Top 5 wide sound stage headphones - Page 8

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Originally Posted by supersleuth 

I completely agree with this. I experienced the wide soundstage of my formerly owned DT990s as a zone of dead air between me and the music, with consequent loss of clarity and immediacy.  

That's called recessed mids my friend, something that's inherenet in the DT990 sound signature.
 

Specifically, in the "presence" region around 5 KHz. It's the oldest psychoacoustic trick in the book, and one that just doesn't do it for me.

Looking at FR plots, it's also pretty clearly the explanation behind the AD700 soundstage. What I really want to sample at some point is the K701, which seems to give people the impression of spaciousness without, apparently, doing this. That intrigues me.

5. JVC HP-DX1000