Unfortunately I decided to refund due the headphones potentially aggravating my tinnitus. I can't say for sure that was the cause, but I don't want to risk it. Kudos to @Audeze for stellar customer support. Looks like they're also quickly addressing issues people are having with the headphones...

I think the clamp on the headphones is aggravating my tinnitus. :( Either that or the low distortion is causing me to use higher than normal headphone volume (though I've never even gone past 4/10 volume through Bluetooth).

I can confirm that you can easily stretch out the headband by hand to reduce the clamp. I stretched it out pretty heavily for around 20 seconds and it feels much better now. Pads could be a tad softer, but the super strong clamp is gone. That being said, my headset is being RMA'd for imbalance...

Is the wooshing getting worse for anyone? I don't know if I'm just getting really attuned to it, but I hear it everywhere now. Any silent space around notes is just whshshsh. Sounds like I'm biking with earbuds on and am hearing the wind vibrate my eardrums. It feels quite loud now.

Nope there's not enough power there. It takes a fair bit of CPU power since it's essentially calculating all of the possible outcomes 2 frames ahead of time and choosing the correct one based on the input received.

You’re likely noticing input lag inherent to the game rather the display itself. Even on a CRT input lag was not zero. SNES games, for example, have 2 frames (32 ms) of input lag. Interestingly, it’s actually possible to get faster than SNES on CRT response times with a fast display and an...

edit: nvm

Good call. I set mono using iOS accessibility. Yeah it's ever so slightly left. Like an inch to the left in the inside of my head. And again, swapping the headphones around 180 degrees results in the imbalance being on the other side, so I don't think it's my ears. If this wasn't an audiophile...

I mean that could be the case, but I've never experienced this with any other headphones. Are planars just more likely to exhibit this for some reason? I should mention that the imbalance is very slight. But it's enough to shift the sound left maybe an inch to the left within my head, which...

Hmmm yeah imbalance is still there, so maybe it's not the earcups. Could just be because I only hear higher frequencies without the earcups. Maybe a frequency response imbalance between the two drivers?

Good call. Brb.

Okay that's odd. I removed the earcups and tried them and I can't perceive any imbalance at all. But taking the earcups off made me realize just how much the earcups themselves contribute to the sound itself, as the headphones sound dramatically different with them off. And I realized that when...

I tested through aux where other headphones are perfectly balanced, as well as through my PS5 and over Bluetooth on my iPhone. The thing is though, since these are internally amped, maybe it can just be addressed by adjusting the amp? Though I don't think a balance adjustment is available...

Contacted them to see what can be done. Hopefully I don't have to shell out another $50 to ship them.

Yep, there's an imbalance in the volume levels of my drivers. It's obvious by clicking the input switch button "bluetooth", "aux", "wireless". Comes out stronger in the left earcup. If I switch the headset around, it's then stronger on my right ear, so it's the drivers. It became obvious to me...