Nice. I am looking forward to hear more.
I liked the immediately myself, did find them different but I never disliked them or had trouble listening to them. Many people seem to be taken aback by them at first. I’ve always loved their tonality and they sound natural in ways most headphones don’t. I’m curious about his impressions as well.
I have a lot of high resolution headphones and these seem to fit right in. They aren't the best in my collection at delivering a highly resolute, spacious sound, but I would rank them above the previous generation of T1's. The tuning of the T1.3's has changed and I like it. The T1.3's don't seem to be lacking in any frequency. What's great, is the treble is not nearly as rolled off as thought it would be after reading what other people thought of them. It could my they have good synergy with my Formula S/Powerman with the Hugo 2 as the DAC or they could be well broken in. I did buy these used. Whatever the case, I'm finding the T1.3's to sound really balanced with a nice tone and timbre.
I think some of the complaints stem from people seeing the measurements and how they measure in the upper mids. I never found their treble lacking or even the upper mids despite their measurements. I think these were unfairly bashed early on. They are better overall headphones than the previous generation. I keep my gen 2 around for it's different sound signature but it's not quite in the same league in terms of overall resolution.
Jesus Christ. I've owned my T1.2 for nearly two years and still can't wear them for more than an hour or two. If the T1.3 has even more clamping force it's a torture device for people with wider heads.
I have a head on the wider side and I find my T1.2 almost too loose after a lot of break in. It clamps the least of any headphone I own. The T1.3 is still clampy after owning it since it came out.
The bass I found is appropriate for the track, it’s not overwhelming and never feels out of place. It hits hard when called for, it’s soft when called for, etc. Instead it feels like the bass has something that most other headphones lack. I never found the upper mids lacking either despite the measurements.
They are very different sounding than other Beyers in terms of tuning. There is some change with burn in. But I would say the best thing to do is simply listen to them for a bit and adjust to their unique sound signature and see if they work out or not.
The biggest change will will be when you have adjusted your own ears to their sound signature. I was on the same journey when I had T1.3 for a couple of weeks for a review. I came from DT1770 Pro and I was chocked when I first listened to T1.3. I actually thought I had a defective unit to begin with. But over a couple of days I really started to appreciate their signature, so much that many other headphones sounded lifeless and boring and thin in comparison.
Althought I had comfort issues with the T 1.3, I loved them with some of my metal albums (Metallica - Black album and if I can remember properly: some Stratovarius and Nightwish albums), but other metal genres, like gothic, sounded like garbage with them (a lot better with the DT 1990 Pro). I also loved them with some OST albums and to play PC games, they have pin-point imaging for that. Like other stated: give them more time and try different genres after the initial burning (or mental burning if you prefer
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