have owned my x2 hr for a looooong time now and never posted anything about them. ill start by saying I got a feeling my right and left drivers arnt exactly matched lol I also have owned and still own alot of headphones and have chance to listen to loads of headphones , and although I'm not going to sit hear and say they have all the characteristics of a 6 7 8 + hundred quid set of cans, they also arnt great at all the upper treble air /room feeling or produce all the micro details others do and isn't quite as tight and accurate as more expensive cans they also roll off both directions relatively quickly.......... BUUUUUTTT what they do are astonishing!!! absolutley insane!!! For people who like to listen to music and have fun while doing it instead of tear it to pieces analysing it (which to be fair I'm one of them analysers
). this is the most fun headphone at any price I've heard for genunie pure fun and enjoyment of music. any song sounds good through them I mean any. with not a reference quality sound, but an enhanced, colured, warm, detailed, incredibly wide staged , with hard transient punch and stereo imaging/separation. I'm always finding myself selling and buying new cans but can't seem to ever get rid of these. if your not looking for a reference type headphone can anyone else honestly point to better fun under say 500? especially used with ifi xcan with presence boost I'm always left with a smile on my face.
if you have both, try listen to bubbles by yosi horikawa.. the sense of width and imaging is so Stella with this track impaticular. i literally just wanted to chime in and say I love these headphones! just have a lint roller ready for those dust magnets of pads. these are brilliant headphones everyone should own alongside there expensive stuff to remind themselves it's not always about higher the price better the performance........
fidelio x3 should have nothing changed but use beryllium drivers no? would be a bit special. round of aplause philips !
