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I have the M-100 running through my Xonar STX and they do sound good when the pads are left alone, unfortunately this means I cannot wear them for more than 30 minutes. I think that if you only use the M-100 for certain genres (bass heavy, electronic music etc.) and appreciate them for what they are (colored, bassy headphones aimed at electronic music) without analysing the sound too much then they are good, definitely better than most other headphones of this type and the build quality and aesthetics are very impressive. It is just that when comparing the M-100 to the Momentums (I have to send one of these back back) the flaws of the M-100 do seem quite obvious (the uneven frequency response and almost missing frequencies)... I think that although the M-100 have a more instant appeal, overall the Momentum are the better headphones, I think the sound of the M-100 is a little bit too colored / uneven.
your posts confuse me... you know what, before i start, let me point out that i mean this as an amicable discussion and in no way mean to be belligerent.
anyway, ive been following this post for the last few hundred pages, and ive read your posts here aswell. what confuses me is that you seem to bash them repeatedly, criticizing them for colouration, then turn around and say that actually you quite like them, and that theyre good for electronic music - which is what they are meant for, as dj headphones.
youre also very very specific about your criticism of their frequency response. firstly, frequency response isnt everything, two headphones with very similar frequency responses can sound very different. second, it just sounds like your basing everything you say on a graph. it doesnt work that way. the sharp peaks and nulls in the treble are there with almost every headphone. thats the way our ears are built (the response is measured by dummy ears that are based around human ears). perceived frequency response is very different - let alone subjective. download a sinewave generator and sweep through the frequencies, then ask yourself how much of what you hear actually correlates to the graph you saw on headroom. the mega massive 10 dB peak at 10 Khz that everyone talks about seemed (to me) to level out with the rest of the frequencies when i lowered it by 4 dB. thats a 6 dB difference between what the graph says and what my ears said. this actually makes perfect sense to me, as a doubling in volume is 3 dB, but a
perceived doubling in volume is about 10 dB. our hearing is NOT accurate. so think about how misleading frequency response graphs are. what measures like x8 really only sound like x2, and most people dont even know that our hearing work exponentially (i hope thats the right word), and they think that +9 dB and +3dB are worlds apart, when they arent really, and it all depends on how loud you listen, on what frequencies your talking about, and its all complicated and convoluted...
what the dummy head "heard" may well be quite far from what you hear.
edit: i think that if it were possible (which it isnt ofcourse) to graph perceived frequency response, all headphones would have a much flatter response. think of a regular graph, only with the line "squished".
i listen almost exclusively to downtempo EDM, so it makes sense id like these cans. i wouldnt expect a classical fan to use them, same as i wouldnt get a pair of hd 600 (for arguments sake, just as an example of flattish sounding cans) and then go about criticizing them for not having enough bass.
and i have a cable cable (i dont know what its called) and 2 cigarette filters stuffed under my m-100 pads. the bass is effected so slightly, i barely consider it worth mentioning. others who have done similar mods also report very minor changes. i doubt it will make or break ones decision about the sound signature.
but yea, the biggest fault of these cans is imo the comfort. my ears stick out more than most, and without the mod the m-100 were impossible to use, just way way too painful.
i hope i explained myself properly. i find it hard to be coherent in writing. which is funny, since i was just saying how confusing it was for me to read
your posts XD