I auditioned the open-back EL-8 and ended up buying them. I use them every single day now and I love them.   I did go back to the Nighthawk's to try them out a couple more times and they do sound really good, but to me they were unnatural on the low end. Not bad, just not my thing.   FWIW -...

I'm new here, but saw this thread and thought I'd toss in my 2...   I auditioned both the EL-8 and the Nighthawk today for about 45 min. Both sound very good, but had stark contrasts:   The Nighthawks are going to please someone who wants more bass - by more, I mean more than natural...