So I have pulled the trigger and ordered these 3 weeks ago. They have arrived today. Build quality seems better than one can judge from the pictures, hopefully they will last quite some time. They definitely don't look like they'll go apart easily.   And I'm just listening right now, but so...

Yes, I was talking about stock 7520. Read my above posts how the stock 7520 is perceived. It's not black and white just by reading at the frequency response graphs. One cannot judge by only looking at the FR and making final decisions from it.   Okay, let's keep this thread about Sonarworks...

  I am 100% sure that Tyll made his judgements in a hurry, because the FR didn't look too "good" (flat?) to him. He should have devoted much more time to them, his pity. Just look at the curve and think again - how do you think we perceive, when summed / translated by our ears / brain, the...

  Sorry, only FR graph. Flat (+/-3dB) from cca 22Hz to 20kHz.     Dude, regarding my custom HD800 calibration and comparison above, trust me, I know what I'm talking about.

I have to disagree that my Sonarworks custom calibrated HD800 is bass heavy. Neither the HD800 average profile sounds bass heavy to me.   They're perfectly neutral to my ears - I can compare with my reference KH120 studio monitors + dual KH810 subs in my professionally treated room and even...

Has somebody tried these ear pads for replacement?   http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement-Foam-Ear-Pad-Cushion-F-Sony-MDR-Z1000-7520-ZX-700-500-701-Headphone-/261804569538?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cf4c4b3c2

I just wanted to point out that even if I disagree with most of Audiophiliac's and Jude's opinions, they seem to correlate perfectly with most people's opinions (be it headfiers or pro audio people) with regards to 7520. Interesting, isn't? We, pro audio people, doing mixing/mastering for a...

It's very interesting to see people consider 7520 much more clean / detailed, tighter, faster sounding and less distorted than Nad Viso HP50, Focal Spirit Pro, Shure SRH1540, etc.. which measure almost perfectly on paper. Even Steve Guttenberg when he reviewed them said the 7520 were tighter /...

Really don't know what to think about Tyll's measurements on 7520. Extremely surprised.   It doesn't correlate to what I've been hearing since I've acquired them cca 2,5 years ago, and I also own professionally treated studio with Neumann monitors and subs, so I can quite compare what's...

EDIT: Deleted the content, since I do not want to confuse other people.

EDIT: Deleted the content, since I do not want to confuse other people. I must have been pretty tired and there was something wrong with my head at that time... HD800 sound as they did, period. Washing the earpads didn't change anything...

Read my post above. If 7520 is properly (!!) driven, there are no perceivable peaks whatsoever, it is perfectly neutral, from bottom to top. If midbass and sibilance were to be pronounced, you'd probably end up with thin and veiled/undetailed mixes...

If you're after serious studio work, you should care for fearless translation to every possible playback system, and 7520 are as accurate in this regard as it could ever be. Don't forget to feed it with high-quality studio D/A conversion and near-zero output impedance headphone amplifier...

I've sold HD600 after having 7520 for a test drive. I'll probably buy another pair because I find them that good. For me, there's no comparison with HD600 for studio work - 7520 wins over everything you can imagine - they are very very accurate from lows to mids to highs, very very clean/neutral...

Here in Czech Republic they're currently stocked at more than 11 eshops, see there - http://www.heureka.cz/?h%5Bfraze%5D=sony+mdr+7520 ... Dunno, maybe some of them do ship outside CZ ...

I'm looking for some good carrying/storage case for my HD800 headphones, can't find anything reasonable here in EU / UK.   Any suggestions are welcome, thank you in advance.

So I bought them today and the dent is much much much smaller in reality - almost invisible ;) The photo tells absolutely nothing... And now I'm gonna enjoy them! ;)

Thanks mate. For that price, I decided to go for them.

Thank you for your opinion. As I am not a native English speaker, can you please explain what does the phrase "The difference looks too minute to me" mean? Sorry for a dumb question ;)   I really thought about removing the earpad and smoothing the dent - do you think it could make things even...

Hi there,   I have an offer of buying some used HD800 for some decent price, but the owner honestly told me that there's some very little dent on the metal that covers the left outer earcup. It looks like this:     Can anybody assure me it will not affect the sound quality at all? And if...

And definitely, when compared to my old $15 budget Philips SHP1900 headphones (which I consider quite flat but muddy), you can really tell the difference.

Thank your for your comments.

Everything seems fine now.