Icehawk
500+ Head-Fier
It's too soon to give them a fair review, suffice it to say coming from my primary source... they don't sound as good to me as my 325i. That doesn't surprise me much, I've had the 325i for 14 years so their sound is my baseline for comparison and I think on initial listen most cans are going to sound worse (yay bias!).
Hard to describe but I'd say there is more bass but it is a bit loose, the mids are recessed, and the highs don't sparkle but are fatiguing. Bear in mind I pulled the stock pads off immediately and use the same ones as on my 325i, I think it helped a tiny bit with bass and certainly is more comfortable to my ears. I've had a mild migraine all day so that isn't helping either! With some more hours on the drivers and listening... we'll see.
I do think it might benefit from different amplification, I don't love the way my HK AVR sounds with headphones in general. I'll pop it on my Yamaha AVR later as well as from an iPhone 8+. I am considering Schiit's Magni 3+/Modi combo or something similar as these headphones will be used 99% of the time playing compressed music from a PC and might benefit from some uplift.
I did notice the Hemps need a little more power to drive, I think it was 6-8 clicks on the volume wheel of the AVR.
Hard to describe but I'd say there is more bass but it is a bit loose, the mids are recessed, and the highs don't sparkle but are fatiguing. Bear in mind I pulled the stock pads off immediately and use the same ones as on my 325i, I think it helped a tiny bit with bass and certainly is more comfortable to my ears. I've had a mild migraine all day so that isn't helping either! With some more hours on the drivers and listening... we'll see.
I do think it might benefit from different amplification, I don't love the way my HK AVR sounds with headphones in general. I'll pop it on my Yamaha AVR later as well as from an iPhone 8+. I am considering Schiit's Magni 3+/Modi combo or something similar as these headphones will be used 99% of the time playing compressed music from a PC and might benefit from some uplift.
I did notice the Hemps need a little more power to drive, I think it was 6-8 clicks on the volume wheel of the AVR.