Headphones

I know this doesn’t answer your question - so, apologies - but I’ve found a really happy middle ground with a pair of Senny 6’s and my Aryas (the latter of which, admittedly, I do generally prefer to eq a bit).

Having a pair of wide sounding planars that image well, and a pair of 600’s that give you almost a diametrically opposite sound, presentation and driver type mostly leaves me feeling like I’m not left missing out.

No, neither stages as well as the 800’s or images and hits quite as clinically as the Clear MG’s, but they do a close enough job to make me happy. Gun to my head having to answer your question though? 365 days a year, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day the Clear MG’s. They’re so much more versatile and can comfortably be used without EQ.

The only reason I’d buy 800’s would literally be for a totally and wildly unique use case….like if I were a professional gamer and the staging on the 800’s improved my chances of winning competitions even by 1% or 2%. Other than that, other manufacturers are making cans that stage really well nowadays but actually have some bass to speak of in their original state.