Member Reviews: Somic HD MH463 Open-air Dynamic Pro Headphones (Black)

Link to review thread: http://www.head-fi.org/t/637699/50mm-driver-open-air-full-size-cans-pop-out-of-nowhere-sound-amazing   Additional notes: 1. Stock sound is neutral with elevated bass but very natural mids and treble and great soundstage. 2. Changing to leather Hifiman pads and taping over the 4 vents around each driver enclosure increases subbass to awesome levels; however midbass to low mids also elevated causing boomy sound 3. The following EQ can be applied to the cans modded in (2) to approach a very natural, neutral sound with very powerful subbass:  

Copied from here:   (For reference, coming form SR850s w/ modified pads and Philips Citiscape Uptowns)   Quote: Originally Posted by BBEG  Came home from work to find a package from Hong Kong.   Packaging of the 463s is so-so. Looks kinda nice, feels kinda cheap, only accessories to speak of is a plug adapter. Whatever, I'm not buying packaging so this doesn't bother or disappoint me.   Build quality is nice. Heavier than the SR850s and Uptowns. Cable is much better than the Uptowns'. I like that the cups swivel to lay flat, but as these are open phones I probably won't be traveling much with them.  ...

  First impressions of these bad boys (coming unamped from a Motorola Xoom, because I spent the week at my dad's, while my audio equipment spent the week at my mom's) were not good. The bass was boomy, the highs were non-existent, and the mids existed in a state of recession that could put 2010 USA to shame. The only thing that made them comparable to Sennheiser was a comically overstated veil. Despite this, I kept listening to them, finding these qualities to become less and less apparent over time. Yesterday, I tried them out again, and to my surprise, they finally started sounding like the HD600 competitors Head-Fi has been touting them as. Perhaps spending 6 hours outside in...