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Hmm... I have a Schiit Magni & Aune T1. The T1 wasn't as good as the Magni, and the earlier description was with the Magni;
"So very flawed, only nice with some music (ex: classical), horrible with others, really thinking of selling.". I think the 990 are just as stated, very flawed... And by flawed I mean mostly colored; very far from neutral, so anything with some emphasis in highs, sibilance or watnot, they can sound pretty disagreeable with piercing, excruciable & harsh treble...
So definitely not a good overall headphone. They can sound good though, as stated with orchestral; strings. Right now listening to male singer + acoustic guitar, 990s give the voice this overwhelming harshness/sibilance, the guitar is very overwhelmingly 'sparkly', just not a good presentation of the music... Cymbals are so often again so forward & overwhelming, the 990s are just a
bad performer for most of my music collection, I'd say for 80%+ of the recordings, they'll just perform badly... But... On those 20% where they do well, well, they do well; solid bass, wide soundstage, good imaging and decent resolution... So imho if you're listening exclusively to classical, ok, if not, definitely wouldn't get my recommendation!
I can't see a point in trying to fix them with a new amp when you can just get a much better headphone without all its issues in the first place! FWIW, if I ranked my headphones for any music
except classical, they'd actually rank below the Senn 598, Sony V6 & Grados SR80s, and considering that they're much more expensive, that's pretty shameful, shish, they almost cost the same as the other 3 headphones combined..
