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I've never heard an ultrasone, but from everything I've read, it sounds like they are the comfortable, colored phone for the person with a lackluster source.

I think I actually prefer USPS out of all of them, believe it or not. Of course I seldom ship/receive anything in boxes larger than a toaster.

Its good they arent limited edition, but being "hand made", one would assume a substantial waiting list could accrue.

In my experience, the good headphones dont "wow" you at first glance; to each their own, but I desire something neutral and accurate. Thats why so many reviews for neutral equipment go on about "nothing jumping out" at you. You become aware of such things over time, not right away, like at a meet. You could have heard some great headphones and dismissed them as boring too quickly.

I bet you could even blog on that *cough*

Same, although I really never got Re-Load all that much. Load was much better imho.

Make a new language. Other than that, you're fucked. There's always going to be similar words in any language for a variety of reasons. Plenty of American pop has slurred slang all over the place. When you cant tell which specific word is said, you infer it out of context.

I can respect that.

pretty

I think you just coined a new custom title

A lot of upgrading is subtle improvements. Even at its formidable price, if the new phones take the sound of the HD650 and give it a 'dramatic' improvement in soundstage, that's still something, imo.

Give it a week for everyone to get the "ZOMG SO MUCH MUNNIES!!1!" out of their systems.

Cranberries - Everyone Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?

Gah.

Tom Petty / Tom Petty & The Heart Breakers / Alan Parsons Project studio albums. And some Pretenders.

lucky

Probably, and hopefully a stupid question, but ... you aren't using MP3s, are you?

If IEMs work better, it could be that the vocals are not prominent in the mix, compared to the instruments, and/or are too far back in the mix to hear when played at moderate levels. Maybe not, I dont know.

Which headphones do it better? What is your source?

I'm with Nate. I've heard real music played live, I've played in concert band, blah blah blah, and I would hardly describe the HD650 as an "epic fail". Not to be a fanboy, but it just simply doesn't do anything wrong to the point of being a failure, much less an 'epic' one. It recreates music, and it does it with a fairly decent tone to my ears. I know its not the end-all be-all, but 'epic fail' is simply a dramatic over reach.

Pretenders - Last of the Independents

Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever