Mine arrived yesterday, I'm in the UK and ordered from Ears Unlimited in the Netherlands - very friendly and fast free shipping.
I am really pleased with them, I had 2 main concerns before buying - comfort and vocals.
Currently I use Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 around ear for portable and previously had B&W P7.
The Momentums are quite comfortable but the pads are a bit small which causes me some pain after around an hour. The p7 had better pads but high clamping force and the headband hurt the top of my head after only 20 minutes or so.
The Cascade pads are fantastic and fit around my avarage sized ears easily, the clamping force is similar to the momentums and much less than the p7. The headband is softer than the p7 so while I can feel it it caused me no pain last night after 3 hours of listening.
I like the overall sound of the Momentums but wanted a little bit more bass and they generally sound a bit flat and muffled. The p7 had much better clarity and was more fun with amazing bass, but... the vocals sounded so weak I just couldn't live with them - combined with the comfort issues.
The Cascade has fantastic bass like the p7 which is a bit more than the M2 but the vocals sound so rich and full too, the detail and clarity is a a big step up over both Momentum and p7 as expected.
So overall they are exactly what I was hoping for, the bass can boom a little so hopefully that will calm down after more burning in.
The way I would describe them is they make my music collection sound like it does in my mind, previously I found most songs especially from my teenage years don't sound as good as I remember - finally they now do.
I am really pleased with them, I had 2 main concerns before buying - comfort and vocals.
Currently I use Sennheiser Momentum 2.0 around ear for portable and previously had B&W P7.
The Momentums are quite comfortable but the pads are a bit small which causes me some pain after around an hour. The p7 had better pads but high clamping force and the headband hurt the top of my head after only 20 minutes or so.
The Cascade pads are fantastic and fit around my avarage sized ears easily, the clamping force is similar to the momentums and much less than the p7. The headband is softer than the p7 so while I can feel it it caused me no pain last night after 3 hours of listening.
I like the overall sound of the Momentums but wanted a little bit more bass and they generally sound a bit flat and muffled. The p7 had much better clarity and was more fun with amazing bass, but... the vocals sounded so weak I just couldn't live with them - combined with the comfort issues.
The Cascade has fantastic bass like the p7 which is a bit more than the M2 but the vocals sound so rich and full too, the detail and clarity is a a big step up over both Momentum and p7 as expected.
So overall they are exactly what I was hoping for, the bass can boom a little so hopefully that will calm down after more burning in.
The way I would describe them is they make my music collection sound like it does in my mind, previously I found most songs especially from my teenage years don't sound as good as I remember - finally they now do.