LCD-X is fine for my admittedly large head/neck. On the head initially I find them plenty comfortable with a larger strap and thicc boi Dekoni pads. I start feeling it hard on the top of my head at about the 4 hour mark. Without the mods I can push only about 1-2 hours.

Run away while you still can! Your wallet can’t handle this addiction.

I’m sorta joking.

One thing I’d say is the actual difference between different higher end headphones isn’t as much as people make it out to be. I spent so much time obsessing and imagining just how good some of these different legendary headphones must be to garner the infinity different reviews and discussions and recommendations. But when I tried them the improvement was incremental.

Not to say the highest end isn’t noticeably better than the midfi, just that it isn’t going to be as earth shattering as the internet will lead you to believe.

Try out headphones whenever possible to help justify spending the money.

I always thought black wasn’t black enough… maybe vantablack disposition layer

I have 5 new review videos on this in 4 hours: Zeos, DMS, Josh, Currawong, Resolve… effing Jesus Christ 😒

I haven’t tried either sundara variants but It makes sense if they didn’t optimize it. I know the HD820 is widely regarded as sounding strange (and I agree) and senny probably spent a lot of time on that.

I’ve tried a bit with HD800S and HD650 but the issue is the open back design is optimized for the acoustic impedance with no cups. Adding the cups changes the driver dynamics and this the FR. Also, without proper and optimized dampening, it’ll be reflection city and you’ll lose detail and instrument separation.

I’m not saying it can’t be done, just it’s much harder than slapping some 3D prints and calling it a day