I feel like there is some important info missing here e.g. how are they refusing to help even in the warranty period? Did you contact the dealer you bopught the headphones from? And how can you break three of these without being heavy handed? These headphones are robus af.

The D70 Pro Sabre is - as the name indicates - a delta-sigma DAC, too.

Cleaner ones and zeros probably. /s

Quite a lot for a sub that feels like it’s on life support.

And then there are people who like to have a variety of experiences.

It depends. For music definitely off, might be worth a try for videos and games.

‘Intimate’ surprises me a bit, to my ears they are soundstage monsters. But they definitely have some nice weight in their bass.