For it to be that noticeable though, a little goes a long way…
Gear gear contributing to a slower sound like a darkvoice and a 6xx vs a magni heresy and sundara or something like that makes sense, but again that shouldn’t really mess with tempo all that much. I would say the audio technicas aren’t really that slow tbh, but if you compare it to an elex or fast planar/estat it might be a tad slower. I would say the presentation might make it sound a bit slower perhaps, or just getting used to the signature
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Is there a particular song or type of song it happens with, and does it happen with different sources?
I want to say you can get some gear that changes the delay of the decay, like put less time between the notes. Nothing will change the tempo of the song itself though.
Like filters on a DAC or DAP, right?
Oh Jah for sure 
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the only time I had slowdown music is when the batteries were dying in my walkman. made for laughs as a lil kid! 
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LOL, I used to get a kick out of that when the tempo slowed down to a crawl…kinda sounds like modern day mumble [C]rap 
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Lol yeah, it’s impossible for headphones or speakers to slow down the music obviously… the DAC always does the same job at the same (exact, exact, oh so fucking exact) speed lol. And the DAC never “knows” what headphones you use. It just sends everything to the amp.
But yes, smooOoOooth headphones, or damn accurate fast brutal slamming planars, can make you feel like the tempo is slower or faster. A ton of psychological things too. And/or drugs. Including coffee.
Anyway, what are those headphones?
Only time I’ve ever heard music slower was in -40 c weather and my Bluetooth heaphones and phone were struggling to work
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Everytime… with every headphone. After a night out with magic shrooms.
Also works with TV and speech… cooking also takes like 4ever. Like c’mon rewind the tape with pencil while it’s playing on microwave.
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Have you experimented with any new psychoactive substances lately?
I remember this one time, we were listening to Dark Side of the Moon and…
On second thought, never mind. Not gonna tell that story in public.
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Guys lol, i dont do drugs. of any kind. I dont drink, i dont eat shrooms lol. I heard this on my Sp200 amp and the SU8 DAC and the Audio Techinca AD900x on the Simple Minds song “Summer” particularly the beginning of the song. maybe say it sounded a little sluggish? maybe tempo isn’t the right word i guess.
I’ve had it before where I thought a song sounded slow without the cold. But that was not due to my headphones or gear I attribute it to me being hopped up on too much caffeine .
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My point is its most likely a mental state thing than a headphone thing
Yes lol, I’m pretty sure it’s been found that your heart rate can correlate with how you perceive music speed (and other neat stuff like that)
Exactly, cause your hearts beat correlates to actual tempo. Found this when I played music. I spent a lot of time calming kids down who are newer to performing when I played in a band down. cause their tempo can get off if they get too nervous of course it was for me too cause if they are calm I’m calm
thats probably why so many bands start out doing punk
Not quite if a song is super fast that’s just a musical choice. Usually made by the band director or conductor. the issue with a person going off tempo in a band setting especially a student band is these kids are not pros as well as me. So if a student gets off course many will try to listen to their neighbor for reference of where they should be and if your neighbor is off kilter you are off kilter and sometimes your whole section becomes off kilter. My method as I got better and becoming basically my sections leader was just to play louder than them and hopefully they use me as reference. But no human is perfect and if everyone goes ony cue and iake a timing mistake. It’s up to the conductor to attempt to fix it and help the rest of the band make it sound good. But of you have a good conductor that is used to teaching a student band they usually know how to cue you properly if they can sense your struggling