[size=10pt]Thanks for the ESP950 waterfall. Wow. At less than half the price of an HD800, it's got possibly a superior response, even if its low-end decay and resonances are inferior. And that's with the stock amp, right? One problem with the Koss has always been the build quality, which while partially compensated for by the peerless warranty policy, is still aggravating in its cheapness. If Koss built them slightly better, they'd probably improve sonically AND not have to be replaced so often.[/size]
[size=10pt]I wonder what some of the good full-on Thunderpants would measure as with this technique. It's hard to believe most of those issues on the Fostex will be alleviated and I'm not sure Tyll's single frequency impulse response give enough information to verify that. The square waves and distortion figures looked good on the Smeggy ones, though. If a waterfall could verify Tylls results, that would go far at providing motivation towards getting the most out of them.[/size]
[size=10pt]The HD800's analytical character could be as simple as it having slighting more high frequency energy over neutral, especially over an even, smooth trend. I get a similar impression with Biamp DJ mixers over Allen & Heath and Ranes. A small 1-2dB even trend in favor of the highs over neutral (in the case of mixers, neutral is 0dB flat) is enough to do that. In the case of headphones, since it's the last in the chain you're going to get differing opinions as to whether it's analytical or "just right". But you aren't going to hear anyone call it dark.[/size]
[size=10pt]Anyone got the other big boy, the T1, to send to him? [/size]