It also comes with a soft travelling pouch for travelling! Sound wise? Depends what you like. It could be the best passive closed headphone when it comes to noise isolation. That said, the Alpha Dog is not for outdoor and on the go use but if I have heard someone wearing Audeze’s reference headphone in the underground station, dare to try with the Alpha Dog since it isolates very, very well. The Alpha Dog also have big footprint and thus the headphone stand comes in handy when you have restricted real estate on your table and do not wish the Alpha to overlap on anything. In short, it does what it does but nothing special. The Alpha Dog is not meant for portability, but rather it is a reference pair of headphone so it lacks all the cool features most modern headphones have such as foldability and a single ended cable but it do have removable cable that ends on both side which is most efficient when it comes to left-right balance which it do very well. Not to mention its majestic premium look. For the record, I find the Bang & Olufsen H6 deserves the “comfortablest" headphone I have ever worn. Do keep in mind that, since it is a closed back headphone and the default clamping force combined with the thick pads is pretty ‘real” thus, it may not be idea if the environment is warmer than ideal. I wouldn't say its THE “comfortablest" headphone but still one of the most comfortable. Even though it is not the most comfortable headphone I have ever worn due to the clamp and the weight but the thick, soft pads made up a lot to me eventually.
It doesn’t slide off my head so that’s cool too. It do feel like there’s some weight when put on my head thought but since I don’t move my head that much, I’m perfectly happy with it. The Alpha Dog sits nicely but not gently, rather, tightly on my head and I’d assume it’s to maximise sound isolation but I did follow some Youtube instructions made by Dan Clark himself, to reduce the clamp on it as it can be uncomfortable for long listening sessions.