I am thinking of getting some bio-cell driver headphones, and have been looking at the original NH for a while. I haven't had a chance to audition them, but my son did, and says that his T50RP sounds as good if not better. So I am confused by this, just wondering if that could be, or did the NH that he heard need to be burned in? They were at a Magnolia shop in Best Buy.
But then figured maybe the Panasonic or CAL might be good. Not sure, but I know those are both really low end.
I've owned the T50RP mk3 and in their stock form its not very good. First I had to replace the garbage stock pads and then you have to have a beefy amp to power that thing. Sound wise its dark with good vocal clarity and has that speedy "planar" bass, but very prone to sibilance, while the NH have smooth controlled bass, warm, very low distortion and unlike other headphones, it's very pleasing to listen to since its not "soulless", it brings a bit of "emotion" to the music.
I do prefer the Nightowl now because it has the same traits of the NH but they're a bit more engaging to listen to compared to the NH which is slightly laid back.
The NH will require 100-200hrs of burn/brain in to unleash its full potential, while the Nightowl sounds like its already passed the burn in period when I first listened to them.