Nearly. It's almost perfect. Only thing lacking is a touch of sub bass, but otherwise it comes closer than any other headphone I've yet tried. The HD800's would be another top pick for me, but whilst they have slightly more sub bass, they also have less mid bass, and that punch is highly desirable on a lot of modern music, electronica, dance etc. Also find the T1's vocals and high's to actually be a touch sweeter despite that peak in the upper frequencies. The HD800's peak hits at a more noticeable point compared to the T1's, so the T1 imo has the best trade off out of the big three with respect to highs.
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In your opinion, does the T1 achieve this?
Still a touch above it too, and I'd imagine still noticeable. Add to that, whilst the T1's have that peak up top, as mentioned earlier, they're at a not so common point in the high's, whereas the AKG's seem to br brighter in all the more noticeable upper mid and low high areas. That's the thing about the T1's, they're high emphasised and detailed, but still actually quite sweet with an ever so slightly warm touch, and this is why they're such a well rounded balance compared to the rest.
Add to that, there's one more thing about the T1's and HD800's I really admire above other cans, and that's to do with the angled drivers. I'm one of those that gets a tad irritated when hearing sounds on a recording come from behind me. I like to picture my music as a stage positioned in-front of me, with depth and width all relative to it. Because of the angled delivery of sound, I think the T1's and HD800's fare better with this.
Bare in mind, I don't mean angled pads, but angled drivers. Angled pads don't have the same affect because the wider segment of the pads on bigger cans just end up sitting behind the ears on the agnled slope of the neck, where they sort of balance out to be fairly level anyway.
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Acix The T1 boost on the 20Hz will not add you more impact over the Q701... there is not so much music information there anyway, and in terms of transparency both are about the same.
