DenonAH-D9200 Flagship Reference Over Ear Headphones (Bamboo)

I love the sound of these cans. The materials and construction, and sound, are of the highest quality.Nothing is ever perfect. I have a large head. The fit is just a tad too tight for my ears, which squeeze into the openings, and just lightly touch the fabric driver covers. I am at the last click for extension of the ear cups. Comfort is only okay, but I can put up with that because the sound is amazing. Compared to the Audeze LCD X, and the Audeze LCD 2 Closed, this Denon AHD-9200 offers more refinement in detail and presentation, and overall balance across the frequency spectrum.For me, and my big head, the Audeze are more comfortable, even though they are considerably larger and heavier. The sound of the Audeze 2 Closed is better to mix recordings with, however, since they offer enough detail and imaging information in a very uncolored, though somewhat flatter, less euphonic manner than either the LCD-X or these Denons. The use of the LCD 2 Closed, as a tool, will be of most value if you are mixing with them.However,I prefer listening to the Denon and the LCD-x for pure enjoyment of all types of music and recordings. They are both very efficient, easy to drive, and are sensitive enough to be able to use them with any decent headphone amplifier, or nearly anything with a headphone output.However,They both "scale-up" beautifully and reveal the quality of recording and all upstream electronics incredibly well. They allow you to hear the qualities of the recording, the DAC, and amplifier, and interconnecting cables very plainly.In comparison,I love these Denons and my Audeze LCD-X. I find the Denon most revealing of the finest detail, with silky smooth, easy on the ear, full range dynamic sound. I find the LCD-X to offer a slightly bigger sound stage, with better macro dynamics, but with less definition and separation of the finest details, (or micro dynamics). My ears adapt to the frequency response of both headphones, so that perceptually I find their presentation of bass, midrange, and treble balanced, natural, and smooth, without feeling that anything, including the lowest bass, is left out or over emphasized. I don't feel the need to alter their frequency response. That is really something truly incredible, but for the price of these headphones, it is something I expect. and a prerequisite to even considering investing in them. Not all uses for headphones can allow for EQing, therefore the best headphones must have low distortion, a full and balanced frequency response, good spatial presentation, great dynamics, and transients, and detail retrieval, offered in a natural, accurate, musically pleasing and emotionally involving soundscape. It's amazing to me, how close to hitting all these goals in one package these cans have come! I can't stop listening to them... late into the night...too often :-) I find, especially now with my new Denons, completely new views...new insights into incredible levels of detail and nuance... of recordings I've heard (or thought I had heard) so many times over the years. It is simply amazing, and it is a great joy!In conclusion,I think most people will love these Denon AHD 9200, as they are smaller, lighter, attractive, and are suitable for portable use, whereas the Audeze LCD-X are too large and heavy to be good for portable use.However,I am very happy, and thankful, to have both!

The ear pieces come off constantly. It's a terrible design that wears out real fast.If I could return them I would. I've had them for 2 months. I don't have the box.

These are good headphones, but I was not blown away listening to them They don't sound 10 times better than Beyerdynamic 770 250 Ohm. I'd say the soundstage is even worse here.

These are incredible. Open or closed, but for a closed back I'm blown away. For reference I have LCDx, Focal Utopia, Focal Elegia, Sony MDR Z1R, Shure 846, Shure 1500, Stax Sr009. The bass on these 9200's is remarkable....it gives my LCDx planars a run for their money - not the same but wow. The clarity and balance is nearly on par w my Utopias. Quality and comfort are at the top of everything I own. Super easy to EQ...in fact they sounded great and balanced w almost any EQ preset I already had. Just got better when customized. If you're looking for a closed back I don't know how it could get much better than this.

These have the best bass I have ever heard from headphones, powered only by my ASUS soundcard. Incredibly comfortable, super soft earpads, wonderfully lightweight, beautiful aesthetic. Fantastic quality compared to my last headphones. I replaced my Sennheiser 660HD with this and I will never buy Sennheiser again after my ears have been kissed by Denon .

Expensive but the best I have heard!!! and I have 60 great headphones.

I did not buy these from Amazon, but word needs to get out more about these 'phones. I'm usually a Focal guy, their "house" sound is very much to my liking and my headphone of choice until I got the Denons was the Clear Mg. I've also had the OG Clear and the Elear. The Clear Mg's did everything I want in a HP, excellent, abundant, and real-sounding bass, with no penalty anywhere else in the range. In no way fatiguing, just warm and clear music, as God intended. I bought and tried some Audeze LCD-X '21's a few months ago. I've had some LCD-2's before, as well. I gave them ample time to break-in but they could not even come close to my beloved Clear Mg's. Back they went.Denon is not a brand that comes to mind when most people think of high-end HP's, but I had read lots of good things about these 9200's. Over the years I've become pretty good at sussing out reviews, both pro and user-submitted, to determine if a particular HP might appeal to me. These Denons were something I definitely needed to try, but they were out of stock for literally months. I checked the website I wanted to order from daily (Amazon was out, too), then finally one day they were available. Aesthetically, honestly, they're not super impressive. Build quality is excellent but these will not make you go "wow" with their beauty. Some of Denons cheaper models are prettier to look at since they use prettier wood cups, but the bamboo used here, along with every other design choice, is intended to make these SOUND beautiful if not look it.These did not take all that long to break in and sounded great in just a few hours. I should note that I am a big proponent of using EQ. I'm a Roon user and it's DSP capabilities are first rate, including both parametric EQ and convolution filters. Look up the professionally obtained frequency response measurements for whatever HP you're wanting to EQ and you'll find pre-determined parametric EQ settings and the necessary .wav files to make a convolution filter. In the case of these 9200's this "fixed" the rather recessed mids that these naturally have. Now, you may like the recessed mids, many do, but they sound so much better to me with this correction added. I think the out-of-the-box sound is an excellent one as it's a great canvas on which to "paint" your own ideal sound. Most HP makers top of the line models are very bright and hyper-detailed to the point that they are fatiguing to listen to. Not these.I knew very quickly that my Clear Mg's were in trouble. I really can't think of any one area where these Denons don't outdo the Focals, and that borders on heresy for me to type that. If I had to sum it up, though, I'd say that they have everything that the Clear Mg's do, plus they add involvement. The music just has more of that "you are there" feeling to it. The fantastic bass certainly gives this involved sound a great foundation. It's just always pretty much perfect (unless it's bad on the recording) and never blooms or bloats.While these HP's aren't cheap, they represent an absolute bargain. I'm not aware of anything else anywhere near the price that can touch them. Among closed-backs, many prefer these to the $3K Focal Stellias. Indeed, the only HP's I still want to audition are the Meze Empyreans ($3K) or possibly the Elites ($4K). Only if you are sound-stage obsessive are these Denons not worth auditioning. No closed-back design is going to give a ton of sound-stage info. That's personally not something I care a whole lot about. Otherwise do yourself a favor and give these underground heroes a shot.