I tried the following cans today: Focal Elegia, AH-D7200, AH-D9200, and for a brief moment Final Sonorous VI. I crossed out the Sonorous immidiately because my head was too small for them, would've needed extra padding under the headband to get them to fit. But my impression after a few minutes of listening was that they are a bit like the Elegias but with slightly hotter treble, take this with a heap of salt though considering the short listening time.
The setup was a Denon CD-player --> Burson Conductor V2. Music mainly Dream Theater, Pink Floyd and Nightwish.
I went into this having the Elegias as my favorite, without having heard any of them, but that changed quickly. In my opinion the Elegias are slightly boring. The soundstage is wide for a closed can, but not quite at the level of an open one. The isolation of outside noise is bad, and since it tries so hard to sound like an open headphone I just don't get the point, why not just go for one of their open designs instead.
The D7200 and 9200 are both warm and intimate (small stoundstage), very musical and fun to listen to. After A/B:ing these for about half an hour, i found the 9200 to have a bit more finesse compared to the 7200. A bit more control in the mids (mid bass is tighter), and slightly more sparkle in the treble, might even get fatiguing on higher volumes. Considering the 9200 is almost double the price here i couldn't justify their cost, the 7200 is just too good. They are definitely not neutral nor very accurate sounding, but I was looking for a fun good sounding closed back headphone with descent isolation to enjoy music on, and the AH-D7200 fits the bill perfectly.
