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dfko
17
Apr 9, 2020
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Outstanding sound once the stock pads are replaced with reasonable ones. I suggest angled or thick pleather to tighten up and give impact to bass and improve overall tonal balance and sound stage; settled on Brainwavz angled pleather in the end. I also tried Zeos' recommended Shure 1540 pads, other velour and perforated pads, and sheepskins. The 1540s, velours, and perforateds give, to varying degrees, a more open sound at the cost of bass and impact and speed through the range which was not my personal preference. I suspect he and I may disagree because I usually listen at a mid to mid-high volume while I gather he is a louder listener. The sheepskins make the bass a tad bit overbearing but are reasonably close to pleather - might be good for movies and such but also not my preference. Result is rich full bass and mids and natural, detailed treble. Best timbre through the whole range I've heard, including vs. good planars / electrostatics. My main pair since I got them. They give the best traits of planars and electrostatics simultaneously: clarity and detail combined with impact and naturalness, without losing bass. Close in planar-like sound with the pleather pads, but improved relative to planars in those ways. Despite having a fairly close sound, relative positions in the sound stage are clearly distinguishable from the details conveyed - after acclimating I began to think I could tell the positions microphones were mounted on the instruments and relative to vocalists. Which leads to a quite a psychedelic experience for electronic music in which these details are produced happenstance by artificial processes. In all, highly recommended.
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Recommends this product? Yes
luxiphr
13
Apr 10, 2020
dfkowhich pads would you recommend concretely?
dfko
17
Apr 14, 2020
luxiphrEdited above. Short answer: Brainwavz angled pleather.
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