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Size of the HM5's?

post #1 of 3
1/25/12 at 6:02pm
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I just recently ordered the HM5's on mp4nation. I was just wondering what I can expect in terms of size. It would be great if someone that owns both the FA-003's (considering they're almost identical) and SRH440's gave a good comparison.

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post #2 of 3
1/25/12 at 8:40pm

They're not small but not huge either. I carried them with me around campus today no problem. If you Google them you will see some pictures of people wearing them. I used to own the SRH440. The HM5 is better in every way except one IMO. Even though a lot of people say the 440 are neutral(ish), they are in fact very far from being so. They had a big spike at ~9 kHz which made them artificially brighter and the mids kind of hard and edgy, and the bass was less than neutral. Also they had zero extension in both the bass and the treble. The soundstage was quite small as well. The sound that was there was good, but hampered by the things I just listed. The only thing they have over the HM5 is that they were much punchier (although sometimes a little too punchy for my taste), but to me all the other major flaws make that useless. The HM5 blows them out of the water in every other aspect. While not 100% perfect, they are much much more neutral, yet never sound thin or unmusical either. My head also found the 440 extremely uncomfortable. Not just uncomfortable--they literally caused me intense physical pain to have them on my head (not exaggerating). The HM5 are very comfortable for me in contrast.


Edited by manveru - 1/27/12 at 11:09pm
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post #3 of 3
1/25/12 at 10:16pm

i'm wearing them. but that's not a very close up pic

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