How do the r1's compare the the gr02 BE and brainwavz m5? Are the mids anything like the gr02? Also, how's the isolation on the r1?

Hopefully I didn't get a defective one or something, because I honestly right now I'm not liking them. Another problem aside from the piercing sibilance, around the high mids (snare drum, higher male voice range), it sounds like it's coming from a cheap speaker inside a cardboard box... I'll try...

Is anyone having trouble with really harsh sibilance on the gr02? Sometimes it's painful for me to hear... Maybe burn in will help?

Maybe they need some burn in, but when I had first tried them on, everything was great, until I heard the mids (or around that range, like the range of a higher male speaking voice).  It sounded almost like a cheap portable speaker inside a cardboard box.  It's a shame too, since everything else...

I've read joker's review on them, and the way he described the headphones make pretty much the same than the ones I already have (or the ones I have seem a little bit better in terms of isolation and build quality lol) I don't really want the bass to be too overpowering against the the highs or...

(fyi, I'm a newbie to audiophile stuff, but I'll try my best to get things.)   I listen to mainly dubstep, DnB, trance, and a little house + electro. I've had these razer electras for a while now that I got for about $50 (yeah I know Razer is not really an established music headphone...