Read a number of reviews on this pair of headphones before buying, and was quite surprised that no one mentioned the boxy band ( maybe somewhere around 3.5 - 5k ?? ) of upper mids.
some songs are pretty effected by it, others not so much. It sounds like someone really pumped the EQ around a band of frequencies and phased the crap out of it.
However, for songs that are not effected by this the overall clarity of sound - especially for a closed-ear set of headphones - is great. I have a pair of sr60s & Sennheiser HD598s and these are definitely still in the same ballpark of quality as those two.
For some songs though, the boxiness can really be in the forefront of whats going on and it seriously detracts from the overall sound quality.
some songs are pretty effected by it, others not so much. It sounds like someone really pumped the EQ around a band of frequencies and phased the crap out of it.
However, for songs that are not effected by this the overall clarity of sound - especially for a closed-ear set of headphones - is great. I have a pair of sr60s & Sennheiser HD598s and these are definitely still in the same ballpark of quality as those two.
For some songs though, the boxiness can really be in the forefront of whats going on and it seriously detracts from the overall sound quality.
I thought the AKG 240s were more popular though?