Dan Clark Audio Noire XO Open-Back Planar Headphones

Another winner that needs no EQ

Loving these XO’s so far. I already had the Noire X and they’ve been great, so was excited to try out the open back version. The soundstage on these is somewhat larger as you’d expect. They might have a touch more upper treble, but as with the X’s, I use zero EQ and love the way they sound out of the box.

Expanse for 1299

Excellent. Opens up the already sublime sound of the Noire X. No need to splurge on the Expanse.