Hi there, Thought I would repost this for you all:
I have the old MK1 pro 700's and I like a lot of clamp force, a lot more then what they came with (I am a DJ). I bent the headphone band in a ridiculously overkill way (loop to loop... yes that far) and it worked fine, didn't hurt them one bit. You could easily do the reverse of what I did and bend in the reverse direction for less clamp. Actually doing what I did in reverse would probably be a lot safer than what I did to mine. They are so strong and stiff that a mild stretch such as putting them over a box will do nothing unless left there for a year, I would recommend stretching them relatively flat, in a straight line on a table. The plastic wont stretch but the headband portion will and is made up of very strong metal that will eventually bend, I will even post a pic of how much you can stretch these if your unconvinced.
These cans are the most durable headphone I have ever owned and after six years of use (listening to them now) they are still as great as ever. The headbands coating has mostly come off and the pads have been replaced with XB700 ones (improves bass response and extension ~10hz, comfort and increase isolation massively) The cord is still knot and stretch free after all this time of heavy use and this is honestly amaizing for a coiled one!
Oh and no cracks at all!
I am still using these to DJ with, after trying to upgrade many times and everything falls short, I only just heard there's a MK2. I love my pro 700's so much it might be time for a renewal/upgrade, I wonder what the differences are?
My experience with the Pro 700 are that they do bass very well and a bit colored/boosted in that way but for the rest of the frequencies they are fairly neutral. They are not super detailed or high definition like other reference headphones but they seam to give me a very full and rich sound that fills all the space in my head as opposed to an analytical separation found in other high end headphones. Yet there is still a clarity about them of which I can clearly hear the differences between MP3,320 vs flac vs 24bit 96khz. This though I think is a good thing, Its great to have both types of headphones.
If the mk2's give do the same sort of thing but with better detail I will definitely grab myself a pair.
Edit: wrong geadphones compared
I own the Shure 750DJ and its barely had 10 uses, There's just nothing special about it to me and the construction is so so much worse compared to the tank pro700. The cable especially could not be any more opposite to the build quality of the pro700's. Just put the 750 on my head now and wow.. yep selling these soon. soundstage is terrible (very boxy and dull), bass roll off is a lot higher in frequency and they seam very harsh to me. Its like there's a reasonable high and low pass filter on them along with some coloration in the mid/highs that makes them sound sharp to me.
Edited by reminence - 5/3/12 at 10:43pm
