Good news...I'll try to get my hands on a set.

Please do. This could be promising.

Oh man... I tried the new T1s today at Stereo Exchange. Apparently they had just opened them from the box. From a glance, it seems like there's a bit more dampening on them than the original ones. I tried them briefly out of the McIntosh MHA-100 and my GO450 -> Leckerton. Man... THEY ARE BRIGHT!!! Perhaps even brighter than stock hd800s. The treble presence kind of just covered up just about everything else. I felt like they had less bass than my hd600s with a piece of foam stuffed between the drivers and the pads (like how Hans had his). My friend gave up on them after 10 seconds, even with the warm and laid back McIntosh amp/dac. I dont think that even burn-in will help the T1s much if they already sound this bright out of the box. Just... no.

Compared to its predecessor, the new T 1 shines through a stronger and more precise bass reproduction. This gives the sound more substance and ensures a balanced listening experience in a class. An additional damping in the heart of the Tesla driver resonances at high frequencies are eliminated. With the aim to create the ultimate sound experience, the geometry of the baffle structure was fundamentally optimized and the one-ply baffle tissue replaced by a more stable high-tech compound fabric. Thus, a resonance of the tissue is reduced to a minimum and thus produces an even clearer sound reproduction.

 

Makes you wonder how much, if anything, has changed

WEll, now I don't feel so bad about my v1s, they're boring headphones but they don't make my ears bleed. RIP Beyer's credibility,