I got a watch and a jacket 😂

I got the same pair for Christmas and I love them so far. I think I might EQ them slightly to get the treble to a more comfortable level though.

The Rat Pack - live at the sands (2001 release)

"Madam Butterfly" from Malcolm Mclaren

i hope you get everything on your list for your birthday/next Christmas

“Hesitation Marks” by NIИ.

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Thanks for your thoughts, I keep reading that the XS is "Ananda with bass" like the Dusk is a B2D with bass so I'm hoping there will be similarities with the gentle amount of added bass to an already great device.

Extreme load shit: wellington?

Sennheiser maybe. You may also find their 6xx series too bright though. I'd also look at Beyerdynamic.

I have the MSR7 they are definitely bright and I found them somewhat fatiguing. For me it was the headband and the hotspot on top of my head that made them unbearable.

Maybe a used pair (since they're discontinued) of Audioquest Nighthawk or Nightowl (you'll likely need to EQ them to preference, few people I think like them as is, but they are VERY good when EQ'd and INSANELY comfortable - you will likely never find a more comfortable pair of headphones to be honest).

I think you will struggle to find a very competent neutral/reference headphone in this price range that doesn't come off as too bright.

JM modded R7XD might be nice if you want closed back. Not going to be as technical as MSR7, but his mod really helps that headphone punch above its weight.

Try an airplane / neck pillow

This isn't strictly true. Most games nowadays have sound settings for sound type such as TV, Soundbar, Headphones, Home Cinema. Other games even have adjustments for speaker positioning and dynamic range.

Granted this isn't available for all games, but most fairly high budget games have these features and considerations. The latest generations of game consoles are also pushing hard on audio technology, especially 3D audio with headphones.

Congrats. As others have mentioned, these are basically blacked out HD560s. However, these comes with two much better cables than the HD560s. Enjoy!

hello, based department?!

You could be listening through free buds from United airlines and it would still sound good

I see it more akin to adjusting your suspension settings to suit the quality of the road surface that you're on. Most headphone users will EQ their cans, some even have genre or song specific EQ to compensate for issues with the original production, or to boost/cut frequencies that are predominant in a given genre. I also have a pair of M50X's that have to be EQ'd when listening to heavy electronic music as you can't hear yourself think! That is totally down to the amount of compression used in EDM/dance/IDM, which is used to make the recording sound better and louder than it needs to be. Some producers/sound engineers did a fantastic job (check out pretty much any Steely Dan album), and others seem very lazy.

I know this is posted as a joke, but this is actually the case for me. I was depressed for a decade until this year, when I've figured it out and I'm not depressed anymore.

I now listen to less music a day, in the past I would listen to music all day every day.

Roll a towel or blanket up and shape it into a ring, put head on it. There are pillows available for listening with headphones, I suspect that their original purpose is for sitting comfortably after certain types of surgery or childbirth.

That’s interesting, thanks for the input! With Sony and Sennheiser BT headphones, it seems to be the opposite, that their sound falls apart a bit in wired mode. I’ve steered clear of wireless for that reason. For me, wired would be the norm, wireless just sporadic icing on the cake. Didn’t think there’d be a manufacturer with similar priorities. :-)

I haven’t tried EQ’ing them, but I will give it a shot. I keep thinking that it’s odd slapping my own EQ on top, instead of finding something that’s closer to my listening preferences. A bit like getting a Ferrari, then tweaking the suspension until it’s smooth like a Mercedes. :-D

Excellent choice

It’s been a long time since I got Christmas money…

These days it’s more like Christmas socks… 😀

Same except the Christmas money, or the everything else on the list.

As most easily available generic headphones, i presume. I actually never tried that pair, i was just making an educated guess to how good or bad they could be

Have you not had any success with EQ? I run the DSR7bt, and I find them to be very clear with good defined bass, but not lacking in any way. I believe they have the same drivers as the MSR7b, but it's all digital drive, with no DAC involved. Bluetooth needs EQ, but when USB connected directly I don't have to do anything to them.

I don't have too much experience either headphone, but even from headphone usage standpoint, we get used to the headphone that we use often. Especially if you only use one pair and consider it sounding "correct", switching to something else that drastically sound signatures will make it come across as sounding "wrong". Even if you're experienced in this hobby, this doesn't totally go away, just that you are more aware of it and know how to account for it.