icebear
Headphoneus Supremus
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Seems to me this is their nice way of saying we haven't figured out how to make anything better yet. So we"ll offer this as a consolation piece.
At a certain performance level further improvements are naturally difficult. For specific music types e.g. acoustic jazz, classic with the right set up of a musical DAC and a transparent headamp, the HD800 is just amazingly close to the live acoustic event. Modifications usually address shortcomings of the set up or the music recording/mixing/mastering, not necessarily the headphones. I am obviously very happy with the HD800 in my set up and for my music preference. So I certainly will not jump on the HD800S. If there is a chance to listen to a sample, sure I am up for that but I am in no rush to sell my HD800 (unmodded btw).