I bring the E-mu Teak home and is now listening with my audio-gd reference 5.32 mod, Phase Tech EPA-007 setup. No EQ applied.
I have my EPA-007 output impedance set at "zero", damping control set at 9:00 o'clock position to achieve similar damping characteristic of my T70 (with output impedance set at "medium", damping control set at 8:00 o'clock position). Usually the better driver diaphragm speed/control the headphone has, the lower I can set my EPA-007's damping control. For comparison, I have to set damping control at 10:00 o'clock position for my MS2e, at 11:00 o'clock position for my now sold Yamaha HPH-MT220, and T1 at 7:00 o'clock position. Thus the Teak's drivers are quite fast, just slower than my T1 and T70
The Teak definitely is tuned to have a special "reverb" sound. It is not the kind of "paper cup covers ear" sound one finds with cheap/under dampened closed headphones, but is a tastefully done reverb adding to the mid and treble frequencies. For good, this special reverb does not seems to affect the bass frequency much, so the bass remains clean and tight from the Teak. Female vocal, piano and cymbal sounds beautiful from the Teak. For male vocal (e.g. Leonard Cohen), I prefer the cleaner, "reverb less" signature of the T70.
As my home has weaker air conditioning compare to my office, I find the Teak's pleather pads more uncomfortable at home. I just hate the feeling of pleather sticking to my skin. Audeze Vegan pads will be installed tomorrow.
Overall I like the Teak, it is complementing quite well to my "neutral" T70