the ear cups it's a bit stiffer memory foam so i expect there might need to be just a bit of a break in time for listeners especially those who are really going to be rocking these for long periods of time we've got a spring steel core headband but the outer casing is plastic i do kind of miss the buttoned wrap up on the NUMBER_TOKENs i would judge clamping force as moderate you know maybe a little stronger than my well-worn NUMBER_TOKENs but the new ear cups the new pads and this fresh headband block more noise around me than on my NUMBER_TOKENs it's not as nearly vice like as my sennheiser hdNUMBER_TOKENs but blocking almost as much noise but more importantly the NUMBER_TOKEN pro x add a detachable cable mini xlr connector you'll be able to swap it out with different lengths and cable types this is the happiest update for me i get real anxious about durability and repairability replacing the cable on the NUMBER_TOKENs requires a bit of soldering here we can just plug and play we get two cable lengths in the box with a little travel pouch and i also want to highlight here the packaging is wonderfully simple it's mostly cardboard a refreshing lack of plastics or wraps this is very well done i want this to be the new badge of premium less waste in the box and the box should break down better in landfills all of this is looking real good but these are headphones so how do they sound first of all it shouldn't be any crazy surprise that the lower impedance cans don't need as much juice from a headphone amp right i mean we should have the math on that pretty well i did about half of my comparison listening on my focusrite usb interface and i had to turn up the NUMBER_TOKENs a lot higher to reach a comfortable listening volume now i also compared on my fio qNUMBER_TOKEN and i needed a lot less gain on the NUMBER_TOKENs and i should detail that as a point of reference i'm going to be comparing hard against the NUMBER_TOKENs because i've spent so much of my life with my head in these and i think the NUMBER_TOKENs live up to the reputation of bear dynamic can't punchy detailed and with a light lift to the upper eq now i know some people some folks really make fun of that upper presence but it's something i appreciate on closed back cans maybe there is a touch of an over correction but it prevents these either of these from ever getting muddy or dull more to the point i'd say attacks are even sharper and they release even faster the lows on my NUMBER_TOKENs feel a bit more persistent like on daft punk lose yourself to dance there's almost a light fog of rumble where on the NUMBER_TOKENs the bass attack is cleaner and the guitar work seems just a touch lifted in the mix they do sound similar but i'm talking about very specific nuances to my ears your mileage will vary ditto talking some aggressively mixed hip hop like rtjNUMBER_TOKEN neither headphone rolls the skull rumbling on a track like just that that track i love that track because it's built to sound like it's destroying subwoofer cones like it wants to make your speakers floppy i love it the
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