buy these a few week ago , have be use they purely for studio work , which I be convinced they be design for without much thought to the home user . these have a very flat frequency response and a sharp and unforgiving dynamic response , along with very little of the harmonic excitement or sound colouration that make consumer headphone sound `` better '' . you can pick the part from the mix with ease and you can almost see the knob on the dynamics effect use in record whatever you be listen to . if you be look to make music and want to hear PRECISELY what be come through the wire , these headphone can not be better under # 150 . if you have not the slightest clue what I have be talk about and just want to listen to you music , go buy something else , but beware ; audio equipment that color sound -lrb- ie the vast majority of suppose `` audiophile '' equipment -rrb- will sound great with one peice of music and will kill another stone dead .