My mum used her OG Zune until 2 years ago, everyday. They rocked.

/u/Gaurdian23 - Jumping off the recommendation for the Liquid Spark, it's available for $80 through the Monoprice eBay store:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/394296268204?epid=16026523499

That’s why it’s an opinion

AKG K371, AKG K612 (though I guess I'm too late for that)

If you're advertising your product, why would you be neutral about it? You're going to talk about it in a positive light, and the main thing Crinacle brings up is the tuning and the reasoning behind it.

And outside of him showing a graph with anything he reviews, there's not really any objectivity in his reviews. Go read a detailed page on whatever you're looking up if you want more objectivity.

Expanse and Aeon X Open share common preferred amp pair ups IMHO. I like them out of KT88 triode-strapped SET amps with high output impedance (300 ohm headphone out of my ampsandsound Forge amp)

It's called trust, and you don't have to trust him.

The New Test-iem-ent is comming!

This is actually probably the right answer.

Are they neutral? No. Do they hit hard in the sub-bass? Not at all. Are they objectively better than the Sonys? Not necessarily, depending on what your sense of objective quality is.

But! Do they sound very different from a pair of closed back Sony cans, and will give a far "airier" and spacious sound that will make them say, "yeah, this sounds very different and kinda awesome"? Absolutely. And you can have a lot of change left over from $200.

If you’re in the US get jds labs atom

PRetty much the one thing the 7506 does badly is comfort. Based on that I'd get a DT770 out.

Tracks? Pointless to recommend anything. MY musical tastes will be quite different from your friend's

Cool! I 've read up to Peace Talks

All I can think of is having to charge it often

It definitely has more utility but having a mechanical watch on wrist is more “fun”

HD 560s with EQ? I know this ain’t a headphone, but Quarks DSP is nicely tuned for $15.

In what areas do they disappoint for you, small things that ended up as dealbreakers or just the overall presentation? I also still like my OG Andros.

XD

Biggest differences are typically found in hanging headphones themselves. Once you get past the bass addiction most people start with, you'll find a whole world of interesting sounds. Thats where problems can start hahaha

Go ALLLLL in on proving him wrong.

Grados.

no just do a ear surgery to get the best ear for hifi which here vocal clearly , bass tight and rumble, perfect separation from a cheap speaker a mile away

She has chronic migraine. The pressure on her head from headphones can act as a trigger.

And we haven't found any IEMs that really fit her. She does use my KPH30i sometimes though.

Maybe I will, I’ve heard great things about them, I will enjoy these for now though.

Seems like to me you need a new friend

Thanks! Only thing I need to chase right now is a comfy armchair.

Sounds awesome man, I’m glad you’re enjoying the new ones! These will last me a while but I will check out the Drop once I need a new pair!

For $200, I'd hand them a secondhand Dusk or some other IEM instead. For $0, I'd just tell them to try oratory1990 EQ.

For the weebshit-tolerant, I use these test tracks among others to dissect a transducer's sound characteristics. I don't know whether I'd call the experience mind-blowing or life-changing, but I find it handy for separating the good from the meh.