Edition XV

200-500hz for me sounds emphasized which is lightly corroborated by measurements, it seems. 2khz has that characteristic hifiman dip, and 6khz has some sort of peak, resonance maybe. Different units are showing more or less modal behavior (weird volume ripples) from 100-1000hz due to the massive dia

I’m a little puzzled why you wouldn’t even try something like the Edition XS if that fits your head properly and nothing else does. I have a large head and large ears, and HiFiMan’s egg-shaped cups are easily the most comfortable for me. I’ve seen the Edition XS for sale for under $200 USD recently,

I have multiple HiFiMan products, and the only one I've had to RMA was a DAC/amp that had a bad USB-C port. It was replaced pretty quickly. I have large ears, so their egg-shaped cups on their headphones tend to be very comfortable for me. The audio quality on their open back headphones tend to be e