RiffSway
New Head-Fier
For sure brother. I have to say that I personally consider I have no experience with high end headphones, but also, while I'm ignorant (not in a bad manner) about nuances of sound I never heard, I know there's lots more along the way.I agree with your sentiments. Lately, the pinnacle of my listening experience is a simple set-up: My Edition XS and Shanling M6 Pro 21 in turbo mode using balanced 4.4mm with a pure copper cable. Any type of music, from Ralph Towner to Night Verses to Hania Rani, to Ton Koopman's Amsterdam Baroque, etc., etc., sounds pleasing and you can just get lost in the music.
Sure, maybe Melody Gardot's voice sounds a little more up in the mix with my 58X's or 6XX's but the XS just does everything well and balanced for me, and has that thing that you want to put them on first for just about all types of music (at least in my lineup). Having those big transducers doesn't hurt either, sort of like wearing ear speakers!
But yes, I am very fulfilled at the moment with the XS, and I feel I myself never searched for higher quality, but that at that price, by accident, It came to me.
One of my tenets in life (for real), is not to rush things, not to jump ahead you see, "what matter's the journey", so I will take a slow aproach to sound quality, and enjoy every step, though I can alteady see myself spending a couple Ks on some headphones years ahead (maybe).
Its cool you metion the HD58x, because yes, I really love how it sounds too. I read all over that it's basically the 660s, but far from it, I personally hear the 58x as a much more pleasant headphone, it has more body than the 660s, more bass, more presence. I really cannot understand the 660s, it makes my head hurts and I cant put my finger on as to why.
But yeah, the Edition XS to me is just on another lv in all fronts, it's just a joy, another class, and that it came cheaper than the 660s and Byer 1990 pro is amazing. The 58x does punch above it's weight for price I feel, as I paid 160 for it.
Cheers brother, happy listening.
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