Just observation, nothing bad..but why do I read this so often?
Almost everyone who is into headphones craves them to sound like speakers.
I love listening to speakers, headphones, and IEMs. Why?
Because they are all so different.
For me, no headphones can ever replace the sound of speakers.
And no speakers can give me the intimacy I get with headphones or IEMs (which are also completely different from headphones).
Why do I even write this? It's not to confront you; I just took the opportunity of your sentence
to write that...
Please, John, when I order a pair of XTC 2.5 closed-back this year, I want them to sound unique, as closed-back headphones.
I don't want them to sound anything like speakers; I want them to sound like closed-back headphones!
If I were looking for headphones that sounded like speakers,
I would just continue to listen to my speakers, not something that reminds me of speakers.
Just a short introduction to
John of what I would like to have when I get my XTC 2.5
Cheers!