Hi Rakyan, While everyone is entitled to their subjective opinion, as yrstruly kindly added, there are market and economic dynamics that are undeniably more objective. Without getting into complicated marketing and economics, for example, it is a simple fact that products in the market retail...

Hi Kiwi, Glad you like them! In fact reminded of a note I had after my little test that I didn't publish in my post... As of late, I have been hitting hard the Meze Elites I recently got. Amazing pair of headphones, with lots of detail and fine characteristics, and definitely worth the crazy...

Hi! I don't know about other cables, but at least with the Noir it is 0 microphonics. Nothing at all. And mind you that for a while there I was actually taking them for a ride to work, Metro and walking. Comfortable, sturdy and nothing but music. Lui

Hi Guys, Since this whole cable discussion started with my recommending Kiwi to get a custom cable because I considered the Denon cable subpar, and then got a whole lot of comments in the virtues of the original cable, I decided to make a small test, out of intellectual honesty, just to verify...

Hi Plakat I think that without realizing, you touched on a good point when you talk about "expensive". In fact, I see now that it is a point of analysis that I was taking for granted. In this way: It made perfect sense to me to spend 250€ on a cable for the 9200's, seeing that the extended...

Hello, It's ok to disagree on principle if you like, yet from direct experience, I find the difference in sound quite significant, especially using a high quality source such as the SPK or SP3K. Also, the difference between balanced and unbalanced is also significant enough to my ears, to...

Hi Kiwi, Good for you! You'll enjoy them... Don't know if it has been said to you before, but these headphones will improve immensely with an alternative custom cable, preferably silver hybrid, as the one they come with is just not up to it. So do not trust your impression with the cable, get...

Hi Kiwi, Just coming back to some 2cs... You'll enjoy the Denons, as they are musical and offer a great value for the money. In sync with the SP3000, they do a great job at retrieving what this great DAP throws at them. Just to repeat my warning, at some point you may find that the SP3k...

Hi Kiwi, Glad to see you joined the club, and that you're enjoying th SP3K as I expected. Though I'm not a fan of iems, I have to admit I do find the Trifecta intriguing, I own the Atlas and it's an entertaining little beast, so I would be curious to see what they did sticking three of those...

Entering personal nirvana...

Hi Kiwi, Always benefitted of advice in the past, so wanted to share my humble 2cs with you. I recently got the SP3000, as I decided to upgrade from my SP1000M. My go to headphones have been the Denon 9200, price-quality ratio considered some of the best closed headphones you can get...

Completely agree with the above comments, especially forbiddenbeat's comment about the chase for the best and latest, the upgraditis syndrome which affects all us... Personally, I own the SPK1Km, which compares really well, especially to how it has held performance quality over most of the...

Personal opinion combined with hypothesis: These people never heard the 9200, only the 7200. Same exact review, word by word, It's not the first time it has happened. As an owner, there is definitely nothing harsh or wonky (whatever they mean by that) about these headphones. Lush, elegant...

Funny... I came back after months of quarantine indifference! Have to agree with that comment 100%... After getting the 9200s, paired with SPKM and a nice Forza balanced cable, my thirst for new and better completely subsided, and instead I concentrated on actually enjoying music for a while...

Haven't been here in a while, Covid and stuff... Anyways, a recommendation for the new owners: get a balanced, hybrid cable. You think you love the 9200's, then just wait until you listen to them with a good non-ootb cable... The difference in imaging and soundstage is worth the investment...

Hi Matez, Publish away any photos I share... And to all, please stay safe and enjoy music at home!

About time and burn in... Oh joy! I just got my cable back from repair (I managed to break the 2.5 pin...) and since mine is already burned, I put it on, and immediately feel the miles and miles difference! Thanks so much Matt and Forza guys! P.S. Matt is still refusing to answer my emails...

At work, only if you work in a library, and then you'd have to be close to the person wearing them, otherwise ambient noise will take care of mostly all you could hear from the 9200's. Confirmed! I don't know what this guy heard from the other guy, but I commute daily, subway and train, and...

I wanted to share an update... I went after, bought and relistened to PW in 192, 24 bit... The 9200's (with the spkm combo) play rock music so well to my taste, just wow! giving an amazing presentation... never fatiguing, 3d, fun, you name it! Damn it man, and now I'm slowly rebuying and...

No problem man, gladly!

They look fundamentally the same as the stock pads... Any chance they (or anyone) make premiumish pads without the thick part, maybe improving soundstage perception? Looked fast but didn't see it

As promised, wanted to share my experience with FAW and my new combo... A pleasure and 0 hassles to deal with Matt and Co., got the cable in a short time. The FAW Hybrid is giving me an improved soundstage, amazing clarity and all around quality of sound in my Denon AH D9200s. It is beautiful...

Yup, Permanent Waves is a great album... just from dumb memory I think that the drums were recorded more carefully in Moving Pictures... gonna have to go listen

What I really have come to like in particular of this album, is the mastering job they did. Musically it's a nice spanish fusion like maybe many others, but when I heard it on the 9200's, all their excellent, careful musical and mixing work jumped at me! Glad you like it

Well, let me show you the picture: I'm out in my winter clothes, with the cable protruding from my jacket's pocket, and I usually stick the splitter (big and heavy) in my scarf. But even when I let it loose, no microphonics that I can recall. I do it to release the weight of the cable from my...