givemetacos
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Your comment on the choice between M1060 and HE400i pretty much made my interest in M1060 go much lower since I already have the HE400i, HE560, LCD-2f, HD800 and a few others.
The HD650 is not dark IMO, I would consider them to be warm and I've never heard a "veil" on them, I think the use of the term "veiled" is miss used for warm by many or maybe due to a lack of sparkle in the upper frequencies. The source and amp does play a larger role in how the HD600/HD650 sounds, comparable to the difference the DAC/amp choices makes with the HD800/S, HE560, T1 and HD700. Headphones like the HE400i and LCD-2f do not seem to be affected as much by DAC/amp choices IMO. The NIghhawk is one of the few headphones that I would consider "dark" but its a little strange because there is a bit of high frequency energy that can be sibilant to a few, its like the HD600 is sibilant and harsh to me due to the peak at 4-5khz where headphones like the HD800/700 have peaks in the 6-7khz which don't bother me so its really a individual thing as to what is considered sibilant/harsh. The older LCD-2.2 and older might be considered "veiled" but I would say that they are warm and lack the sparkle in the upper frequencies unlike the newer Fazor versions which has some sparkle.
Oh you should definitely read this /r/headphones subreddit thread. He compares HE-500 and LCD-2 to stock M1060. TL;DR is that the stock M1060 was ok, but just not in the same league as the others, though admits he can see the potential in them and that mods could probably raise them up. But the point is he already owns 2 better planars that do similar things, so it just doesn't make sense to keep the M1060. I think even @cskippy admitted the stock M1060 isn't better than HE-500, though modding gets them at a similar level. I also don't think anyone has really said that M1060 is absolutely better than LCD-2 (except for comfort), just that it is close enough and much cheaper that it might be a better value. So if you already own LCD-2 and are happy with them, it doesn't seem like adding M1060 would do anything for you? And with the other headphones you already own, it isn't clear where the M1060 would fit in for you and what they would be better at than your other cans.