I loved them.............but like the B&O 2nd Gen H6s, they weren't as comfortable as I initially thought. To me anyway. The H6s were MUCH worse, but I guess the bulkiness of full-sized HPs plus the clamp issue (which got A LOT better after I stretched them out, but still not enough in the end) was a bit too much. I managed to get the HD1s to sound JUST as good as the 99 Cs by using the same EQ I did for the 99 C's stock pads. Sounds weird, but somehow it worked. Both have HPs have a pretty similar frequency response chart, so I guess that played into it for sure. But as you saw in my review, they were just a notch or so more comfortable than the 99 Cs. In the end, that is what won me over.
I don't normally put much stock in speed tests as there are many factors that can affect speed, but I guess this ISN'T bad news! lol My buddy who usually buys iPhones got the Note 8, but went and reverted back to Apple with the iPhone X b/c of a few reasons, one of which was the audio and call quality on the Note 8 was awful according to him. But his main reason was that he was just happier living in the Apple "ethos" so going back made his life easier. The face recognition tech on the X is pretty incredible..........my friend said even in the dark it works! lol I'm guessing it brightens the image it sees of your face in order to recognize it. Pretty amazing if you ask me.
