Wow, thanks! Will have a loot at that for sure.

Verite Closed is the only relevant answer

my favorite too.

Seriously folks, don’t drop a sentence like that without elaborating!

Rare to hear audiophiles mention Audio-Technica nowadays in my experience, but I will have to look into those!

Eq for sure, but you might want to consider the 7hz zero or truthear hola for the future

Why do you think some people may not enjoy it?

AKG K872

It is a factor.

Correct thats the point, pad wear could be mistaken for burn-in, this is exactly what I'm trying to say.

Hahaha you got it! but I didn't want to rename pad wear, I wanted to make it as a causative factor.

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At around the 150$ mark the HarmonicDyne Athena are amazing

For my taste nothing beats the px8. Even them being Bluetooth.

There is circumstances where it is noticeable, say for example when the treble is too harsh it hurts. I was able to notice the pain fading as the treble got smoothed with time. Or in a non-gradual A B testing old/new pads. But for headphones with balanced RF I didn't notice the change.

Especially the bass! Just something about it

I love my Stellias. Heard them at a show a couple years ago, along with several other high ends, and knew those were the ones I wanted to save up for.

More often than anything else, they carry me off to that special place where I get lost in the music and forget to listen to the gear.

And, yeah, they're gorgeous to look at as well. Bonus

Focal Radiance/Stellia, Denon AH-d9200, ZMF Verite closed, Meze Liric.

The following list from Malevolent @ head-fi -

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/the-closed-back-headphone-thread-plus-comparisons-reviews.939901/

- Under $100

Beyerdynamic MMX-100

Creative Aurvana Live!

Samson SR950

- Between $100 and $300

AKG K371

Audio-Technica ATH-GL3

Audio-Technica ATH-M40x

Beyerdynamic DT 150

Beyerdynamic DT 700 PRO X

Meze Audio 99 Noir

Shure SRH-840A

V-MODA Crossfade M-100 Master

- Between $300 and $500

Austrian Audio Hi-X60

E-MU Teak

Meze Audio 99 Classics

Shure SRH-1540

V-MODA Crossfade 2 Wireless Codex Edition

- Between $500 and $1000

Apple AirPods Max

Audeze LCD-2 Closed Back

Beyerdynamic DT 1770 PRO

Beyerdynamic T5 (3rd Generation)

Dan Clark Audio AEON 2 Closed / Noire

Denon AH-7200

Drop + MrSpeakers Ether CX

Focal Celestee

Focal Elegia

- Between $1,000 and $1,500

Audeze LCD-XC

Audio-Technica ATH-AP2000Ti

Audio-Technica ATH-AWAS

Focal Radiance

Kennerton Rognir Dynamic

ZMF Atticus

- Between $1,500 and $2,000

Audio-Technica ATH-AWKT

Dan Clark Audio Ether C Flow 1.1

Denon AH-D9200

Fostex TH900 Mk2

Meze Audio LIRIC

Sony MDR-Z1R

ZMF Eikon

- Over $2,000

Focal Stellia

Kennerton Rognir

ZMF Vérité Closed

Okay

ZMF Atrium Closed

Ultrasone Ed.15 veritas. Tried the DC Stealth: did not not like it. It sounded artificial.

Just had my OG Clears on for a good listen and paid the $999 from A2A too. Definitely good value and is a good contender/alternative listen as the hd 800s :)

Okay tnx for the information :)

You should join the Indian facebook groups too ( audio related) if you’re not already in. PM me for details

Depends on the person, for me it doesn't work and they're surprisingly sharp in treble.. Must be great to like them, I can see why these are popular and liked by many