Final's latest DX over-ear headphones still aren't cheap — but if you need detail and faithful neutrality, they're the ones

The Final Audio DX3000CL have lots to recommend them – listeners who value insight and eloquence will be particularly taken with them, and those who just admire a well turned-out pair of headphones won’t be disappointed either. With a little more vigour and attack to their sound, they could conceivably trouble the very best price-appropriate alternatives…

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  +Forensically detailed, spacious and articulate sound

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  Well made and comfortable

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  Balanced and unbalanced cable termination options

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  -Not the most sonically engaging headphones around

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  Quite wide

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  No travel-case or -bag

Final Audio DX3000CL: Two-minute review

The DX3000CL are, in the least pejorative way, a very Final Audio product. There’s nothing flashy about the way they’re designed, there’s nothing remarkable about the way they’re specified (although the provision for both balanced and unbalanced cable terminations is something some alternative brands might want to take notice of), and there’s nothing unusual ...