I take this back. Spent a couple of hours with my Shure last night. The comfort is still top-notch; the ergonomics (weight, build, earpad comfort, padding) are excellent. However, in terms of sound I’ve been spoiled by my stable of Focal headphones and my old Shure isn’t up to the challenge of these higher expectations.
Then again, I’m not coding all day anymore. When my Shure was under heavy use, I wasn’t really listening critically. Rather, I was using them to filter out the distraction of modern “open-space” offices so that I could focus on my code. I wanted to get into my coding groove and isolate from the noisy office; I wasn’t focusing on how immersive and pleasing I found the background playlist I had chosen. Also, I’m not sure I would want to have such expensive headphones as the Utopia or Stellia in the office (workplace theft is sadly real)…the Clear MGs maybe…