Comments on Profile Post by Lyander

J.A.R. was crazy enough to just send his EARS my way a while ago and I'm still trying to process that happened.

Blue is stock 650, Green Yaxi w/good seal, Red Yaxi w/broken seal. It sounds exactly like that (except for how the stock compensation needs work, also 2dB imbalance b/w channels). No time to fix compensations so just a few quick squiggles for now before I send the Senns back to their home.

Subjectively the pads are rudely punchy but with better FR "clarity" than stock Senn. Hollow + honky mids though. More breathing room in headstage. Less dynamic somehow?? I miss the upper mids. Even duller treble, less extension?

Ergonomically pads feel off. Not uncomfortable but thin edge diameter is weird against head. JPY5,000, Alcantara and fake(?) leather http://imgur.com/a/v4Xo05e

Just looking at it makes me barf

It's cool for low volume listens, but I'm turning into a basshead so my opinion might be suspect :))

Technicalities take a hit, midrange is weirdly coloured unlike the HP-3 where it just sounds recessed, maybe a tad aggressive (not resulting from excess treble which is its own issue). Wouldn't trust these yet IMO since it's stock compensation with channel mismatch through mids, but janky low-mid treble weirdness aside the upper end really is duller than stock.

What was the phrase? Ah right: Do not recommend.

I have a tiny bit of basshead admittedly. Didn't realize this until I tried some ZMF cans. Now I think my LCD-3 is too flat in that area.

I really don't like the look of the area above 300 Hz. Probably not for me.

Yup. Cup issues aside a main complaint I had with the X00 was the lack of "body" to vocals, turned out to be a function of lower-mid dips. This actually reminds me a bit of the Fostexes only a bit less *shout* and more "honk" in the mids. Stock 650 pads are still normal to me, so my ears probably aren't dumb :))