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I love these headphones. When comparing the sr80s with sr125s and sr225s in my local hi-fi store, the cables where hidden neatly behind the shelf the headphones were hanging from. Me being so stunned by the exceptional sound coming from headphones in this price range that i actually moved the shelf to see if there was a small amplifier or something helping the cans out, but nothing! The songs i enjoyed for referencing these were: Beck - Waking Light Petar Dundov & Gregor Tresher - Duo Tone. They have seriously made me doubt the sincerity of my speakers when mixing. They are nicer to look at when not weared. On the head they look a bit goofy but i doubt that they are meant for anything else but "shelving those lows" or turning off your cell phone and enjoying a whiskey with your favorite record. Build quality is not great, and if equipboard had a 10 star rating system instead of 5, i would rate 9. I have seen people modify them online though (switching to wooden cans for different resonance and whatnot). Oh yeah, they are very comfortable to wear for hours as well.

Compared to every other in the box method i have tried to produce stuff on, this is by far the most intuitive. However, my recent adjustments in setup have given Live more of a "topping & tailing" type of function. This should prove how versatile this software really is.

Device is pretty to look at and feels like a solid brick of quality through and through. The thing i enjoy the most about it is actually the DSP part. The plugins sound way better than those i have tried from other companies emulating hardware. As goes for the GUI. One thing i discovered is that its very beneficial to create a separate folder in your DAW with the Universal Audio Plugins that you have actually purchased. Because even the demo versions of the plugins you have not purchased of their entire library will show up in your list over AUs/VSTs if you do not seperate them from each other. This might just be me, but i found it to be very distracting while getting to know what everything does when i first bought it. Clumsy external power supply is another minus on an otherwise very portable device. I bought it for its quality but i keep it for the plugins which i have come to make a cornerstone of my productions. If it were not for them i would probably go for an interface with more I/O and/or firewire/usb/thunderbolt power supply. When reading this, one thing should be remembered: the outboard equipment i use is mainly digital, i do not use a lot of microphones so chances are i am not the typical target group for the Apollo Twin.

I use this in an unorthodox way. Its mostly to run my master signal a bit to hot through it to add some pleasing saturation. Especially brilliance in the highs and low mid thickness is added.