Right now I'm not actually THAT impressed (coming from the Visang R03's), but I am using my own eartips and not the supertips that come with the IEMs.    Does it make a significant difference in sound?  I've found that the highs are quite harsh when my EQ is off on my iphone.     

Bumping for the new owners of these from Futureshop's boxing day sale :)

I own both and I prefer the M50's.    The bass hits harder.. The treble is a bit lower and the SRH840's may be a bit harsh to some.   M50's are more portable, but the earpads are terrible.   SRH-840's have more comfortable earpads. 

Quote: Completely agree.. I use FLAC for archival, and that's where it pretty much ends for me. I have no problem listening to VBR 192kbps, though.

Quote: I use EAC.. It's the best program I've used.    To be completely honest, I can't hear much of a difference (if at all) between a good quality MP3 encode and FLAC.    Those saying they can 100% of the time are full of it imo. Music quality is still highly subjective in an ABX...

I just got my M50's.. Had the SRH840's for a while now..    I honestly prefer the M50's, and mine aren't even broken in..    Keep in mind that I listen to a lot of hip-hop, soul & rnb, so I think it's more well suited to my musical tastes than someone who may listen to heavy metal or...

Sometimes a phone just cannot drive even the M50's.. I experienced the same thing when I tried out the M50's and the SRH840's.. They just don't sound impressive on my iPhone.. but on my PC, it's a totally different story. 

Quote: I own the 840's and my M50's are on the way (but I have had a lot of experience with them) and I can tell you that this is false.    The 840's are great, as are the M50's.. But they just sound different. The m50's have better high & low end than the 840's imo..   ...

Quote: With my experience, I'd honestly tell anyone to AVOID buying from unique_squared..    When you buy the headphones, chances are they're selling you items they already know are backordered.  I asked about my shipping status and they LIED to me and told me my order had already...

Try Ebay..    http://cgi.ebay.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50-ATHM50-Headphones-COILED-NEW-/390275800187?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ade401c7b ($107.95 - also selling S version for $97.xx)  ...

Quote: I think this is very genre-dependent..    I own the SRH-840's and while they are generally more well-rounded, the M50 does perform noticeably better in the low end, and to be honest I enjoyed their highs a bit more than the 840's as well..    Tracks that have a lot of...

So I just bought a pair of Shure SRH-840's and I'm wondering.. Do they have a break-in period like the M50's do? The sound is decent out of the box but it's nothing mindblowing.. 

Unique Squared sold about 50 of them and most are backordered..    I'm sick of dealing with morons on ebay.   

+1 for the M50's..    I was so impressed by their sound that I ordered a pair today to complement my Sennheiser HD 555's and AKG K 271's. 

Quote: I live about 2 hours from the border and it's infuriating..    Sadly, I don't have any Ameri-friends that visit often, so I'm usually forced to either abstain from buying certain things of pay a huge premium.    FYI: those that want the...

  Quote: That's great to hear.. USPS is generally good to Canadians, but their shipping is extra slow :(. Ordered some IEMs from Meelec 3 weeks ago and no signs of them yet. 

Quote: Yeah.. I'm kind of a freak about certain things. I have a very hard time buying used things..    Anyways, I may just buy from this Ebay...

Quote: I honestly have no interest in buying a pair of used headphones for $95 when brand new ones can be had for ~$10 more.  Plus, most shipping is continental US :(

Jesus, I feel so stupid.. I hesitated in getting them from B&H and now they're backordered/sold out.  Talked to BrianF @ Proaudiomart and he told me he won't take anything less than $125 as an offer.    Could have had them from B&H for ~$140 shipped. Costs about $30 to ship them from the...