Hi, Thanks for your comment re the T1. I wondered what you meant by '....without the bloat'. Because IMO you can say a lot of things about the T1, but not that it's bloated. But maybe I misread your comment. Thx!

Hi Wertigo, First I have to say I find this headphone much more difficult to assess than others, to me its sound is sometimes great, sometimes weird, I still have not made up my mind completely. As for its neutrality and/or bass heaviness: Of course I could be the odd user out there and I have...

Cable. Frustrated and not having been able to find a shorter 3rd party cable, I took matters into my own hands. Shortened the original cable down to around 1.2m and terminated it with a 3.5mm connector. Done.

Maybe a surprising answer, but I would NOT recommend these for EDM. Their bass is great, but tonally speaking much too prominent, even with other genres. When playing bass heavy music like electronic music through them, bass becomes total overkill. At least for me. If you're fine with EQing and...

Anyone any news around (shorter) replacement cables? I know there were some posts earlier, but those were all for cables on Amazon in the US. Tried to find the equivalents on European Amazon sites, without success. I am getting so frustrated with the long straight cable (I use the NDH 20 kind...

Yes. Dekoni Elite Hybrid pads made for THX00. They are a bit larger, but in spite of the somewhat loose fit, they work on the NDH20. Sound-wise, the bass drops considerably. I think the bass with the original pads is too strong, but with the Dekoni's, it gets too weak. Overall a rather thin...

By the way, does anyone have experience with aftermarket cables for this? Z says that the Sennheiser 598 etc cables don't fit unless you sand down the connector. Really need a portable cable, both included cables are anything but suited for portable.

Couldn't have described them better. The only thing I would add, is the great soundstage. Not as wide as HD800's, but very wide compared to most other headphones. And not only wide, but high. I have never heard other headphones that have such a tall soundstage. Very 3 dimensional.

Impressions after a week or two with the Neumann's: Weird headphones. Not sure if I love them or hate them. First thought after about 10 seconds of listening: They sell these as neutral monitors? They are NOT neutral AT ALL. Very boosted bass and rolled off trebles. But after 2 weeks, I have to...

True. Also I believe one can't go wrong with the Arya. For a lot less money.

Everything is in the ear of the beholder. Everyone hears differently and has different taste. Maybe some things like resolution or decay are a bit more objective, but too much / too few mids/highs/bass is largely a matter of taste and hearing. I know many people like the Clear for its mids, but...

at 9.30 I know...I almost felt personally insulted. "Rap star headphones", "Beats of the Focal line".

The bass of the Arya and the Clear are different. Difficult to say objectively, which one is better. It's a matter of taste probably. I think both have a technically good bass, i.e. very clean, fast decay, resolving and not bleeding into mids. The difference is that the Clear's emphasis more on...

I would answer your question with 2 answers: One for open, one for closed, because apples and pears and stuff.... Open: Arya Closed: EtherCX

My Clear probably has 500+ hours

I do love the Clear, but its the mids that make me consider selling it. I find them too eleveated or shouty. Instead of enjoying the vocals on some of my favorite tracks, I'm like 'stop yelling at me!'. Aside from mid levels (lol, somehow have to think of HK suddenly), it's also the slightly...

No it's pretty brand new actually .

Without going into detail, the LCD wins in the bass department, although not by much. But a tad drier and deeper. I'd say other than that, the Arya is better in everything else. IMO the LCD X is not an allrounder like the Arya or the Clear. Its rilled off trebles make it slightly dark and...

Spending more time with the Arya. I understand this may be blasphemy in this thread. But the Arya totally blows the Clear out of the water. The Clear IMO has better dynamics. That's about it. In everything else, the Arya is better. Focal's PR is that they are a speaker manufacturer and their...

Lol. Yep. But to make this one a vit more specific: Mojo versus Dragonfly Red?

Anyone have any impressions on how the Arya pairs with the Mojo?

... first replaced the AFC with the Elegia, replaced that with the Denon 9200, replaced that with both the LCD 2C Closed and the MrSpeakers Massdrop CX. So, why all of this then? Just the negatives that led me to sell them (but all of these are great heaphones): ACF: Weak bass and sibilance...

I love the LCD X for EMD, anything with strong bass. But I do think it's a real niche headphone. Personally I think it is very veiled and not very resolving. Listening to classical music or acoustic guitars with the X is not a particularly pleasant experience. Listening to dance tracks however...

Thanks mate. And what a journey it is, at least at the closed-end side of this hobby. Seems like never-ending ;-) The 2 top end headphones I still have to tick off my list are the Eikon/Atticus and the Stellia. And really afraid that I will like them, especially the latter (financial crisis on...

To me, the treble spike is quite extreme, which ruined my otherwise fantastic impression of these cans. So much, that I sold them. In it's place, the Ether CX is auditioning on my head as I type this. Not burned in yet, but already sounds very nice too me. It remedies the shortcomings I felt...