Oh totally I realise its always personal preference, but its the factors which govern that preference that make the difference
I agree they are more comfortable. Actually I would like a set that were 75% less clamping force than the DT1990pro's and 25% more than the Amiron homes. In the same way they say you can "stretch" the headband of the DT's, do you think you could "compress" the headband of the Amiron's by squeezing it together (complete opposite to recommendation for DT's) ?
I also agree that they are not as "in your face". Oddly, that's what I liked about the DT1990s (and the Grado DR325e's I had before them). I probably misinterpreted that is being less accurate, since they did not seem to render the same texture and levels that the DT1990's do. I suppose its the difference between listening to an orchestra down in the front row or up in the Gods.
I have a feeling I should have given the Amiron's more of a chance, but then mine did seem to have a fault too, whereby the yolk creaked when I moved my head !. I wish there was someone near me who had some I could borrow for a week to be honest. But there are not that many audiophiles in my area, despite the South East of the UK purportedly being one of the more affluent areas (I'm not affluent, by the way, LOL).
Its an interesting situation. If there was a decent Hi-Fi retailer that had good demo models available my life would have been a lot easier. I find it odd that the distributors of beyerdynamic UK are only 45 minutes away from me, but they don't have a full range of demo models, and worse still, have no intention of offering same. Furthermore, their retail prices are higher than you can buy for elsewhere. Totally bizarre.
Have you tried the T1gen2's ?