That's a pretty damning indictment on the Elears then!
Not really, I have a small head so never found the Elears a particularly comfortable fit, also they are quite heavy. On the plus side they look & feel like the luxury item that there price tag suggests & they do sound superb. What I am suggesting is that once you get to a certain level then in my (admittedly limited) experience the law of diminishing returns kicks in. For me that point kicks in at the HD-600 level. YMMV.That's a pretty damning indictment on the Elears then!
I find it fascinating how divisive/personal different listeners experiences of the same headphone can be, much more so than speakers it seems. This will of course largely be due to anatomy variations. I personally have never been able to get on with headphones that sit on-the-ear, they sound distant to me and lack the sense of envelopment you get from well-fitting over-ears. I tried SR80s for example and found them very forward/shouty in the midrange but distant and rolled off in the bass and upper treble. Over-ears suit my anatomy better but some can still cause issues. The HD800S for example has ear cups so cavernous in size that they don't seal tightly along my jawline, and as I result I experience less bass impact from them than I do from my HD600 despite measurements showing the latter has an earlier bass rolloff than the former.
I found the DT990 and HD600 incredibly close in SQ. in fact I’d find it impossible to distinguish between them blind.
Yes, the pro but from about 8 years ago
Focals seem to be fragile
I know about as much about headphones as I know about quantum physics but I do find the plethora of Sennheiser models particularly confusing. I have a pair of HD 598SR's (They cost £80 via a PFM heads up from Amazon) and they sound good to me on the rare occasions I use them. Out of interest, where do these sit in the Sennheiser pecking order apart from the obvious numerical ramping.
