Dan Clark Audio AEON 2 Noire

I purchased these phones for 999 euros as Brand new. Was really looking forward to them of course due to reports of their more open soundstage for a closed back for use with mixing/mastering.
They arrived in a box that differed to box seen in unboxing videos for this headphone..the headphone box was extremely scuffed/scraped, the headphones themselves had a massive warped looking defect on one of the carbon fiber earcups, the white foam inserts were already inserted and had black and brown dirt on them. The cables listed here on the product page weren't even in it. No 3.5mm/6.35mm (1/4 inch) termination cable present, just a balanced XLR 4 pin meaning I couldn't even test them unfortunately. I returned them within an hour of arriving by getting a label from support. Very disappointed, frustrated. The condition was closer to Z-Stock, nevermind b stock, or new in my case. This really isn't good. Careful when purchasing.