I'm looking for something with more impact than my HD800's, not as bright but nearly as comfortable. I'm listening mostly to rock and metal. Any good suggestions to pair with a WA7?

I use the Realiser with two Buttkickers mounted to a riser. I simply set the HP MIX to 1.0 and turn off the crossover in both the Realiser and the Buttkicker amp. The tactile transducers naturally top out at about 200HZ so it's fine. I find it's better to send the full bandwidth to each channel...

It's not just a matter of which speaker but also which amp and room treatments. To get that linear of a room response is no small feat. 

I thought one of the major selling points of headphones was privacy and portability. I don't even know why we would discuss having $10K headphones instead of speakers unless there was a very good reason. Most people with that kind of money have both. 

The absolute only way to get any headphone to sound like speakers is through a Smyth Realiser with a tactile transducer. If you have this combo it sounds 98% like any speakers you can find. 

A better idea may be to use with a tactile transducer like a buttkicker. I use this type of setup with a custom riser and recliner and it's amazing. 

I'm not aware of any way to properly create a HPEQ with IEM's. Thank you for the offer though. I sold my SE535's a while ago. 

I tried the Realizer with SE535's and was very underwhelmed. Not even a fraction of the experience a pair of HD800's or Stax provide. 

I'm a little shocked that you felt the sound of the HD800 was veiled. To me, and many others, it's the most analytical headphone out there. As far as burn in, some may argue that it's nothing more than your ear adjusting to the sound of your new headphones. The HD800's sounded amazing right off...

I have it on good authority it's due to a merger with Beats and impending flagship model "HD800XL Studio" due to release this Spring. 

Mine are 33XXX purchased a couple months ago. 

The Burson Soloist is a great pairing. 

I've wondered for quite awhile why Q Audio Cables need those earrings. They take away much from the look. I wouldn't buy them for this specific reason. 

I should hope a headphone at twice the price would be better :)

Ok then. 

Have you tried HD800? I use those with Buttkickers mounted to a riser. It's amazing. 

I also have to point out that I use the Smyth Realiser for all my listening so it's incredibly specialized and biased. I've had about 15 pairs of headphones specially EQ'd through this system and the HD800's are by the far the best. My 404LE's were the only other set that were transparent enough...

  As I said in my quote, the HD800 clearly aren't as good as a pair of SR009's. I would argue that they compete nicely with planars. 

Not sure where you heard that rumor. To my ear, there is no finer reproduction aside from an electrostatic headphone costing twice as much. 

Again, I called Sennheiser yesterday and they said they'd cover it no matter what the price as long as it's from an authorized dealer. If anything, they'd punish the seller. 

I'm having a hard time believing that Sennheiser would punish the consumer for getting a low price from an authorized dealer. Especially considering it's a large one.    EDIT: Just talked to Sennheiser directly and they said it's covered as long as it's from an authorized dealer regardless of...

Called Sonic Electronix and got them to "match" buysonic for $970. Done and done. The headphones arrived today NIB and they are an authorized dealer. 

Call me crazy but I love me some plain ol' Martin Logan speakers. 

Hey guys, I'm in a situation where I need to wear headphones for extended periods of time. I also wear glasses. The T1's are mostly comfortable enough but I can't help but think that there may be another high end headphone that is more comfortable to wear with glasses. I had the HD800's before...

Ok, for a minute I thought I was odd man out :)