This earphones have a bad rap online, I purchased them a few months ago and they arrived a little scuffed but Thomann customer service was very helpful and sorted out the issue without a problem with a replacement.
The sound out of the box is not great IMO, some other users of this headphones claim that it requires a lot of hours of "burn-in" I have found that using the following EQ settings, from Rotary 1990 made the headphones sound excellent out of the box:
, I am very happy with this purchase, the wood accent fits the current style of my room and I purchased them at a very low price on sale. I do have open backs from Sennheiser and I wanted to try a closed back earphone as well, in the summer where I live it's extremely hot so I haven't been able to withstand the heat and use them regularly during this season.