Increasing Headphone Inventory - Purchase advice

[bagwell359]

I wonder, though - seriously - hasn't that "signature" FR, especially towards the top,
worked to Beyers' advantage? Despite some (or many, I'm really not sure) protests
about the "Beyer peak", the company enjoys a superb reputation among casual
listeners and audiophiles alike.

And the (relatively) recent release of the 1990's and the Amiron's appears to
have also gone very well in our ultra-competitive headphone marketplace.

Personally I like some Beyer's and dislike others. But it seems to me that
by any objective measure, they're doing a solid job or providing their
customers with what they want.

Disagreements, agreements,or otherwise are entirely welcome.

Well let me get the flame suit on when entering the waters of taste preference.

I have some standards, goes like so:

Bass - underdamped, or having two or more instruments (bass and drums) which change each other; lack of impact not as critical

Treble - too much, or not enough. The fatigue that comes from too much, or ringing is maybe the #1 flaw for me. Not enough, or lacking def - takes longer to cheese me off.

Soundstage - too small, too bunched up

Transparency - either it is, or it isn't. This isn't brightness.

Gestalt - how does it all fit?

Open backed - in general find them much better than closed.

Lull into thinking one is listening to music directly. No can does this all the time, but some can at times: Voce, some Stax, HFM HE-6 HE-500, Senn HD-600, for relaxing HEX V2​

I haven't heard every can obviously, but the Grado, Sony, AT, Beyer, AKG's generally lose me on the excessive highs, and in the case of some AKG's the excessive upper mids. The LCD2 loses me on the fatuous bass, missing upper mids, and down slanted highs. HE-560, Ananda, HE5-LE and other HFM lose me on the treble as well. The MD X00 Ebony & Mahogany lose me on almost every aspect.

My biases? Can't hear a lick over 15kHz. I like to relax generally when listening.