Can anyone here speak to how these sound compared to the Philips Fidelio X2HR's as all-rounders (movies, TV, music, gaming)? How do their signature, stage, imaging, detail, resolution, clarity, etc. compare to those? Also, does anyone know if these lose bass for glasses-wearers or other people who have trouble getting a seal? In my experience and that of others, even a lot of open-back headphones do lose bass for glasses-wearers, and that limits my options.
For context, this is why I'm jumping in here and asking about this:
I want good open-back under-$200 headphones with a nice, spacious, decently-detailed, non-congested sound that are easy to drive (thus why I'm not considering something like the HD560s or 5xx) and still have good bass-extension into the sub-bass (as far as open-back headphones go). The X2HR's were the answer to pretty much all of that (they even have nice rumble all the way down to 30Hz), with one big issue: I find their stock velour earpads incredibly itchy, and unfortunately aftermarket pads change the sound in ways that are simply not acceptable. I'm thinking that the microfiber pads on the 38x won't have that issue, but I'm worried that I'd be sacrificing a lot of sound-quality in the process.
I'd like to know this too. I just received the fidelio x2hr yesterday and they are very nice, I also own the sennheiser pc37x and I like them very much but I need a little more extension in the bass. I dont care about footsteps, and locating gun shots. All I want is full immersion on my console games. I don't want to run dacs or amps. That's why I'm looking at fidelio x2hr and sennheiser pc38x since they are easy to drive. I also looked at sennheiser gsp 500 and 600 but I hear they are harder to drive. Not sure if the newer consoles have more power in the controllers.