I got my pair yesterday. First impressions are - holy cow that soundstage! Itās wider than my Vokyl Erupt. The stock leather pads seem to slightly āsuffocateā the sound, maybe because it lowers the treble I feel like that, I dunno. Changes are slight, but the stock hybrid D-shaped pads sound a bit clearer. Yep, they are not comfortable and Iām waiting for some large Brainwavz pads to try them on. I donāt have more expensive headphones, but I really enjoy these so far, although low end could have been increased a bit. Damn, I got the chills when the roars from Weird Alās Jurassic Park surrounded me, I genuinely got scared.
What compared to gl2k? I have tried arya, best friend owns it I donāt due to price.
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I am playing COD MW with SMSL m500, and windows DTS headphone x drivers and EQ ON. The surround positioning is unreal.
Yeah, compared to GL2Kās would be fine.
Brainwavz xl suede plus some nuggets approved! Way comfortable. Also me and my small head still rocking this on smallest setting.
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I tried the XL suedes and they do indeed work quite well, though I think I still prefer the stock leathers in both sound and comfort, if only slightly. My head is on the medium to large side of the spectrum and I find the fit to be fantastic. Iām only 2 notches out though so I can definitely see how smaller heads wouldnāt play well with these big bois.
The hype continues with GL850, review from BGGAR šGoldplanar GL850 Headphones Review - YouTube
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Iāve created an official thread for this set as itās a totally different beast 
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I really like these. Despite knowing what I was getting as far as the presentation goes, unboxing it all was a bit of a hype experience in itself. Everything feels so premium. I absolutely love the cable and the headphones themselves look and feel very high quality. Theyāre probably the most comfortable headphones Iāve ever had on my head, the clamp is perfect and the cushion is all around superb.
Iāve EQd the shit out of them and they take to it insanely well, I feel like you can more or less tune these however you want if you have the desire to do so.
Unfortunately one of the things that makes these stand out is also the thing that is keeping them from really meshing with me, and thatās the sound stage. The sense of space is cool but at the same time some elements, vocals specifically, sound far more distant than I would prefer.
Iām still in the burn-in process, both for the headphones and my brain, and of course more EQ experimentation may come into playā¦ But right now itās a ālikeā not āloveā situation, so Iām not sure theyāll be sticking around.
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Every single bit of that sound they have is in the tuning paper and mesh on the grills. Just saying.
0% chance of me doing any physical mods.
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anyone have impressions vs the ananda? my ananda gets here in a few days i paid 575$ for the ananda. from what i read they are some of the best under 1000? do these even compete?
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One of the best and objective GL2000 reviews Iāve seen. I agree with about 90% of what you said.
What you didnāt say:
Hybrid pads tame the 5k peak, but decrease soundstage and sub bass.
The overall timbre is fake sounding and incohesive, a lot of excellent technical abilities, but they donāt click together. Kinda reminds me of the Frankensteinās monster - a mighty beast, sprang to life by the shock of 4 watts per channel (by my SMSL SP400), but stitched together roughly.
Real value: about $450, and to me, with the necessary Dekoni Nuggets and new XLR cable they cost me more than $700.
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These are far too clampy on my head. Like the sound with the hybrid pads though.
stretch them around a huge ass box
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interesting i thought it was more metal.
You must have a giant head
I do. Most of my headbands are max extended. This thing just bothering my jaw\temple in a way that my other headphones never have. May need pads and a headband. They do sound great to me though.