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Near perfect headphones, I tested: AKG 240 MK II Audio Technica ATH-M50X Beyerdynamics DT 770 250 Ohm Superlux HD 681 Sennheiser HD 599 and Fidelio are the winners for me, they have amazing soundstage while being imo them 2. Superlux 3. Beyer. They look quite big and bulky but I never felt that they are too heavy but I am tall and I have above average size of head. I would even go that far to say the clamp is rather weak. The clamp is closer to AKG than to something tight like ATH-M50x. I use those to mix vocals and to create better EQ. Huge downside is the fact they are REALLY sibilant, even more than Infamous complaining about beyer. Beyers are nothing compared to those. I am sensitive to both bass and high treble. I fixed it with DYI just paper piece inside shell. Kinda weird solution but it worked, I would even say it boosted low bass a bit, but maybe by like a 1-2db. I’m gonna test SHP 9500 and compare to those since I been searching for perfect flat response because I mostly work with human voice mastering-voice over. I dislike cable, it’s way too long for me because I have audio interface around 30 cm away from me, if they had coiled cable that would be cool but I never found replacement for it. brought them for around 108$ which is very nice. Those are amazing 9/10

Aug 19, 2023 04:21 AM By MadaCrow

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Near perfect headphones, I tested: AKG 240 MK II Audio Technica ATH-M50X Beyerdynamics DT 770 250 Ohm Superlux HD 681 Sennheiser HD 599 and Fidelio are the winners for me, they have amazing soundstage while being imo them 2. Superlux 3. Beyer. They look quite big and bulky but I never felt that they are too heavy but I am tall and I have above average size of head. I would even go that far to say the clamp is rather weak. The clamp is closer to AKG than to something tight like ATH-M50x. I use those to mix vocals and to create better EQ. Huge downside is the fact they are REALLY sibilant, even more than Infamous complaining about beyer. Beyers are nothing compared to those. I am sensitive to both bass and high treble. I fixed it with DYI just paper piece inside shell. Kinda weird solution but it worked, I would even say it boosted low bass a bit, but maybe by like a 1-2db. I’m gonna test SHP 9500 and compare to those since I been searching for perfect flat response because I mostly work with human voice mastering-voice over. I dislike cable, it’s way too long for me because I have audio interface around 30 cm away from me, if they had coiled cable that would be cool but I never found replacement for it. brought them for around 108$ which is very nice. Those are amazing 9/10

After a while I’m gonna re-think them. Since I had hands on much more headphones there is slightly more critique from me. They are indeed heavier than I felt. If you wear them for long time 2h+ they are too heavy due to much more metal build, that becomes an issue. They had issue that I didn’t mentioned. They don’t separate instruments and sound too well. That makes them very good for just the music. Not even games if someone is wondering, definitely not for music production or sound engineering. SHP9500 which I had were nice but lacked bass, upside was them being light weighted, but comfort was lower due to pads being too thin comparing to those. After all I regret not testing them with neutral IEF EQ. I would rate them 8.5/10 (But only for music, movies) Still the extreme sibilance exists.