sszorin

I merely pointed your error. Bass and low mids are bloated but the rest of the mids are recessed. You conflated a portion of the middle frequencies for the whole part. An honest error, probably. Nobody is going to hang you for that. After that you could have saved yourself precious time and effort because I was talking about T1 and not T1 v2. So most of your reply kind of went to waste. About DT880 - I am sorry that previously you had to use these headphones. They are not exactly a paragon of audio virtue. Coming from them it is natural that you found treble of T1 v2 better. Because it is rolled off compared to DT880 and somewhat rolled off compared to T1. About the harmonic distortion when boosting sub bass - plus 6 or 9 dB will not distort the sound of 20-40 Hz to a degree which is obvious. You should also know that sound at these frequencies sounds already distorted, there is not much of a clean tone at that frequency level. Kindly tell me which electrodynamic headphones, according to you, have more even frequency response than T1 and combine this balance with the quality of tones and with the size of the soundstage. I would like to see this miracle. The only other ones of this quality are HD800 and K812, but both also have problems. I would like to know what headphones [plenty ??] you regard as "better" than T1. I think you made an error with the word 'plenty". Another thing, if classically trained pianists use the kind of language like you do then no wonder that the orchestras are struggling to survive. [But your temper might be of use, especially when the music score calls for 'vivace furioso'].

You mean get headphones with holes in the frequency spectrum so that when a music piece is played 'mezzo-piano' some notes in the decibel holes would sound 'pianissimo' ? T1 are flat accurate across keyboard, organ excepted when the sub-bass notes are played. Then T1 needs EQ adjustment on the lowest notes. Which electrodynamic headphones are better than T1 in this regard ?

I do not understand your complaint against T1 v2. You wrote that these headphones sound "boxed in" and that there is "an overemphasis in the 250-500Hz band." But there is a general consensus that, TO THE CONTRARY, the middle frequencies sound recessed, and not over-emphasized, compared to the previous original version. As for the alleged treble problem of T1, there is a simple mod, for some people who find the treble 'hot', which tones down the treble peak and fixes this problem. Just google it on head-fi. I am sensitive to criminal treble, for instance I find Grado PS1000 to be an unbearable ear drill, but I hear nothing of the kind with my T1. These are fabulous headphones. But I did not start going into portable/transportable hi-fi by listening to bassy-boomy-murky sounding and treble deprived headphones [the great majority of headphones sold] and that's why the hearing section of my brain was not startled and assaulted by mildly emphasized treble of T1. Brain molding/plasticity plays role in how we hear headphones. Those whose brains are used to and conditioned to crappy sound will find normal sounding headphones as abnormal.