Underrated headphone reviewer. In that, the reviewer himself is underrated.

Just ordered a pair! They go for incredibly cheap nowadays. I bought mine for 200$ from the official site

Great review. It was a pleasure listening to you. It was very thorough and detailed regarding the hardware and construction. No speeds and feeds which I enjoyed. Your assessment of the sound seems right on with many others who were not so kind. These were obviously a dud for the manufacturer. They are on sale at manufacturer for $109 with no tax and free shipping. I just bought a pair for watching my guy flick action movies and live video music performances on my large screen computer. Might be fun for video games too. The extended bass should be really fun for those. It's just not a good audiophile headphone for critical listening.

Can't wait to hear Sundara Closed comparisons, be an interesting take... gr8 vid.

This is gonna sound dirty, but I wish there was a "love" button!

I like weird

You don’t get more drive or efficiency because of the cable. It’s because the amplifier is balanced. You’ve basically got two separate amplifiers in a balanced amp, which is how you get more power. It’s like an amp per side rather that one amp powering left and right. It ultimately can double the amount of power you get. Balanced was ultimately created… by headroom I believe, to provide more power because back then with the parts available, it was hard to make a lot of power. So they figured if you had a completely separate amplifier for each side, you could basically double the power. It also splits the ground, like said, which some people believe and I also think it can measurably be proven to lower cross talk and possibly distortion. Sounds better? That’s up for debate. Nowadays with the parts and tech available you can make a single ended amp that makes multiple watts of power… and when the amp is designed as single ended… it can sound every bit as good as a balanced amp. So really balanced doesn’t reeeeaaaly need to exist anymore, but it has become the prevailing trend and it’s what people want so most amps are designed balanced. That’s my understanding, I’m not an engineer so someone can correct me if I’m wrong. The first balanced amp headroom made was actually two separate boxes … very interesting. I like your reviews and I’m not trying to be rude… but the cable itself has nothing to do with making a headphone more efficient… it’s purely that the amp, being designed balanced, makes more power than it does single ended. 😊

It's cool that it can be turned into a bluetooth headphone as well if you get the R2R bluetooth dongle as well

That part about the balanced cable is wrong, as long as you follow the T(+)R(empty)S(-) config you can run dual entry. My cable does dual entry into XLR Wait I'm not a basshead though, then again I was looking for a bass heavy headphone to compliment my AWKT and honestly the kilobuck compertition disapoint in that reguard. Its nice to have such a bass heavy headphone still have tight and controlled bass for how bass heavy it is. One thing to note is that the mid/upper trebble is very smoothed over. Not really a issue in most songs but particularly noticable with choir vocals.

Nice video. Really helpfully, thank you.

Thanks a lot for your review. I already had a dt770pro 250Ω and want to try something new, and this one goes on sale for about $230 in China (no R2R Bluetooth). I would love to try this.

U can normaly plug balanced cable to the one side trrs or two sides 2x trs

Calling the R9s Bass cannons is funny to those of us with a bass head sensibility that actually own Bass cannons lol . Maybe in the audiophile community that constantly seek neutrality they are Bass heavy

Yoko Cano!!!! Great song!!!

I don't care how good they sound... They make you look like a member of "Guardians of the Galaxy"

Now on final sale for $109

It was an excellent description. Would you or anyone here know how it compares to the Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO? I mean, when it comes to closed headphones, for the purpose of listening to music without disturbing the people next to you and that are in the same price range, is the R9 better than the classic DT 770? Congratulations on the channel and a big hug from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro!

I just bought them for 109 bucks brand new

I actually like the Philips Fidelio x2 better. Even if R9 is $270! The highs and upper mids just don’t seem right to me, and they’re not so great on the X2 either but I do not find them annoying like the R9.

Does it scale wirh better amp? Also have you tried this on ifi xDSD gryphon?

Hey, you said R9s always sound like they plugged into tubes. I listen to R9s on Fiio BTR5 and they sound warm if I get an amp more warmer than BTR5 will the R9s sound overly warm and bass to the point where it distorts? Or will it be fine? BTW please help with a suggestion, I need to upgrade my Bluetooth dac/amp from BTR5 to something that has more battery life and better sound quality, I'll spend upto $300.

now it is $109.

should i get this for 250 usd or save for the edition xs?

good review..can you tell me if have more bass then meze 99?

Hello Which is better in sound quality this or meze 99 classics?

If I only need 1 closeback with most fun impactful/dynamic bass for Metal/Hiphop/EDM which one suit me most R9/Robin/Meze99classic

That thing about cables ... U say bulls*it quite a bit

They are too expensive for their plastic ugly looks. My T60 Argons are cheaper and better build or 99 Noire take place of "bass cannon" in my collection (also nice walnut build in 1/3 price of R9)

How absolutely DARE you show and succumb to your human frailties and functionalities?! Well…….I NEVER…..😬 Edit: whoa waitaminnit…..how does that balanced cable even work if it’s plugged in to one side? Are both cups connected to each other?

NEVER EVER trust people who wear headpohones over a hat. PSH!