I recently auditioned these headphones side by side with the Sundara, Senn 660s, Audeze LCD2C and a pair of Focal Clear. The Ananda blew the competition away, and these are the first headphones I've ever heard that could compete with my speaker system. There is a sale right now to purchase these for $999 CDN, approximately $750 USD brand new. Is that a good price? I'm moving up from a pair NAD HP 50's, so these will be my first and hopefully last high end headphones. Are these a good purchase for the long term? The massdrop Hifiman headphones for $599 USD also peaked my interest, but after brokerage the price may be the same, and I can't audition them.
I'll primarily be using these headphones on my portable video game consoles, phone, laptop and finally desktop computer in that order. I'll be paring them with a schiit modi 2 uber and possibly a schiit magni, buy I haven bought the amp yet. Hopefully they're a good combination.