Mink
Headphoneus Supremus
I love the Fidelio X3, especially for classical music. To my ears the mids are more present, have more body than the X2. They can be more sibilant than the X2 for the majority of users, but I find the X2 more sibilant with the music I listen to. For movies the X2 beats the X3 easily, that bombastic bass is wonderful.Thanks for not leaving me alone in this regard. I've been heavy into the headphone thing for 15 years now, strategically moving up the ladder, obtaining this and that new piece of gear in attempts to upgrade my listening experience. Finally one day a few years back I unplugged my headphones from dedicated desktop amps and dacs and walked over to my 2-channel system and first plugged headphones into my Onkyo C7030 CD player. Very, very good sound. Next I plugged into the headphone out on my Emotiva BasX PT-100 preamp. Literally mind blown. If I didn't need something at my desk I would probably part with all my iFi/Schiit/Fiio gear. Mmmm, if only the Emotiva preamp was smaller. Lol. Maybe my upgradeitus in the realm of headphones and related gear is finally disappearing after all these years for what seemed be very minute incremental upgrades with little if any impact on my listening enjoyment. May be also why I've focused the last 2 years on upgrading and enjoying my stereo system the majority of the time. Oh well, to each his own. Just enjoy the music however you engage!!
BTW- how do you like the X3? I have the original X2 from 2014 that I still cherish and will never part with. Was eyeballing the X3 on the recent Prime day but bought the Drop HD6XX instead. Looking at the X3 for Black Friday maybe.
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