Family definitely comes first.
I was looking forward to asking you thoughts on the HD820 and E2. I'm sure there will be meets later in the year, when school is back in session.
-Opposite type of headphone, Ether 2 is dark and super laid back, very different from Mrspeakers earlier head set. HD820 is the sound of HD800s with added bass and stronger upper mids (more energy and fuller), totally different from HD800 ( I did not like HD800 at all with my original chord)
- mids on the HD820 are forward (alot more) in comparison to E2 but slightly recessed from original Ether C. Its not tiring, its really just right.
-The Treble on E2 is very good (its a dark headphone) however the HD820 is no slouch, I never had peaks or distortion on my HD820, I did rarely hear distortion on E2, but that may be due to poorer old quality tracks.
-soundstage, I swear the HD820 sound much larger, its a closed headphone but the soundstage is just unbelievable! the E2 have ok depth but some how the width is smaller.
-bass on both is good, neither is better than the other, HD820 has "more" punch however the E2 Bass attack and decay is quicker, snapier.
-Comfort, Hands down the Sennheiser, Ether 2 after 45 min, I have to take it off, the clamp pressure puts a lot of force from the bottom to the front of the pad.
I've been a Mrspeakers fanboys for years, I owned alot of his previous headphone, been reccomending him non-stop but it seems to me he's changing his signature to satisfied the likes of Audeze and ZMF fans, which I think its a big mistake and quiet unfortunate, I can no longer reccomend his product until something else arrives.
Before the E2, I had Ether C, which I thought was pretty dang good headphone, really thought its my end game headset until I listen to HD820!
its kind of ironic, the guy that bought my E2 likes LCD headset, but it turn out he doesnt like the E2 either lol.....
