Mink
Headphoneus Supremus
The last early impression.
These aren't headphones to wow anyone, they're mostly understated and I think a short audition won't do them any justice.
Yes, they can be disappointing because they show a big contrast in loudness, soundstage and tonality between different recordings, much more than my Denons and Audio Technica's do.
Listening to a playlist with different songs by various artists result in a mixed bag, there is too little sameness if you know what I mean. Yes this obviously is a strenght, but for enjoying music this is not necessarily alway the case.
The A900Xs for instance, although they have enough clarity to show differences, they overall play every track big and relatively upfront. You pretty much get an idea how the next track is going to sound. The Sony's on the other hand can be extremely laid-back and with other tracks very upfront as well. The contrast sometimes is just too big.
And I will say it again classical music, especially Baroque is handled very very well. I think they are superb for acoustic and natural recorded tracks.
These aren't headphones to wow anyone, they're mostly understated and I think a short audition won't do them any justice.
Yes, they can be disappointing because they show a big contrast in loudness, soundstage and tonality between different recordings, much more than my Denons and Audio Technica's do.
Listening to a playlist with different songs by various artists result in a mixed bag, there is too little sameness if you know what I mean. Yes this obviously is a strenght, but for enjoying music this is not necessarily alway the case.
The A900Xs for instance, although they have enough clarity to show differences, they overall play every track big and relatively upfront. You pretty much get an idea how the next track is going to sound. The Sony's on the other hand can be extremely laid-back and with other tracks very upfront as well. The contrast sometimes is just too big.
And I will say it again classical music, especially Baroque is handled very very well. I think they are superb for acoustic and natural recorded tracks.