Half a day further the beyers have been doing their work burning in, so here is another mini review for the time being and yes I'm an addict already. For the last few hours I've steadily been expanding the list of listened to genres. Lets start with a "youthy" one. First of all we're going for techno/drum & bass or whatever you want to call it. I can understand why some people claim that there's a lack of bass. Compared to the koss hp laying around here which is a closed type, the bass is indeed less pronounced. Whether that's a bad thing, I don't really know.
I'm 22, a student and also in a frat club. Obviously I go out a lot, probably more than is good for me. At the other hand I know the music very well, if you go clubbing regularly you'll notice that most songs these days seem to have the very same bass, or at least that's how it sounds to me. If you're like me and are used to an overly pronounced bass on a regular basis, then this setup will require some getting used to. The plus side is that now there's a clear difference in the different basses. This also goes for very alike sounding songs by the same artist, albeit that the difference isn't as big but when they have a hit they'll probably don't want to drift too far away. But to the point, I myself quite like the natural sound so I'm very happy I made the choice to get these, if an extreme bass is wanted the EQ is just a mouseclick away anyway.
Onwards to another genre. The reason I'm into rock/metal is because my dad was a CCR/pink floyd kind of guy when I was young. Another style he played on a regular basis was/is film music, A good example is stuff by Ennio Morricone. I don't know who here knows the clint classic "the good, the bad and the ugly", majestic movie that you should see if you haven't. The song he put on most was the title song with the same name, if you know it you know it's pretty epic.
With the koss it sounds kind of unorganized and hardly sharp, with the beyers I can see the movie flashing by in my mind when they're standing there just about to shoot each other, gotta love it. The soundstage is just way more accurate and clear, but again, the koss isn't in the same price range either so it would be strange if it weren't. Still, the music just embraces you, especially with orchestral music although I haven't put on that many songs at this point.
However, in all the songs I've played so far I can't say the highs have bothered me like some other people around here. There was this one OMD song where there was just one sharp tone that was out of its place, but perhaps that'll disappear within the next few days, we'll find out soon enough. Next on my list was some retro 80's pop, think corey heart and Falco, the catchy stuff that you sing along to. However first I tried Kate Bush because of her high voice. Again, no annoying highs to be noticed, the call for heathcliff just sounds great. The same goes for sunglasses at night, the guitars come through clean and bangin' although the bass on that song now seems kind of annoying because it shifts from left to right very quickly. Never noticed that on my hooked up speakers, guess it's a learning journey. Jeanny sounds less great, but I just checked and it appears to be ripped in a lower quality, I'll have to come back to that one later. Dr beat does have some higher noises, but it's yet again the same. It's not as much bothersome as it is tiresome because the song is filled with high pitchers.
That'll be it for now since my clock is saying it's 2 am, time flies even faster than I thought. More subjective rants will follow in the coming days
