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HD490 Pro is most logical choice, relatively cheap, reliable, comfy, very flat FR out of the box. However, they dont have the lowest distortion in bass. They are miles ahead of old Sennheisers like HD600 and other dynamic headphones, but a well sealed electrostatic like Nectar HiveX is far more...

Fiio FT1 Pro

It doesnt sound very different. There is overwhelming amount of evidence that the difference is inaudible or extremely small. The NOS thing is another completly retarded snake oil, the idea that reconstruction filter is worse than unfiltered PCM waveform is ridiculous, only absolute noob with...

I would avoid Hifiman even if they sounded good becose the QC and reliability issues, but I hate their sound and they measure poorly IMO, therefore AVOID HIFIMAN. I suggest HD 490 Pro or used HD800 from ebay. I didnt tried Aune AR5000 but it measures great, is cheap and the build quality and...

I hate this R2R snakeoil so much, I have cringe memories from decade ago when I was young clueless audiofool and believed many lies about audio devices such as digital to analog converters. Luckily I was too poor and never wasted money on obsolete R2R junk. There is reason all modern DACs are...

Most neutral open headphone I tried is HD 490 with cloth pads. Stax L series can be super neutral but you need bluetac mod to plug the port and SoCas 3d printed adapter for ZMF pads to get rid of upper midrange peak. HD600 are super neutral too. Compared to cloth HD490 they have slighly too...

Best in what? Soundstage? Distortion? Comfort? Soundstage = HD800 Distortion = Stax SR X9000 Comfort = HD 490 Pro

How wide compared to HD490 Pro or 560S or HD6xx?

Driver is multi layer polymer driver. The main layer is almost certainly PET and the damping layer on top I dont know. The earpads are hybrid, they are fabric with the outer side made from fenestrates pleather.

HiveX vs L300 + bluetac mod + L700 pads, what is better?

Are your measurement smoothed?

You also have phase, accoustic impedance, vibrations travelling through pads causing bone conducted sound( accelerometer), wavefront shape and directivity and doppler effect distortion.

Can anyone compare SR X1 with HiveX and Perun?

Can you please measure distortion?

Does the headband carry only direct current from battery to power the other earcup without battery or does it carry audio or other signals?

Can someone compare the soundstage and bass punch of Celestee vs Azurys & Bathys? I am not sure if the smaller Bathys/Azurys share that famous punch that larger older Focal headphones have.

Sonos Ace Bose Quietcomfort 2023 ( QC45 successor ) Apple Airpods Max 2024 USB C

Can Sonos Ace play as loud as Airpods Max? I tested Max many times and one of their strong points is above average maximum loudness as compared to other ANC headphones. There is Sonos Ace in my local shop but you cant connect to it via bluetooth, it is allowed to only play 4 predetermined songs...

HD490 PRO is little bit over your budget but is 100% worth it. Aune AR5000 is also good option.

Sennheiser HD800 is much more long lasting and durable compared to Focal Clear, especially the headband and drivers. Clear is very good headphone, HD800 is technological marvel, the best open back headphone ever created. While clear is nice, not a single aspect of it is best. On other hand...