Figured since I sort mentioned it in the good full sized closed phones thread...

So after getting frustrated with glare and the Alpha Primes and then subsequently changing dots and doggie pads and what not. I'm going through more material to see what their their deal is. Listening to Phish's Junta in 24/192 through my Curryman ES9023 DIY DAC and EHHA Rev A, separation between instruments is pretty top notch. It's kind of ethereal in a way. And yes you do hear gobs of detail. Nothing is muddied. Bass is nice and deep and textured. Imaging is working for me. Not compressed at all. However, I almost feel like the timbre of instruments sound slightly plasticky or something. I can't quite describe it. And yes if you hit certain peaks in loudness that's where I hear the glare... like in piano notes, or some vocals. It appears to be recording dependent though. Listening Porcupines Voyage 34, the dude's vocals have the pronounced SsSsSizzle. I get sucked out of the music every time. If it was attenuated by 3dB then these headphones would be 95% there rather than 90%.

I'm sure there are others who have heard the primes in action. I'm curious what others thoughts are.