T + A Solitaire P Pros: Excellent Bass Comfortable Ear Cups Top Tier Mids Good Highs Soundstage/Imaging Mediocre: Plastic Bits on Headband Bull: Tiny Headband Price BLUF: X Up for review today are the Theory and Application (T+A) Solitaire P … Continue reading T+A Solitaire P
Pros: Above Average bass Excellent Mids Excellent Soundstage and Imaging Mediocre: Forward Leaning Highs Lead to Sibilance Ear Pads Sit Really low on Your Neck BULL: Stock Cable … Continue reading HiFiMan Arya V2 Headphones
Pros: Insane Lows Excellent Mids Excellent Highs Excellent Imaging and Soundstage, Especially for a Closed-Back Great Value to Performance Mediocre: Initial Tuning Was Meh Best Cable … Continue reading JM Audio XTC 2.5 EXT LE
The Closed-Off Professional Pros: Great Build QualityDecent sound with a balanced cableOK ImagingFit Cons: Accessories/cableSound without a balanced cableAlmost everything without a balanced cable Overview: Up for review today is the famous Audeze LCD-XC 2021. The XC is the closed-back version of … Continue reading Audeze LCD-XC
The Professional Pros: Build QualityDecent MidsDecent HighsBass won’t overwhelm mids Cons: Sub-par bassTerrible accessories/cableNeeds balanced cable for best performance Overview: Up for review today is the infamous Audeze LCD-X 2020. This is the professional version of the LCD-2/3/4 series and as such … Continue reading Audeze LCD-X
The Grandad HD 600 Is Showing Its Age Pros: PriceDecent build qualityNon-microphonic cableSoft ear padsLightweightMore bass than the FR suggestsGood with pianoCase Cons: Cable Length and connectorsSharp high-mids/low-highsPretty bad/non-existent highsNot a lot of bass quantitySibilanceInstrument separation Overview: The Sennheiser HD 600 (600). … Continue reading Sennheiser HD 600
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The Expanse’s Cooler Older Brother Pros: WeightFitQualityMids are fantasticSoundstageSeparationNon-sharp/sibilant highs Cons: Subdued Sub-bass Overview: Dr. Soundstage or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Soundstage (if you get that joke, you’re cool.) Up for review today are the Dan Clark … Continue reading Dan Clark Audio (DCA – Mr. Speakers) Ether 2
Good Bass, Bad Treble (GBBT) Pros: Great bass quantityAwesome sounstageExcellent instrument separationGood comfort/build qualityLow noise leakNon-microphonic cable (super long) Cons: Recessed vocalsSharp treble Overview: Up for review today is Sony’s TOTL closed-back MDR-Z1R (Z1R) over-ear headphone. These have been around for about 5 years, but consistently still show up on the lists of the best headphones along with the ZMF Verite-Closed and the Focal Stellia. So, the real question is: how do they still hold up now, 5 years later. My set is not 5 years old, but nothing has really changed from the 5-year old version to brand new ones you … Continue reading Sony MDR-Z1R
Pros: Fast responseExcellent detail/precisionClean, powerful bass without going over the topGreat mids and highsMassive soundstageGreat fit/weightBeautiful ear cupsVERY slim earcups – small size (customizable)Decent cableNice carry caseThe best closed-backs in this, and many other, price ranges Cons: Would have liked an XLR4 … Continue reading JM Audio XTC-Closed
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