I have been lucky enough to have heard 5 pairs of YH-1000. It is not like your typical modern headphone, most of which I find too bright and trebly (and often siblant). Quite a lot of people *might* find the YH-1000 a bit dark for their tastes. But for me this is the headphone to fit my own personal taste.   I will say it may not perform technically the best in the sense of extreme extentions of the freq spectrum, but what it does posess is an incredible emotional presentation, great timing and lively feeling to any song. Vocal presentation are...