V-MODA M-100: Discussion/Feedback, Reviews, Pics, etc. - Page 17

Thanks, those words make it worth the long time and hard work that we put into trying to make a near-perfect product for the people.  Good news, I have new samples ready today and I'll start testing them thoroughly on Sunday, I think we have a sonic winner!!!  One of them already is quite amazing already, I just got it back from a customer of mine.

I'll audition all of them closely and let ya'll help me decide on which of the final 6 sound curves I green light.  I'll bring lots of equipment and a variety of other headphones to compare and perform benchmarks, answer questions.   Stay tuned!  I'm doing my absolute best to give great sound to as many people as we can!  

This reminds me of the open-source days, whatever happened to that hype?!  Memory lane, here was an open-source project I enVisioned when I was a software architect....

http://community.rainbowportal.net/forums/thread/2086.aspx

Hmm, just something I want to bring forth to the attention, I tried replacing the M-Audio Q40's stock cable with a V-Moda LP2 audio cable and was suprised how different the Q40 sounded with it, in a bad way. The V-Moda cable seemed to supress the highs and lower the resolution of them, I've spent so much time EQing headphones in the past I will easily notice say an 1~1.5dB drop around 8~10kHz for example.

Besides that the cable is kevlar reinforced with isn't a good thing for Q40 headphones as it picks noise from rubbing against clothes very well but yea that rolled-off highs/lack of resolution in the highs worried me slightly about that cable. The LP2 also got very recessed highs IMO, had to boost 8kHz by 3.5dB and 16kHz by 5.4dB to get it sound even with the mids, seems part of it is to blame the cable too.

I haveto admit you impress me. At the moment I own Denon D2000, and I'm resisting the urge to splurge on AKG Q701s and Ultrasone HFI-780's, however if the M100 is portable, form factor of the LP2 and same sound as the M80 (plus a little clear bass) unamped and better when amped, I will definately buy a pair.

I dont need them, but the effort and love put into these cans... I dunno I admire it, and that alone is worthy of a purchase. The excellent quality and value is a hell of a bonus too.

What kind of fancy cable are you using to get that because either you are better at noticing from your EQing or I don't know what.

Doesn't have to be an uber fancy cable, cheap vs cheap can have different sound. Using that V-Moda cable I had to raise the highs on the EQ one notch to get the same balance in highs on the otherwise neutral sounding Q40 in the mids & highs, with the stock cable I don't have to. With another pair of cable for example that is thin and is what you get with for example FiiO portable amps it sounds tiny bit more V-shaped for example (slightly more bass and highs), very tiny differences we're speaking of here but there's a difference. Maybe Q40 is extra picky about cables, I don't know but I'm 100% sure about hearing differences, no question about it.

I have no idea, but I have heard that the cracking where the headband connects to the speaker is a common issue.