the Alara is nothing like the Quad…outside of a similarity in the look of the grill, they’re two completely different headphones. the Alara are so much smaller physically than the quad’s.
They are a bit smaller yes, but neither were comfortable for me, but I will say the quads sounded better to my ears (as you say)
yeah…the Quad’s aren’t as recognized a headphone as other planars and from what those that have them say, they punch well above their weight. I know you thought they weren’t anything special…nice, but not something that really stood out.
Well I think they didn’t have a sound aspect that struck me as exceptionally good, but that’s not a bad thing. They were very coherent and really a good all rounder imo. They just did most things right
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Hmm, the driver looks similar but the diaphragm looks different to the m1060
This headset is the best of $ 300.
Very slightly forward vocal in position Very good balanced sound
Neutral sound without guidance
Bass is hard.
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All listed stats are the same. The ‘peg’ pads are common ONLY to each other and the SAME size. The screening material on the back of the can - the same. The headband - the same. The vendor that makes them - the same.
Yeah… uh… what are Quads already? 
Are you guys talking about the Quad Era 1?
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Oh ok! Thanks. Well, that’s the first time I hear about these.
I believe Goldplanar is the company that makes all of Monoprice planar magnetic headphones. Unfortunately Goldplanar website is not working properly . No matter what you click on , it takes you to the home page , it worked fine about 4 months ago. I can’t find any information about gl1000 in english.
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Goldplanar has release a AMT headphone that looks like a Hedd clone for about a 1/2 of the price.
Goldplanar GL850
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what?! i wonder how it sounds compared to it. but it is a AMT driver. very interesting…
6999 yens is like 75$USD… don’t expect anything. 
That cant be right. must be a mistake somewhere
Must be for the miniature version 
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