I have to agree across the board here. I'm a software developer, have been wearing these ~6-8 hours a day in ~2 hour stretches. I had some comfort issues at first with both earpads and headband, but they're noticeably improving over time, and approaching outright comfortable. I was also coming from PM-3 driven by a dragonfly 1.2
As picky as it is, your comments about how they sit on the neck are spot on. With my PM-3 I could rotate them flat so that the ear pads were resting against my chest instead of the backs of the earcups. A small gripe, but hey, that's how happy I am with these.
Re: Neck wear, my GF pointed out I was doing it wrong and to fold the cups inward so that the speakers rest against your chest. Not how they fall naturally, speakers up, which I'd say is a design flaw but I also recognise the physics of metal earcups being heavier than earpads... maybe could have been addressed by where the pivot point sits on the cup?
Unfortunately... comfort hasn't increased for me. I was fine with them at first for the short stints I'd use them, but prolonged use (hacking the codes) is still giving me hot spots regardless of how I angle the headphones to sit. I've been trying to play with enlarging the headphones so that the headband barely sits on me, distributing some of the weight to the cups, but it's a fine balance to hit. Compared to the PM-3 which I can just throw on any which way and feel like a cloud on my head despite their weight.
Gotta give props to sony on the 1000XM2/B... they replaced the cracky plastic up top with a metal band. It's flexible, thin, and has a good deal of cushion on it. Feels great compared to the PX, which has a liiiitle bit of padding over it's hard core of a headband. I had the same issue with the Beo H9 headband. Maybe heavy, luxurious metals aren't the right design choice for portable headphones. PM-3 managed to make something that looks high end while using mostly plastic (China's good at that ) even if the design is boxy... I'll call it understated.
Heat, the PX does really well. Noticeably cooler than PM-3 or 1000XM2/B. Because the pads are stiffer maybe, they don't hug and stifle as much. But I think the stiffer pads contribute to what I don't like about the PX sound... I need to learn more terminology but something about the low mids feels way to slammy. I noticed HP with softer pads like the PM-3 and TMA-2 S02E06 combo don't have that problem, even though the TMA2 has some bass boost going on (more than PM-3, less than PX).
I'm a huge waffle, HP are a journey... right now the PM-3 are the set I compare everything else against, they're trusty and reliable. I was gifted some JBL Everest Elite by a friend who works there so maybe I'll settle with those when I really need noise canceling (rare) and keep the PM-3 for like... everything else
And see where wireless anc is at in another generation. Now that DAC are built into all the headsets, exposing EQ seems so obvious and easy. JBL does it nicely and it bakes into the headset which is awesome, I hope the rest of the manufacturers figure out how to do it. If I could do that with the PX! H9 has EQ but only with their app open, have put in a feature request for it to bake but their response was entirely non-committal.
As for AptX-HD, that was my impression too. I don't own the PX, but with my B&W P7w I can definitely tell between SBC and AptX with SBC sounding "grainier" and of course wired passively via a 2015 MBP's port sounds excellent.
Using lossless source?
