[review/comparison] Phiaton showdown: MS 300 -vs- MS 400 -vs- PS 500 - Page 7

My Phiaton MS 300 headphones plastic just cracked too while putting them on my head... and I'm quite gentle with them. The plastic near the right earphone's hinge cracked. They still work but now they sit lopsided on my head and I feel like it may fully crack any day now.

My product is still under warranty (got them in February) and I contacted Phiaton, but no one picked up their phone (even though it's business hours). I hope they respond to my email/voicemail very soon here... and that the support process isn't extremely time consuming.

I live on the east coast and they are based out of California, so I see bad things to come. I'd hate to be without my headset for an extended period of time...

Oh btw I really didn't feel like the ms400 was a thumping headphones, very lethargic bass like the way you mentioned the tma, does that change with an amp? 

To anyone considering uncovering the vents on their MS400, I just experimented with my own and found that it brought the mids forward and DRAMATICALLY decreased the bass.

I am curious about the prospect of adding more vents and covering, curious if this would increase bass impact.

Reading your comparisons gave me the impression that the MS300 have a sound signature that I quite like. But then there's the build quality issue coming from a couple of the guys here. That's a shame. :\

In any case, how does the MS300 and MS400 sound compare to the CAL? And do their headband "jut" out or more head-form fitting?

Yes. It's been a while now but I remember it definitely decreased overall bass quantity.
 

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Originally Posted by Armaegis 

Did you uncover all of them?

I've never heard the CAL but I've always thought it would be the phone I would get if my MS400 gave out and I didn't want to shell out the $200+ for them again.
 

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Originally Posted by jgray91 

Reading your comparisons gave me the impression that the MS300 have a sound signature that I quite like. But then there's the build quality issue coming from a couple of the guys here. That's a shame. :\

 

In any case, how does the MS300 and MS400 sound compare to the CAL? And do their headband "jut" out or more head-form fitting?

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Originally Posted by Gilly87 

I've never heard the CAL but I've always thought it would be the phone I would get if my MS400 gave out and I didn't want to shell out the $200+ for them again.
 

 

Interesting. So that is based solely on reading around about the CAL?

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Originally Posted by Armaegis 

I never had any issues with the MS300 build quality.

 

The headband is more form fitted around the head.

Thanks for that. The only prblem for me is acquiring it locally in Russia is so expensive. But in either case, that info helps.