[UpTo11]

... the sound is better than my recently acquired Dan Clark AEON 2 closed. Bigger sound stage, better low end with great defination and impact. Details are on the same league, with mids better on the SR2.

Can you elaborate more, please?
And what about the treble?

 

[paulybatz]

Received mine yesterday, burned them overnight, noticed that they are easily driven.
Listened to Fiona Apple's latest as well as Hamilton Leithauser (The Walkmen)'s latest.
Fiona has rich female vocals over varied instrumentation. Hamilton's are more of a rock instrumentation with a vocal style in the line of an early Rod Stewart but not as bluesy. Both albums sounded excellent.
Yes, new toy syndrome, but the sound is better than my recently acquired Dan Clark AEON 2 closed. Bigger sound stage, better low end with great defination and impact. Details are on the same league, with mids better on the SR2. Coming out of a Bryston BHA-1 balanced, fed by a RME ADI-2 Dac from the pc.

Niceness. That RME will drive these nicely too.

 

[Carlsan]

Keep in mind that this is just the first observations on my part, and in no way are they a definitive statement.
Treble sounds good, extended, but not fatiguing. The treble has a nice clear crispness to it. To me it sounds very natural.
Listening to a female led group right now, I Break Horses, and her vocals are very dreamy, without the "ssh" one sometimes hears in female vocals. The electronically generated high end sounds very much like a natural instrument. The band is a Swedish duo, so I do not think they use a real drummer.
That's the thing about these headphones, they make music sound natural, the way it should.

 

[Mhog55]

Alright, I just ordered my wp900, and I'm looking for one more phone to add to the stable. It's between this and the Beyerdynamic T5p 2nd generation. Can anyone provide some input, comparisons and contrasts between the two? My main genre is 70s and 80s hard rock and glam metal. George has been very helpful, answering my questions on his YouTube video.. Thank you George. As for the leakage, do these leak less than an Sennheiser 6 series?

 

[hyoureki]

Waiting to pull the trigger on these but I still haven't seen much in the way of objective evaluations yet. From what I can gather they seem to have a more laid-back, natural presentation, pleasant on the ears but far from neutral. Hopefully we see some more reviews or measurements in the coming days!

 

[paulybatz]

Alright, I just ordered my wp900, and I'm looking for one more phone to add to the stable. It's between this and the Beyerdynamic T5p 2nd generation. Can anyone provide some input, comparisons and contrasts between the two? My main genre is 70s and 80s hard rock and glam metal. George has been very helpful, answering my questions on his YouTube video.. Thank you George. As for the leakage, do these leak less than an Sennheiser 6 series?

I had the HD650 for a long time. It was its sale that partially funded these...I disliked those very much and these have more presence than those and the pads are 250% better than those velour pads, no comparison...HD650 aren’t even in the same ballpark as these.

 

[paulybatz]

Waiting to pull the trigger on these but I still haven't seen much in the way of objective evaluations yet. From what I can gather they seem to have a more laid-back, natural presentation, pleasant on the ears but far from neutral. Hopefully we see some more reviews or measurements in the coming days!

I don’t find them anything but neutral...I find them very analytical which is why I like them very much...my current setup with one of the best solid state amps, feeds these in an extremely neutral fashion...what else is on your radar?

 

[Mhog55]

I had the HD650 for a long time. It was its sale that partially funded these...I disliked those very much and these have more presence than those and the pads are 250% better than those velour pads, no comparison...HD650 aren’t even in the same ballpark as these.

Groovy, but that wasn't my question. My question was how much do these leak compared to the 600 series? It's the only open back I own to compare the leakage against.

 

[paulybatz]

Groovy, but that wasn't my question. My question was how much do these leak compared to the 600 series? It's the only open back I own to compare the leakage against.

I did. Better seal, these are leather pads, those are velour.
No comparing these to an HD650

 

[Mhog55]

Too many

I did. Better seal, these are leather pads, those are velour.
No comparing these to an HD650

Lol. All you did was comment on how the pads are so much better than the Sennheiser pads. That tells me nada about leakage. I think I'll hold off on these until some actual reviews are published.

 

[DaYooper]

Leakage? It's an open back. It's supposed to leak.

 

[paulybatz]

Leakage? It's an open back. It's supposed to leak.

Exactly

 

[Mhog55]

Leakage? It's an open back. It's supposed to leak.

No kidding. Throughout the thread there have been many comments on how little it leaks for an open back. This isn't hard guys. Does it leak less than a Sennheiser 6 series... Pretty simple

 

[paulybatz]

No kidding. Throughout the thread there have been many comments on how little it leaks for an open back. This isn't hard guys. Does it leak less than a Sennheiser 6 series... Pretty simple

The SR2 has leather pads
Sennheiser has velour

SR2 is better in every way relative to the HD650

 

[Carlsan]

SR2 leaks very little. Actually leaks less then some of my closed backs.