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Made me listen to old favourites with new ears., 14 Dec 2012

An unexpected pleasure this. Absolutely first rate versions of some of the classic Gabriel/Hackett era songs. Pretty faithful to the originals, like top notch performances of you favourite classical works. Just enough titivation to give them a bit of a lift. Highly recommended to a sad old Genesis fan like myself. New versions of The Lamb and Supper's ready are particularly fine.

Huge, but fantastic, 24 Mar 2012

Picked up a set of these after they won a group test in What Hifi. They're huge, each earpiece is not much smaller than a CD, but extremely comfortable. And they do sound superb. Everyone recommends open back headphones, but I can't se the point as they leak so much sound. I've always bought Sennheisers til now, and have accumulated about nine pairs including a pair at about the same price point as these (HD580's). But I hardly use them because, a). The 600 ohm impedance means they're very difficult to drive, even with a dedicated amp and, b). they leak so much sound that my wife keeps on asking me to turn the music down when I use them. The reason these are so big is that they have 5cm… Read more

Enjoyed the preview for this, but..., 11 Mar 2012

...I'll actually buy it when the Kindle price comes down to something reasonable! £9.99 for the kindle edition when the paperback's only about £5 is utterly outrageous!