Yup, I'm reviving this thread hoping to conjure up a response or two. Despite that this phone may be damn near impossible to find now, I'm very interested in it because I love my 262. I don't just love the sound signature, but the timbre and soundstage as well. I've read through this entire thread leaving me with an impression that the 272 and 262 are similar sounding, regardless of them emphasizing opposing sides of the frequency spectrum. My main question is, will these phones be too revealing for music that isn't immaculately produced? I'm referring mostly to music that isn't classical, jazz or perhaps old rock. Granted, my music will still be in the highest format it can be, but most of it is modern and has modern sounding production behind it. I listen to a wide variety of music and the genres I would be using with the 272 are variations of metal(fast paced), folk(female vocals) and probably ambient(electronic). I don't mind a bright sound(coming from CK10), but I am sensitive to sibilance and frequency spikes. Ultimately, I sold the CK10, although I only used it for electronic music which, even then, was a bit too "spikey." There was no chance in hell I would listen to that thing with vocals. As another reference, I found the Vsonic VC1000 to be ok sibilance wise. I sold that one for other reasons. I'm currently under the impression that the 272 will be bright and airy but with the same smoothness and soundstaging of the 262. Fingers crossed they won't be too sibilant.
