KaiserSoze
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Not proof, just the most likely explanation given the data, see below.
HD600:
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HD650:
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HD58X:
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HD598:
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etc. etc.
The major commonality between all these is the raised upper-bass / lower midrange (seen clearly in the upper red curves), and far more Sennheiser headphones have this feature than don't. The psychoacoustics of lower frequencies better masking higher ones is consistent with this feature causing a slightly veiled sound. What the veil is not likely due to is a lack of treble, as several of Sennheiser's headphones do not lack treble, yet some say still sound slightly 'veiled', such as the HD600 above.
Okay, whatever. I was only saying that several years back the most common criticism of the Sennheiser headphones was the Sennheiser "veil" and now it is the lack of bass. I don't have any disagreement with the frequency response curves. However the totality of your reasoned argument hinges crucially on the idea that a certain kind of frequency response will produce the effect that goes by the name "veiled sound". Were I to want to say something like what you are saying, I would have to say something along the lines of "Many Sennheiser headphones share a characteristic in their frequency response, which has a particular sonic signature and which is presumptively the sonic signature that many people report hearing and refer to as the 'Sennheiser veil'. Although, there is no way to know with complete certainty whether everyone listening to Sennheiser headphones has heard the exact same thing and is referring to exactly the same thing when they speak of the 'Sennheiser veil'."