Heh, so I guess those Canadian airline buds I sent never arrived eh? Seems appropriate that they got lost in the mail.

The catalogue still says "August 1, 2011" and there are two minor naming errors:
AKG K581LE -> AKG K518LE
Grado SR225 Comfy Pad with Hole -> Grado SR225i Comfy Pad with Hole

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I can't wait to see the electrostatic headphone measurements especially since I know which phones and amp are heading your way. Specifically, I'm looking forward to seeing that square wave! Will they blow everything else out of the water? They seem like headphones that will look very good on paper.

The square wave is related to frequency, you can get the square wave from frequency alone. Same with impulse response...But I do think that there will be different and interesting things to see on electrostatic headphones.

Measurements, news, cool articles, and funny comments aside...it's nice to have a guy like you in this community Tyll. Congrats on the milestone and I wish you continued success.

Cool article!

How exactly do you do you THD measurement? What is the input signal?

Tyll,

Just wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying your thoughtful insight! As a fellow Montanan, it is fun to read, and sometimes watch, your reviews with your personal take on each product. Too often it seems reviewers are all too careful not to offend potential advertisers at the expense of an honest review, though most would deny this. You are straight forward and honest. Keep up the good work!

Glad that the blog is going good, I have been reading since the beginning and I hope that I can continue to read this for many years to come. Thanks for doing this!

I would love to see a dedicated review for the porta pros by the way.

Tyll, I noticed the mention of the hd201s above. Have you noticed any changes in the sound from the first time they were released and the current ones made today? It was just a little strange to me looking at the measurement having a slightly lean bass when I just listened to one a few days ago with big and tight bass. My brother has an old 201 but I couldn't confirm if the differences were there because his 201s now look like they have velour pads due to the flaked off pads LOL

Hi Tyll, I've been looking into the T70 recently, and was curious as to what you did not like about the T70 during these quick measurements.

That's too bad about the T70, I was hoping they were going to be a full-size DT1350. What is it with Beyer and treble spikes?

It would be great to see Mark Lawton modified Denons measured. If you're interested, I will be getting an LA7000 that I would be willing to send in.

It would be fascinating to see Stax Omega 2 SZ1 (Mk1) SZ2 (Mk2) and SZ3 (Mk2.5) measurements, hopefully the Stax community will be able to make that happen some day.

Anyway, love the site Tyll, keep up the great work.

Of my 4 Beyer DTX-300p's, 3 are now broken. Where the armature joins the earcup there's a rivet through the connector, and eventually the connector will split and fall off. I don't see any practical way to repair it. If you were to use these much, don't ever grab one side and pull them off of your head - that will add strain to the rivet-and-connector, facilitating the break.

Just as bad, the 4 DTX-300p's have quite a variance in bass response. Unfortunately, the recent good one broke and the one remaining has weak bass. The cushions and fit-to-ear are the same, and I don't hear anything in the sound to suggest that any of those 4 units were defective - just poor quality control in matching to the spec.

A few days ago at the Apple store I tried the Klipsch Image One again, having bought one when it came out and subsequently giving it away. With the iPod set to Bass Reducer EQ, the Image One sounded pretty good. With no EQ it was not good.

I'm looking forward to the day when Tony Bennett can send you his headphones for your measurements and impression. Hopefully you will like them!

It's going to be weird seeing a celebrity endorsed headphone that's probably only $80. Most of them cost an arm and a leg.

I have an early pre-production pair called the DJ100. Don't tell anyone.

I did a longer listen to the Klipsch Image One at the Apple store today, using my own iPod Touch with Bass Reducer EQ. I played 10 of the most important songs I have for critical evaluation, and all sounded very good. Oddly enough, the Bass Reducer setting has proven to be my near-universal fix for lower-priced headphones, whether Klipsch Image One, Philips Stretch, V-Moda M80/V80 (contrary to my original impressions), Phiaton MS-400, and perhaps a few others. I hope to purchase a Klipsch Reference One when it comes out instead of waiting for other reviews, and I hope I don't get stiffed like I did with the Beyer DT-1350.

Hi Tyle, I love your reviews. I read first then watch the vids for exactly the same info. ho ho. Anyway, having hopefully softened you up a bit......

Would you consider doing a page for your own personal ranking of headphones? I find it difficult to make decisions based purely on the reviews as there are too many great headphones while at the same time you (wisely, I think) haven't numerically rated them. It would be fab if you could rank by personal preference and then also by fun/analytical. That would be soooo helpful.

I realise it's a bit of work. Am I right in thinking you are perhaps planning this anyway? something you wrote suggested it, but not overtly.

Since we already have Tyll's measurements and reviews, we don't need more subjective opinion I don't think. What would be really useful would be rankings by several categories. Category 1 might be how much each headphone deviates from neutrality in overall response, then category 2 might be which has the clearest most lucid midrange, and so on.... Then with all of this in a spreadsheet you could just sort the columns you like to see how they stack up for any particular attribute.