[COLOR=222222]Like many members here, my first moments with the [COLOR=222222]AudioQuest[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]Nighthawk elicited a rather dubious response. They indeed sounded a little muffled, a little veiled. But now, after 120 hours of driver burn-in and about 30 hours of brain burn-in, the[/COLOR] Nighthawk's[COLOR=222222]sound has grown on me. Actually, that's a[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]big[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]understatement: I unequivocally love how the Nighthawk[/COLOR][COLOR=222222] reproduces music. What at first struck me as a vice (an overly subdued treble response), now impresses me as the rarest of headphone virtues: an involving and detailed sound without a hint of brightness[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]or[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]stridency.[/COLOR][COLOR=222222]Actually,[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]there's[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]a little paradox[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]at work here:[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]With many of my brighter, more analytical[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222](more expensive)[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]headphones, my ears tend to go into a defensive[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]crouch[/COLOR][COLOR=222222], so to speak, and I can never truly relax, never truly enjoy my music or the music’s recording values. But with the Nighthawk, relaxation comes naturally and as a consequence, I can hear more[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]subtleties[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]and[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]details[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]than ever before. It's pretty amazing how relaxed[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]ears (and thus a relaxed[/COLOR] [COLOR=222222]mind) can affect your perception of music. What's more, I can now listen to my music for hours and hours on end without eliciting a hint of tinnitus.[/COLOR][COLOR=222222]Needless to say, guys, I'm very happy to belong to the Nighthawk Club. Cheers everyone![/COLOR][/COLOR]