They're very much different than what everyone else is going for. I can see some people disliking them because they aren't flat, and they don't sound great out of the box. The best thing that happened for me was I was waiting for the tenore to come in so I had two weeks time to burn in and listen to the dm2.really?? they are that good? I have them on my wishlist
They aren't detailed as the kc06, the sound stage isn't as wide as the havi, and they aren't as balanced as the tenore. That would tell most people to avoid them. The dm2 is good at what it does. My previous posts on this thread will explain.
I put the havi, tenore and kc06 in one category. I put the dm2 in another, somewhere along the similar lines of say a monster gratitude or jvc hafx40. They are aggressive and hifi.
I hope that helps