Look at some of the comments OP responded to and see the ban was entirely justified as he was claiming pretty provably wrong ideas about headphones and sounds overly stubborn about it while he was going to other communities to talk bad about Crinacle’s server to get validation. Childishly also coming here and doing the same to get some karma.

Edit: another great example of their inappropriate behavior is their multiple extremely defensive replies trying to validate themselves even in response to the same reply. Look below and on other replies to this post. Nearly any claim they’ve made that got questioned they will write a paragraph or more. If this is how they acted in the server it even more validates their ban.

It depresses me how the Maliciously Misinformed role includes both myself and this clown. maliciously misinformed doesn't mean you cope with and shill a product, it goes deeper- into scars of the psyche, the desire to be an equal despite your position as the peak of the Dunning Kruger Curve. We don't talk about a singular product, we talk about mentally simulating copper and silver oxidates in cables, how seaweed green in the SSR cable makes the soundstage clearer, we compare wine to audio (despite never having a taste of either). This man is a chagrin of copium, a mockery of what it means to be firstly, malicious in being conniving and being a portrait of bad faith. Secondly, he isn't misinformed, but actively delusional. I can read a graph and be like hey the 1.5k is fucked because of the recession, but this man thinks oh hey, there's a dip in the fucking 1.5k, l know that there's a dip! This man has willfully encroached and entered a hole of being convinced that literal stickers being taken off will change the FR in such a meaningful way that the headphone will be good despite the efforts of everyone (including the very headfi thread posting measurements and analogies proving they didn't). He has besmirched the name of good Sennheiser, the hd800 and hd800S are terrible and the hd8xx is the one true king, in a complete Peripeteia. I am completely flabbergast and lost for words at this low effort trolling and insistent attitude that hd8xx is good. If it was good, you would have been akin to a lover, getting comfortable with her flaws and attitude, but instead you marked her up like a cheap plastic Barbie, ready to go under the knife for your own personal happiness despite the damage it would cause her and your relationship. A blind man once told me, I'd rather be blind everyday instead of deaf, for I can listen to the sound of music and my loved ones. If I slipped your hd8xx onto him, he would insist on going deaf and being released from his prison of pain.

Then as an UwUpasta

Yeah being a zeos fan I’ve had to learn how to read him and what he says in hyperbolic reviews and that he sort of reviews from point zero and not really in comparison to anything specifically

some members stated that equaliser tools like autoeq were bad, to say the least they were insulting it. Doesn't lend much to their credibility, but okay...

my lord, I don't strongly believe in differences between cables or sources. Idk what you're referencing on "source memes", but for the cable, I just said I heard treble region differences with specific iems and specific cables for them. I was curious one day and tried to switch my cables between my cheaper and more expensive iem, just to see if there was any difference, and I heard a more piercing treble spike when I used a different cable with the same iem. That's just my own ears or brain, not an objective scientific statement.

Sometimes I am contrarian to see what people think, but I don't think that fairly represents the specific context of my engagement with the community on the 8xx.

I'm not able to post what I personally posted or other comments because they banned me from the server. I would gladly be transparent about it, let them share whatever they want. It's hard for one person to defend themselves against a mob when it's easy for people to side with the party that has more people. Literally, mob mentality.

I can defend my statements in a court, but biased mods and other toxic individuals speak as if they alone determine what is true.

I'll disclose that I got banned for sharing unrelated opinions, but that further shows that the community and moderation are just toxic. I think one has a right to be angry about being treated in such a way when you were just contributing to the community.

I've realized it myself after my experience. I still will listen to Crinacle's opinions because he's a respected reviewer and audio expert. I'm not close to either of those things, but I can comprehend reading his reviews and sharing my interpretation of his messages. In my recollection, I found that he felt it wasn't a good enough product on its own to recommend but if people were interested, it could still be improved if they wanted to save money. I think that's a fair and valid opinion.

At 10:30 timestamp on Crinacle's video about the 8xx titled "goodn't," he expressely stated that the build, resolution, and imaging were essentially the same but were hindered by the tuning changes. He later stated that eqing the headphone gains his approval for a minimum recommendation. Since he didn't perform all these different tests or mods, he was not sure how it would affect the headphone. He only compared stock performance. And also, he stated that 8xx had A+ technicalities in his written review, but because of D- tuning it gained a C average ranking score. So I don't think I was misleading anyone with my statements.

now regarding the sound, I never tested the 800 so I won't say it's better, but my research showed that the general consensus was that 800s officially improved upon the 800 sound signature, and since I was able to compare my 8xx to an 800s, I felt comfortable stating that if the 8xx sounds as good or better than 800s with eq and mods, that it would in fact also sound better than an 800. But I disclosed that I never tested that theory.

they can disagree with me all they want, but there was no need to dogpile on me with insults and penalties.

real mature analysis, thanks bro...

I think that's pretty true of AV people in general, rather than watching content we just care about specs. It's cringe but it's addicting I guess.