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Heads up, coming back a month later and editing a previous post and adding that is not kewel.
Now back to graphs, they give you a better grasp of what's going on....to quote Richard Feynman:
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."
Science and real data keep us "honest".
Anyhoo...back to things, picked up a pair of the MDR-1Rs and now that I've had more time to go back and forth between them, the Senns still sound more coherent to my ears with better sub-bass and slightly smoother treble. The mids on the MDR-1Rs are outstanding and I'll have to change my assessment on the imaging, the Sony's do in fact image better.
Comfort wise, I have always found the Sennheisers quite comfortable, but the Sony's are simply in a whole new class in this regard. And seeing that they fold flat makes them easier to bring onto plane flights. Getting that thicker Momentum case to fit in that small pouch in the seat in front of you was always a chore. I have gained some more respect for the 1Rs...outstanding headphones and for the price pretty darn hard to beat the price to performance ratio. I do like them better than my (now sold) UE9000s (which cost 2X more).
You cannot dismiss what you ears hear.. Yet..
There is no peaky treble on the 1r.
You are alone in that statement.
Which means whatever equipment you used plus whatever source plus selection of music you used caused that specific scenario ..
So looks like in your case, you would do better with another headphones.
Edit: aha I see now...
The graph gave you a mental misconception maybe?
From the pdf file if you read correctly it shows a rise in the mids,
Wich correlates with general consensus that it is mid-centric with nice soundstage.
Heads up, coming back a month later and editing a previous post and adding that is not kewel.
Now back to graphs, they give you a better grasp of what's going on....to quote Richard Feynman:
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."
Science and real data keep us "honest".
Anyhoo...back to things, picked up a pair of the MDR-1Rs and now that I've had more time to go back and forth between them, the Senns still sound more coherent to my ears with better sub-bass and slightly smoother treble. The mids on the MDR-1Rs are outstanding and I'll have to change my assessment on the imaging, the Sony's do in fact image better.
Comfort wise, I have always found the Sennheisers quite comfortable, but the Sony's are simply in a whole new class in this regard. And seeing that they fold flat makes them easier to bring onto plane flights. Getting that thicker Momentum case to fit in that small pouch in the seat in front of you was always a chore. I have gained some more respect for the 1Rs...outstanding headphones and for the price pretty darn hard to beat the price to performance ratio. I do like them better than my (now sold) UE9000s (which cost 2X more).