Got a pair of HD540 today. Was expecting the airy sound of my old plastic hd 495 and the wireless sennheiser I used to have, but in flagship style. It is plastici but the cups have this industrial beauty. Original ear pads are in good shape. Plugged them in my Erzedich Tilla because of the...

Tried every tip on the sabre, well the most likely suspects, and ultimately settled on my trusted comply 400s's. Great sound at last.

So did you try Fools Mate.

Great review for Hammill followers,   I use Fools Mate for testing sibilance. 

Read Tyll's remark some days ago. I bought them today (mediamarkt the Netherlands) for 54 Euro. The seller had to look up the price and on the dutch philips site no information could be found, so I think they were b new in store. When compared with the s2 they had an extended frequency range...

No rat after all. Received the classic from amazon.it. Smaller than I expected despite the early warnings. Did't fit my ears. Sound not spectacular but soon became lost in some cello music which sounded rather good, with the classic. As did theShostakovich stringquartets. Remembered I had...

I'm In.

I smell a rat. Wait and see!

Still enjoying an old ht 990 600 ohm I got recenty so........... I'll wait

Thank you Hekeli. I was interested in buying the classic or the pro. Your tip decided the lot. Classic it will be for 181 + 7 euro shipping . Just ordered at amazon.it ( or so I think). Great

Haven't tried that one yet. Could be a nice closed combination.

Fidelio X1 does it for me. Retains a nice detail and brings in some warmth

Yes that makes sense. We don't want the X1 to lose it's flavour.

Got two replacement cables from epiphany accoustics uk the solaris mjk and solaris mjk II with rather large jacks and That gave no problems with the X1. The markII sounded far better than the mark I solaris. Larger soundstage , better bass definition.... So there is certainly improvement using...