I bought these headphones because of the very good reviews. With my previous headset, B & W P7 I was very limited satisfied. This has a very dull tone, bass voices can seem rather simplistic, sound to me more like mud. By chance I came across the Focal. Bought, tried and absolutely loved it from the first moment. It meets all the demands that I put on a pair of headphones in this price range. Phenomenal is the voice reproduction, which can not be beat in terms of naturalness and presence. The bass is dry and accurate and not overstated as in B & W. The highs are wonderfully silky in its reproduction. Together with my AK100 from Astell & Kern a dream team. This sound makes absolutely addictive, unfortunately the train rides are too short !! Just buy it, the price-performance ratio is absolutely right. Better, a 1000 - not sound headphones also.