I was chilling on the couch one day and out of nowhere decided I want to get more audio fidelity from my music lmao. Looking back the cheap earbuds that came with my sony phone is actually really good since I ere content with it for so long, I even sought the whole internet for another one as replacement when it broke too.

First ever proper headphones were the sr850, really made me wonder can I get much higher (so high) and it just starts from there. I still put them to use sometimes to remind me how far I went, lots of saving up and too much iems along the way lol. Oh and also dankpods, he's cool.

Do you really listen to your headphones with the cups adjusted like that lol?

My sony XB900 anc is horrible too. Barely cancels any noise and it hurts my head so much I have to cycle through the comedically loud voice announcer to turn them off everytime I use the headphones.

I bought them on Dankpod's recommendation too, they were my first ever proper full-sized HPs. I absolutely loved them, very detailed sound signature, excellent soundstage and directional imaging. I used to use them for hours and hours to end. But they are too much for me nowadays and I can't listen to them without EQing (pretty cool how our tastes change). They would instantly destroy my eardrums once I put very fast and bright songs on them it's crazy. I don't think being sensitive to trebles make us audiophiles elitists, it's just us having a preference. The term may work better on the peeps that believe in those expensive TOTL DACs, amps and c*bles snake oil stuffs.

If you ever feel the harshness of the trebs people here all raves about, you can stuff a layer or two of TP behind the fabric ear pads as filters and it works pretty well taming them. Surprisingly these cans actually have pretty boosted and punchy fun bass once you unshelve the right end of them! The vocals come across cleanly too despite the filters. They also react well to eq, I tuned mine really aggressively and they don't distort at all.

And lastly congrats on your new entry to the hobby, it's only getting better from here.