without trying other units.

However the unit consistency issues are so bad that it's looks like a serious prank on consumers. Good game, beyerdynamic. Maybe gen2 is better in this regard? But honestly, this deserves a video in the style of what tyll did to the original beats.

Let me know where to search for a good unit. Because it was the most dazzling looking and among the most comfiest things I've put on my head. Just the sound was terrible - beyond description.