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These are not professional reference headphones. The goal isn’t predictable EQ for mixing music that will be played on a huge range of outputs. These are consumer headphones that provide wealth and status signaling for the wearer with enough audiophile “reasons” to pretend that is not the case.


It's not only that. It's also peace of mind when you're not knowledgeable about the product category you're looking at.

Most other big brands have frequent howlers: Google, Samsung, Sony, etc.




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