It seems that Fiio earbuds are typically overpriced
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Ok, know what? Headphone guys, please give me a list of reputable and “benchmark” worthy closed-back headphones. Price range between 300-800 usd.
I need one to compare with my DIY hp. Currently, I am most likely to get the Denon D5200, since there is a pretty nice deal on it atm and the graph looks appealing to me.
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Check out the Drop + Dan Clark Aeon Closed X. It’s a planar magnetic headphone. I believe the Dan Clark Aeon RT Closed has the same sound signature. It’s a very harman curve sounding headphone.
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I guess I should say, no Drop hps. (Europe lol.)
lol, yeah but the Aeon RT Closed is not from Drop. I don’t know if they can be bought in Europe though. The Denon 5200 should do very well though. I did some research on reviews in forums on it a while back and it was generally pretty favourable. I can’t recall the reasons for that impression.
Sennheiser HD820 
(way outside price range)
Shure SRH1540?
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Qian39s arrived today, I’m shocked at how good the bass is for a pair of buds. I’d bought a pair of Iris 2.0s and generally liked them but these are on another level for me.
Thanks for the bud recommendations!
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Welcome to the rabbit hole. You know where to look at next. 
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He better sign up quick because that queue is ever growing!
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They look a tad similar 
yeah and one of them definitely didnt sound like I was expecting it to based on graphs.
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I’ve heard good things about this KZ. and it’s newer … so I guess this is the better one
Ironically I dont know which one is newer.
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how are they compared to CRA?
will review it after the VULKAN.
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Dang that is a nice driver. For earbud? Is it beryllium?
yeah, its an earbud driver, the red dot specifically.
As you can see in the first pic, its just a plastic membrane. No metal coating.
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