[DexterMorgan]

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no, you don't - first you pay the item price of the taobao seller + $1.6 for the shipping from the seller to mistertao. after miatertao receives the package you pay the commission and the international shipping fees and mistertao dispatches the package

 
I am a bit lost on on this mistertao-taobao nexus, is there a FAQ where I can learn about who they are?

 

[Alberto01]

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What is this second payment for? Arent the shipping fees included when you purchase?

no, you don't - first you pay the item price of the taobao seller + $1.6 for the shipping from the seller to mistertao. after miatertao receives the package you pay the commission and the international shipping fees and mistertao dispatches the package

That is just like the Tenso service in Japan.
 
I would not have gotten involved in this move (or rather motivated the move) if these Somic headphones did not have the grills.  Put a big size good quality driver and a grill together and you are registered for headphones-fest.
 
Some China sellers use the "Make Offer" option on eBay to end up asking for the "Buy It Now" price when you make the offer.  So, no surprise here.  Maybe they get to pay a lower commission fee to eBay by doing it that way.  Who knows.
 
Big question:  How do we know that the Somic headphones that have been ordered are good equivalents to the ones that CashNotCredit has?  What if they are not?

 

[cute]

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The 840 pads are my favorite, but you may find them a bit too bassy for your taste.

$10000000 question:

Was it the MT or the Pro?

 
I bought the MT version!

 

[CashNotCredit]

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I bought the MT version!

Well done. 

Disclaimer: CashNotCredit nor Head-Fi endorse underage drinking. It's root beer, capeesh?

 

[kova4a]

I am a bit lost on on this mistertao-taobao nexus, is there a FAQ where I can learn about who they are?

mistertao is a middleman site and once you order from the chinese seller mistertao receives the package and sends it to you. it's useful coz sites like taobao,tmall etc. usually have lower prices than ebay on chinese items but they don't ship internationally

 

[Dsnuts]

Somic site has no Mt version at all. The Pro model seems to be the only ones on there.
 
http://www.somic-elec.com/home.php?langsign=en

 

[CashNotCredit]

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Somic site has no Mt version at all. The Pro model seems to be the only ones on there.
 
http://www.somic-elec.com/home.php?langsign=en

That's their old website. Note that nothing has been updated there in 3 years.

Here's the new one.

 

[donedj]

Where are the 900x manufactured in?

 

[sfwalcer]

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The MT is the newer version.

This isn't to say that it sounds horrible without a pad swap, but this change in wearing style really improves them for the better. It's kind of like the HA-S500 in this regard. Awesome stock, but really something else with a pad swap.

 
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The MT is newer than the PRO. If anything, they "un-learned". 
 

 
Yeppp, i remember reading that the MT model is the newer version from joes thread as well.
 
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The 840 pads are my favorite, but you may find them a bit too bassy for your taste.

$10000000 question:

Was it the MT or the Pro?

 
The real million dollar question would be are you willing to send these somics off to Ds and Danny for more impressions/ comparos???  I think Alberto/ mine shipping offers still stand cuz everyone seems to be buying the MTs and not the fully open one joe seem to love. 
 
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I bought the MT version!

 
It would be hilarious if these cheapo somics end up besting cutes madly modded S500s but somehow i highly doubt it, S500 fanboi here!

 

[Dsnuts]

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Where are the 900x manufactured in?

China of course but designed in Japan.  So it does seem the Pro model is actually the older one and looking at the specs I am certain they are using the same drivers on these EFI cans. So I will stick to the pro model and try them out. They should sound the same.

 

[Alberto01]

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Somic site has no Mt version at all. The Pro model seems to be the only ones on there.
 
http://www.somic-elec.com/home.php?langsign=en

That's their old website. Note that nothing has been updated there in 3 years.

Here's the new one.

Man!  You are like agent 007 or better than that, you are like Agent 86 when things are working out for him, like in the latter part of every show.  Are you sure you are 16?
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Smart
 
What is the difference between the MTs and the PROs?

 

[CashNotCredit]

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Yeppp, i remember reading that the MT model is the newer version from joes thread as well.
 
 
The real million dollar question would be are you willing to send these somics off to Ds and Danny for more impressions/ comparos???  I think Alberto/ mine shipping offers still stand cuz everyone seems to be buying the MTs and not the fully open one joe seem to love. 
 
It would be hilarious if these cheapo somics end up besting cutes madly modded S500s but somehow i highly doubt it, S500 fanboi here!

SHIP THEM AWAY? BUT I'M SO ATTACHED. 
 
I'd love to. Maybe they can ship me the AD900X. And a million dollars. And a car. (Joking about the AD900X, dead serious about the latter two. Given all the money the man has cost me in unnecessary but over-acheiving headphones, Dsnuts can probably be blamed for all of my future financial problems. xD)

I find them to be better than the HA-S500, but I have no idea how cute modded his.

 

[CashNotCredit]

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Man!  You are like agent 007 or better than that, you are like Agent 86 when things are working out for him, like in the latter part of every show.  Are you sure you are 16?
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Smart
 
What is the difference between the MTs and the PROs?

Here's my birth certificate for proof.
 
 

Spoiler: Warning%3A%20Spoiler!

 

 
MTs are new, ugly, and have ghetto padding, but come with a surprisingly useful 8 foot extension cable and are about $25 cheaper. They, along with the MH463, are Somic's flagship models.

The PROs are less ugly, have better padding, have a coiled cable, and are $25 more.
 
Everything else should be the same, unless they added/removed dampening.

My advice: take the $25 you save from getting the MTs to buy a set of Shure SRH 840 pads and get what should be the best out of the three. Use the change to buy some 8320s or whatever dollar-store IEM Dsnuts recommends next.

 

[cute]

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Here's my birth certificate for proof.
 
The PROs are less ugly, have better padding, have a coiled cable, and are $25 more.

Spoiler: Warning%3A%20Spoiler!

 

 
Whew, almost ordered the PROs, yuck! That would have meant a recable fo shooo....

 

[CashNotCredit]

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Whew, almost ordered the PROs, yuck!  That would have meant a recable fo shooo....

Just think of all the money you saved, too...
 
 
 
 
...then remember that this is Head-Fi, so $25 in savings get made up for with $50 of mods.