+1 for the Radiance Best sounding Focal minus the Utopia which I skipped. -- cable voodoo disclaimer -- Personally I prefer the GH50 due to its horn driver, however, with the GH50 cable (I'm sure there are other cable brands that work well) the Radiance sounds more organic than stock (treble...

NDH20. Reasonably small, built like a tank (prone to scratches though), ample bass, no upper mids shout (the opposite actually), no hot treble if you listen to music with cymbals, not hard to drive, isolates like a champ (in ear levels of isolation). Biggest issue is it having shallow pads, you...

Excellent transaction - fast communication, delivered as described - looking forward to next time.

I've had a/the similar issue where one side would be quieter than the other and would return back to normal again. It only happened once so far but I haven't listened a lot to it yet due to having lots of other HPs (which haven't had that anomaly) but I will listen more this weekend and will...

Once again excellent transaction - all questions about this custom headphone were answered, smooth delivery.

My take: It's not as flashy looking as others (people don't like the design) It is/was not widely available, even here in Austria it took a while to get hold of it Reviewers didn't hype it up Not a household name in the headphone world (yet) First model was slightly controversial People on the...

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The Denon 7200 has quite forward midrange as well, not more forward than the bass, but drowning out other frequencies, maybe i'm just more sensitive to it, I'd consider the NDH20, GH50 JM 2, Meze 99 more or less bassy. I also wouldn't consider the SRH1540 bassy (despite what graphs show), I'd...

I don't actually find the Radiance to be bassy either and I have a suspicion that it's the upper mids' fault which are pretty forward. I also found it to become less dynamic on my desktop setups, not sure why, maybe bad synergy, too much soundstage or pad wear. My favorite fully closed closed...

I have a lot of closed backs here atm so I might post some sound impressions later, will post some thoughts about isolation at least because that's the main point of closed backs for me: - Meze 99: poor isolation, feels like wearing a semi open at best (got them for ridiculous bass so it's all...

Interesting, I find the Shure 1540 to be underwhelming for technicalities at the 500€/$ mark (for 200 used they're probably alright but I don't have many sub 500 HPs), have you tried those as well?

Excellent transaction, just as described, no issues with importing either, looking forward to next time!

Short impressions on Signature Natural: Sound signature reminds me of TH900 - sparkly treble with some low-end oomph. There's probably a bit more bass on the Ultrasone (noticeably more than the white TH900, maybe a tiny bit more than the red 900s, this is from memory) Obviously it's not on the...

It probably wouldn't help if I told you that they look even better IRL than on photos, you've done your research so I'm not going to sway you... or am I? :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

I think Sennheiser open backs are divisive as well, yes they have garnered a fanbase bubble online and reviewers praise them to no end but IRL most people i know who are in the game don't think very highly of their open backs either, second point, most companies are just terrible at making true...

If you want the best sound isolation, the NDH20 has the highest I've encountered (almost as much as my custom inears which is impressive), but it has little soundstage. Since you mentioned the DT990 being too boomy, I'm also going to recommend the Aeon Noire (or Aeon 2 Closed is the same if you...

Smooth transaction - the AWAS came as described, good communication, would do business again.

Which makes sense considering Aurorus Borealis uses just a 10$ driver and is still one of the best HPs out there imo. Personally I use a headband cover, only treats the symptoms, not the cause, but out of sight out of mind, y'know...

I anticipated the better bass. It's no slouch in that regard. I also thought that D8K Pro kinda crams things together and Hedd 2 does the opposite.

How do they compare to the D8000 Pro? I'll should be able to post some further impressions soon, demo model of new batch is coming to my local shop.

Smooth transaction - everything as described, great communication!

Both stands were next to each other and I was able to listen to the HEDD for an extended period of time. Speaking of, I also tried the Composer this week in a quieter environment when I had my Aurorus Borealis with me, and Bori sounded warm in comparison, which confirmed my first impression. I...

They have a dealer in Germany, Oleg Lohnes. There's still a dealer (k55.ch) that sells Kennerton models without warranty in Switzerland as well, if I didn't already have the GH50 I would've inquired which GH50 model they sell because it's so cheap there.

I believe so. I had to turn the volume to uncomfortable levels due to all the background noise there, but I listen at below average volume, so ymmv. It not being super forward in the upper registers helps, but I think there's somehing else that keeps it fatigue free.

I don't think the Neve works well with hard to drive planars and it's not portable (if you mean easily transportable, then sure). I'd suggest looking into Questyle for desktop devices, e.g. the cma fifteen balanced works really well with its current mode. I'm not as well versed with portable...