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    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    I’ll make sure to read it! May the words flow easily for you 🙌 The first sentence is always super hard for me, for some reason 😂
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    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    True, it was! People were stoked to get the well-loved 13 year old headphone for about half off the going rate at the time! But grell audio is still a new company, this is the first full-size headphone for the brand, and from the headline a lot of people wouldn’t know who Axel Grell was nor that...
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    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    To be fair, “excessive” is a subjective term, and elevated may be excessive for you even if it doesn’t hurt the perception of something else such as soundstage. With that said, Bose, Sony, Sennheiser and others typically boosting the midbass for consumers, I think a bit of extra saturation is...
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    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    It’s elevated bass, but I think excess would be more drastic and start to mask other aspects of the sound. Excess would indicate a problem, a detraction from the rest of the performance or something painful IMO.
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    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    I did not perceive any significant lack of soundstage or separation, perhaps the bass is not excessive.
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    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    I don’t have an NDH-30, and while I think I would prefer the Grell’s mids over a HiFiman HE-560 and lower, I have not bought any (I did get to borrow an HE-400, 400i, 500, and 560 at home, but that was some years ago). Can’t confirm if the Sundara mids are like the HE-560 either because I...
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    AXEL GRELL HEADPHONE

    Compare and contrast between the OAE1, HD 650, and HD 800 added to my review, under the “Gear Testing” spoiler section: https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/drop-grell-oae1-signature-headphones.27216/review/33836/ I will reiterate: all these headphones are enjoyable once you get used to them, no EQ...
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    Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'

    Comparisons added to the HD 650 and HD 800 under the “Gear Testing” spoiler tags.
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    Wireworld Nano-Platinum Eclipse Headphone Cable

    Oh, also this thread made me realize I need to clean the tarnish off my connector, suggestions welcome 😅
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    Wireworld Nano-Platinum Eclipse Headphone Cable

    Sorry I didn’t see this thread before… I have a Wireworld NPE for my HD 800 series headphones, and I love it. Once upon a time, I actually didn’t believe cables made a difference noticeable enough to be worth the upgrade prices. Then, during my bachelor’s party (look, it was a more quiet thing...
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    Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'

    @roncri I no longer have my pair of AKG K712 Pro, which would have been an equivalent or near equivalent substitute for the K7XX (different color, accessories, and perhaps driver matching tolerance). I did switch between HD 800, HD 650, and OAE1 for two songs last night… I think each are good...
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    .....and, I'm up for air!

    I picked up a couple AKG’s along my journey; Q701, K712 Pro, and I still have my pair of K612 Pro today! I sent them in to Tyll so that he could add them to his measurements database. I agree they’re pretty fantastic. They scale up really well with better gear upstream too… when I got my Cavalli...
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    .....and, I'm up for air!

    FYI, that Ultrasone WAS unusual and… most people wouldn’t like it, but as a brand they don’t tune everything the same and I quite like their S-Logic on a couple of their cans 😁 Your signature is literally two iPhone screens worth of scrolling 😂 Do you know there’s a “gear inventory” section of...
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    Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'

    I'd guess the amount of copper underneath the insulation is about average gauge, the rubber around the single-ended 3.5mm cable is wider than a typical USB cable but once it splits to enter each earcup the individual cable "sides" are about 2/3 the diameter of a typical USB cable. The balanced...
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    Reply to review by 'Evshrug' on item 'Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones'

    @Skeza I’m actually sorting the 2.5mm balanced connectors as a “pro!” I mean, I don’t like 2.5mm terminations where the cable meets the amp/DAP/dongle. But I do think it will be easy and less expensive for third parties to make custom cables for the OAE1 for people who like that sort of thing 👍...
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