@ $1500 or half retail, would the HE1000 be considered a good value?
Dynahi (if you can find one) -- moar power + smoother ride = goal met
HE60 SR009 LCD-3
Unless our lexicons are wildly different, I cannot agree on the point of "authoritative". If there is any area that Audeze headphones surpass...
While I haven't heard anything that I would call "brother" to the HD650, the SR007 shares several notable traits with it. The euphonic, "bloomy"...
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