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PallidaMors
PallidaMors
I would'n call them "neutral", personally I think they are aggressive. However, I totally agree with you on their soundstage and, specially, the highs.
mattkat0410
mattkat0410
i find the spike in the highs to not be an issue..and sometimes it can be fun. main reason i don't find it an issue is because it seems (in the music i listen to, which ranges from hip-hop to coldplay to the beatles) that the spike is very selective, and that not very many percussive sounds fit into the spike. i have found that very few tracks (no i don't use crappy quality files) have a note that fits into that spike...so i rarely notice it. personal experience though...also i find most of the other high frequencies to actually be laid back..and i have found that most frequency response graphs reflect that statement...other than the peak which is very noticeable.
Sweden
Sweden
Try washing the pads if you wan't them more comfortable.
miceblue
miceblue
I agree with this review except applying it to the Amperior. I haven't A/B-ed them in person, but from what a lot of people say and from the charts at Innerfidelity.com, they are pretty darn similar in sound. I found the upper mids lacking, making female vocals and the "hit" of a cymbal hollow-sounding. That ~10 kHz spike really annoyed me when I was listening to rock and some electronic music tracks. The mid bass was thumping awesome though.
Tilpo
Tilpo
@PalidaMors
Define 'aggressive'. I have no idea what you mean by that, since the term is used rather ambiguously.
Compared to both my HD650 and SR-202 they do sound fairly neutral.

@mattkat0410
Have you tried more high-end headphones? Listening to the HD 25-1 II without comparison to other headphones it didn't bother me all that much either, except for the sibilance. However, if I compare it to my beloved full-sizers, I notice that the cymbals are seriously lacking quite a bit on pretty much all tracks.

@Sweden
I never said they were uncomfortable
PallidaMors
PallidaMors
@Tilpo
By 'aggressive' i refer to a can with a forward presentation and bright sound, which is how they sound to me.
Tilpo
Tilpo
I wouldn't really call them bright. But I do agree on the forward presentation.

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