Best closed back headphone under $500

[markanini]

1 graph was annotated . Sorry I forgot it was against the rules to show any enthusiasm here. I'm sure you have more to add to the conversation than playing hall monitor. Not everyone is associated with some youtuber, weird and unnecessary accusation.

Anyways, back on topic the Fiio FT1 was a very enjoyable headphone and I'd recommend looking at some reviews for it. You could save a lot of money as it punches above it's price point.

Did your hall monitors say please?

No, historically it's been a strong association, the moderators have banned multiple accounts that happened to have the habit of posting annotated graphs. Not for the graphs or course but for their other conduct breaking the forums rules. If you are one of those accounts evading a ban, you acting incredulous to a more senior member isn't doing you any favors frankly. Assuming you aren't take it as me giving you a friendly heads up, the mods are pay attention and notice more than you think-maybe you are used to communities with more leninet moderation like AHS. Secondly, it's kind of patronizing to annotate FR graphs, most can analyze two FR curve against a target curve without guidance-and it makes for a cluttered visual.

 

[AryaStealth]

Fiio FT1 has poor channel balance (at least mine), unpredictable non linear bass with large bass boosts that need to be EQed down, bad peaky treble (probably can't be EQed due to a lot of unit and position variation, for example my unit sounds awfull with PEQ from Oratory for this headphone). However if you have perfect hearing, your brain will adapt to it quickly, but with a bit of mild hearing loss it sounds meh even after taming the bass and some treble peaks. The only good thing about this headphone is comfort, it is very comfortable.

 

[vinodk69]

Certainly looking at Fiio FT1 but have seen multiple comments about poor build quality with headband screws coming loose from cups. Not sure if the company has fixed those issues.

 

[Robbo99999]

Please don't annotate FR graphs like this. The visual clutter is off the charts and it makes you look associated with a certain clickbait youtuber in the audio space.

Of course he can annotate charts like that - I can see the areas he's pointing to, there's nothing wrong with annotating charts.

 

[Headphoner]

Certainly looking at Fiio FT1 but have seen multiple comments about poor build quality with headband screws coming loose from cups. Not sure if the company has fixed those issues.

I've tried it a handful of times and I can see the complaints about build, the cups are very thin as well. I've seen quite a few kilobuck headphones with worse builds though, and worse headbands