Quote: This explains much. First of all, relatively high THD numbers should not lead to conclusion that there are unavoidable problems with component, very clear and musically transparent tube amps proove this. Problems are - THD is highly frequency dependent and nonmonotonic, which doesn`t...

I don`t care about any review untill I have this small things on my head called ears  . Speaking about quantity of details regardless quality 1840 might be called detailed phones. But when it comes to quality, things get much worther. And for me music is not an unrellated set of small sounds...

Quote: Unfortunately, they can not even close to be detailed in midrange, compared to something really midrange-detailed like DT911, so useless for classical and live instruments. You can have another opinion untill you make a/b comparison which I did  . Loosing some important details in...

Sorry, don`t listen to rap/hip-hop or Japanese music. For male vocals I tested them on Bob Dylan, B.B. King with Clapton, Nirvana, Pink Floyd and others. All I can say that they can not separate sarcasm, joy or sadness. They actually good for understanding how people are singing, i.e. singing...

Well, to make it clear, they are definitely little bit more transparent than HD555, have little better instrument separation and better heights. Defference is not day and night, it is quantative, not qualitive. Perhas the biggest their problem is that they are absolutely emotionless, i.e. I...

I also have quite big Zoo of phones: Grado 125, Senn 555, Stax SR5nb, Stax 3new.   Shures are significantly less transparent than Grado and I can hardly believe they can be used for classical. In case one can`t stand Grado slight coloration, SR5nb for around 200$ are much more realistic and...

Bought those phones for around 400$, and I think I was robbed. Their fair price is around 70$, they are competitive in that price point. Soundwise their main competitors are 5x5 and 5x8 series of Sennheiser - same veiled and slow unnatural sound. It will not be a surprise for me, if it is OEM...