[PinkyPowers]

The NightOwls sound even better with a few dozen hours of burn-in.
:basshead:

 

[sonickarma]

 

[ssag]

My sony-combo for my daily commute to work.
Replced the worn down pads on my mdr-1a, it's like new again.

 

[Dickymint]

​PinkyPowers, I keep seeing people knocking these headphones down, too much bass, too much treble, no detail, are they a lot better than that? IYHO... I fancied a pair of NightOwls but seeing all the negative feedback put me off. Or am I getting them mixed up with the NightHawks?

 

[PinkyPowers]

​PinkyPowers, I keep seeing people knocking these headphones down, too much bass, too much treble, no detail, are they a lot better than that? IYHO... I fancied a pair of NightOwls but seeing all the negative feedback put me off. Or am I getting them mixed up with the NightHawks?

Audiophiles are a silly bunch. There are certainly folk who won't like these. To each their own.

I don't hear any offensive frequencies from my NightOwls. The treble is good and sparkly, the bass has great presence and tonality. The vocals come through beautiful and clear.

The NightOwls are quite warm in signature. So if you don't like warm-sounding gear you won't like these. But that treble adds a great amout of air and detail to the affair. That and the tremendous soundstage keeps the NightOwls from feeling veiled or stuffy.

 

[jmills8]

Audiophiles are a silly bunch. There are certainly folk who won't like these. To each their own.

I don't hear any offensive frequencies from my NightOwls. The treble is good and sparkly, the bass has great presence and tonality. The vocals come through beautiful and clear.

The NightOwls are quite warm in signature. So if you don't like warm-sounding gear you won't like these. But that treble adds a great amout of air and detail to the affair. That and the tremendous soundstage keeps the NightOwls from feeling veiled or stuffy.

Some love Lobsters and others rather eat Snails.

 

[PinkyPowers]

Some love Lobsters and others rather eat Snails.

Everybody loves lobster.

 

[jmills8]

Everybody loves lobster.

Correct, I love Bass.

 

[nmatheis]

​PinkyPowers, I keep seeing people knocking these headphones down, too much bass, too much treble, no detail, are they a lot better than that? IYHO... I fancied a pair of NightOwls but seeing all the negative feedback put me off. Or am I getting them mixed up with the NightHawks?

Audiophiles are a silly bunch. There are certainly folk who won't like these. To each their own.

I don't hear any offensive frequencies from my NightOwls. The treble is good and sparkly, the bass has great presence and tonality. The vocals come through beautiful and clear.

The NightOwls are quite warm in signature. So if you don't like warm-sounding gear you won't like these. But that treble adds a great amout of air and detail to the affair. That and the tremendous soundstage keeps the NightOwls from feeling veiled or stuffy.

I'll throw down here. Nightowls are definitely on the warm side but not overly so. They're basically a closed back, more audiophile / headfi-friendly Nighthawk. It's great that AudioQuest include both Microsuede and Pleather pads which provide distinctly different sound signatures, so you can use the pads to fine-tune the sound.

All that said, I prefer Nighthawk with the original pads

Everybody loves lobster.

 

[Dickymint]

It's beginning to sound like the NightHawk/Owl might be back on my to consider list. Thank you.

 

[Dickymint]

​Recently splashed out and bought me a Paw 5000, the gold was just too much... Comes close to the Shanling M2 in sound quality but has the advantage of balanced output and a variable output, that way I can use it with my Little Bear B4.

 

[PinkyPowers]

I'll throw down here. Nightowls are definitely on the warm side but not overly so. They're basically a closed back, more audiophile / headfi-friendly Nighthawk. It's great that AudioQuest include both Microsuede and Pleather pads which provide distinctly different sound signatures, so you can use the pads to fine-tune the sound.

All that said, I prefer Nighthawk with the original pads

I auditioned the Nighthawks very briefly when I met up with Lynn to take delivery of the FiiO X5-3. And, sadly, spent all that time using the X5 to listen to it. Anyone who knows my feelings on that DAP can imagine how underwhelmed I was by my experience with the Nighthawks.

I should really take week with them, trying them out on all my best gear. It would likely result in a far nicer impression.

 

[x RELIC x]

I auditioned the Nighthawks very briefly when I met up with Lynn to take delivery of the FiiO X5-3. And, sadly, spent all that time using the X5 to listen to it. Anyone who knows my feelings on that DAP can imagine how underwhelmed I was by my experience with the Nighthawks.

I should really take week with them, trying them out on all my best gear. It would likely result in a far nicer impression.

While I like the X5iii, I agree, the NH pairing was a bit too much.

The NH and NO have very low distortion and a very flat impedance curve which makes them technically very capable. Not everyone will like the tuning but they have fantastic low distortion traits which makes me absolutely smitten with the NH (haven't tried the brighter NO).

 

[nmatheis]

Dickymint: Your comment about PAW 5K sounding as good as Shanling M2 surprises me. I'll have to make sure my PAW 5K firmware is up to date and test it out again.

 

[mwhals]

Questyle QP1R and JH Angie II.