My personal impression
new to hi-fi)
Sound:
I am very pleased by this product. I can hear the full range of sound, bass, mids, and highs. The sound is clear, crisp, and I can hear my music in great detail. Some do say that the highs are a tad too bright; this is true. After some time of listening, it has become less of an annoyance. Either I have become accustomed to the tuning of the headphones, or after some hours of burn in the drivers have changed. Regardless of the cause, I do not think the highs are so bad that they will always stick out to you, yet they may not be very pleasing at a high volume after a long period of time.
I can also add that the reproduction seems more authentic. Most of my experience listening to classical music has been in recordings, unfortunately. I was at a concert however, where the program consisted of excerpts from Bach-Cantatas. I do believe the reproduction of orchestral and choral music on these headphones is very accurate. Perhaps someone who has had the opportunity to try more products can tell us how a good pair of
open headphones, such as the Audiotechnica ATH-AD700 performs. I chose these as opposed to the open audiotechnica simply because I wanted to be able to travel with these.
Comfort:
Largely I have no complaints. They are definitely not very light. They clamp a bit tightly, but only out of the box. After some time using them, they loosen up a bit. Fortunately, that also means that you can travel with them! The earpads do get itchy sometimes; it is a small problem, yet it is certainly present. Itchiness rating on a scale of 1(not itchy at all) to 10(horribly irritating)
4.
Very Short summary.: Awesome product. The highs are a bit bright, and it makes listening at a high volume for a long time a bit tough on you ears. (Not that listening to music at a high volume is good for your ears in the first place.)
