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I respect your opinion and agree with you to some degree. The way we react to music depends on our mood indeed, but there's no running away from the fact that no matter what mood you're in, sometimes gear can change it, at least for me. Music made me laugh when I was feeling down with HD212's, with HD650's, its complete opposite. No matter how pumped up I am to listen to some tunes, once I put them on and play the music, serious face comes on and I just sit and listen, without being excited or engaged.
I mean, yesterday for example, a situation which made me start this thread in the first place happened, and made me realize something about my headphones. I was listening to a stereo system in my room which consists of Monitor Audio RX1 speakers and Yamaha A-S700 amplifier. Its is a really fun, musical and engaging system, it makes all music feel very lively. I was listening to some Dire Straits, and was really excited, jumping around like an idiot and playing air guitar and drums...
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However, my room mates came back from collage and I had to switch to HD650's to not bother them with noise. My excitement sort of vanished in a couple of seconds with HD650's, because they simply sounded boring and not engaging or lively at all, they just manage to take all the fun and excitement away. That's what I mean by fun / engaging sounding headphones or boring / dull / distanced sounding ones, and HD650's are DEFINITELY boring. I knew that since I bought them, but I guess I subconsciously forced myself to like them until now. Anyway, I'll most probably replace them with Beyer DT990, Denon D2000, Philips Fidelio L1 or Grado SR325, but I have to try those first, they don't look very comfortable.