Can you see? It’s just a squiggly white rectangle

Just IEMs. The guys in the ASR review said they had the same thing where it wouldn't get very loud on low gain.

yeah it’s meh on other headphones

Oh that is interesting. The bass boost on the zen dacs are kind of single frequency. Doesn’t extend the bass. Got tired of it after the first month.

So they added more sub-bass to the XS. Cool 😎

xs bass is like super flat and goes down to like 6hz. It’s my favorite bass response of a headphone so far. If you have a ifi zen can it has a bass curve button and it works so well on xs. The bass can be shaking the headphone but doesn’t overpower the other frequencies

I‘d recommend happy plugs headphones, volume limited, Bluetooth, decent sound, colors. So far happy about them!

>I've demo'd the Empyreans and Liric before at a local shop

Do you mind sharing the name of the shop or any other audio shop(s) in Toronto where one could demo headphones? Thanks!

Is this the most polarizing headphone? People seem to either really love them or really hate them.

I can kind of get the shouty part but I’ve never really heard these as metallic. I see people say that all the time, and yet I can’t hear it. I even compared it side by side with the HD6XX, Sundara and still own an EMU Ebony and the Clear doesn’t really stand out to me as having an off timbre.

Not knocking your opinion or anything as it’s a common and valid criticism but I’ve just never really noticed it. I thought it blew away the HD6XX and Sundara from a technical standpoint tho.

Do they have more bass or sufficient bass? I’ve been looking at Edition XS lately to upgrade from the Sundara.

Hi, warning in advance, I am death

How are you driving the headphones, from what I got out of the info is an Apple Dongle, is that right?

what do you mean

I only have one open back left in stock And yes it’s more open than the closed back of course even though the closed is much more open than your average closed back because of the fractal mesh - the open back has more air and depth and utilizes fractal mesh as well it’s more infinite in stage depth- email me about pads - massariaj@yahoo.com

No, but I am.

Sorry to hear that. I suppose we're both outliers on opposite sides of this bell curve. :(

no deatachable cable = never buying it

Can I buy your pads

How accurate is that?

LCD-X or ZMF Aeolus

Agree. I demoed the Clear for a few weeks, had the same impressions as you, and ending up buying an Aeolus. They are a sleeper as they actually have pretty good technicalities with a much kinder presentation. More like a super-HD650. There are so many ZMF models now and the Aeolus has been out long enough that user can be had for a great price well under $1200.

Has good open back headphones and subs to apple music for hires/lossless; listens to YT music on BT earbuds most of the time 🙂

I've been getting all your bad luck. I've been through three hifiman headphones. I have an XS out for repair right now. I'm a fool for their sound and keep buying them. Happily, I've never had a problem with their customer service.

I have the closed backs you made. Sound amazing, but do you think your open back would be a good sidekick? Can you explain the differences? Also I want to try the fluffy pads! Can you pm me about those? I can paypal you

A one dimensional line would never change direction or osciallate because it has not other dimensions besides length. An x-y plot has 2 dimensions: x and y. Similarly, a sound wave has two dimensions amplitude (sound pressure) and time.

Solid advice, thanks!