Nice wide soundstage for closed cans and the V shape sound is done right. Awesome cans for the price and I honestly recommend them.

COMFORT: The comfort is rather odd to me. The pads are comfy and are best described as 'goofy' feeling on my head. While not a bad thing, these cans may take some time to get used to for some. I prefer the feeling of any of my Sennheisers (598s, 660s, 58x) and believe that the 'wide' roundness to these make them feel 'off' compared to the long nature of the senns. That is, ears are long not wide and feeling pads that were seemingly designed for wide ears was odd. With the goofiness and strangeness aside, these are very comfortable and I've easily been able to have them on for hours on end. SOUND: The sound profile takes the shape of a V and while that usually worries me, these seem to do it right. While the mids take a backseat, they are by no means gone and are not as easily drowned by lows and highs as other cans have done in the past. The highs are bright and clean and avoid being sibilant for the most part (some songs at max volume nearly kill me but it's rare) and good EQ work can really eliminate that issue altogether. Note that these are hard to push. A lot of my amps need to be on High Gain and even then sometimes the volume is a little low. These 80 Ohm cans are harder to push than some of my 150 Ohm cans. LOOKS and FEEL: One of the best aspects of this headphone is how it looks and feels in the hand. The headband pad is super plush and looks very well made. The buttons add a significant amount of character to the overall look and I'm very pleased with the metal ring on the outer shell of each cup. The exposed wire is aesthetically pleasing and adds a bit of spice to the look; however, exposed wires can be a concern to me and others but I have come not to mind it. The Custom Studios feel like a tank in the hand and I will be surprised if I ever manage to break these without insane amounts of force from an ICBM. GAMING: While I wouldn't say these are gaming headphones in any way and I still want to point anyone who asks towards an open-back Sennheiser for gaming, these will work well enough if gaming isn't your first priority. The soundstage is wide for closed cans and can give some details. The mids take a back seat in the V shaped sound profile (emphasized lows and highs, recessed mids) and that may be a bad thing for competitive players who want to hear the important mids and highs that games tend to rely on (footsteps, glass breaking, etc..). The comfort lets them rest atop your skull for hours on end so you'll never need to worry about long gaming sessions. ISSUES I had: Only one issue came up for me and that was the absolutely terrible cable that came with mine. The quality, weight, and springiness ruined the cable for me and while I planned on replacing the cable over just those things, the cable shorted out within a cable days anyways. So the cable gets a -10/+10 from me. Minor sibilance at times but very rare. CONCLUSION: I find myself enjoying these a ton and they remain my daily driver out of the house. I prefer open backs and seeing that this headphone would have wider soundstage I purchased them and have yet to be disappointed. I take them out every where I go and my Fiio Q1 Mk2 does a good enough job to push these without disappointing me. If you're looking for good on the go cans that you may use at home for music and/or gaming. I can recommend these with a clear conscious and would be surprised if you found yourself disappointed in them. I hope this helps!Read full review

Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned