Well I did it... I'm OCD and couldn't imagine having headphones with white paper towels visible in the grilles, but I just used cskippy's Bounty paper towel modification on my M1060s and I have to admit they absolutely sound even better. If someone finds a nice black fabric that works as well...

Agreed. My question is whether other manufacturers will decrease prices to steer buyers to their brand instead, or whether Monoprice will develop successor models with even better sound quality while still undercutting the big players. Would I buy an LCD-2 for $500? Absolutely. Will I buy one...

Respectfully, Monoprice is not responsible for where buyers live, nor if they elect to purchase internationally. They are willing to exchange a defective product for a new replacement, fulfilling their warranty. Expecting anything over and above that is entitlement. Monoprice primarily does...

Yes. I sent them an e-mail several days ago. No response.

I honestly doubt it. Most Head-Fi users are probably morally opposed to Monoprice for selling quality cables for a few dollars rather than a few thousand. They can't really be quality then, now can they? It's also not a name brand that will impress common people when thrown around in workplace...

It is my understanding that Audeze does not sell them separately at all. Which is dumb, honestly. I want to buy the iSine VR, but I also want the Cipher cable, and their online store won't allow me to give them my money.

  To me, the M1060s are better in pretty much every way.  Obviously being open they have a wider soundstage, but I also think that the mids and treble are better and more detailed than the Oppos.  I wear glasses, and with the Monoliths I still get terrific bass while wearing them, while with...

Yes.  I have the iFi iDSD micro BL, and I couldn't be happier.  I did change the stock M1060 pads to the Audeze vegans, but otherwise no modifications.   I have honestly stopped looking at open circumaural headphones and DAC/amps entirely - both are end-game for me, and I mean that seriously...

  For what it's worth I'm not using the paper towel mod, though I am using the Audeze vegan pads.  Forgive me, but I have a hard time with the idea (aesthetically) of paper towel cutouts being visible in the grills of my headphones.     I can't complain about the sound quality at all, however.

I would say there feels like greater "impact" and vocals are "closer" or more "present". They're great headphones with the original pads as well though. I do perceive a noticeable difference, and I'm not the type of person to believe in perceptible sound quality differences between audio cables.

Wow, those Audeze vegan ear pads are the real deal. I installed a set yesterday and I'm listening now. These are now my favorite headphones. I'm using them with an iFi iDSD micro BL, and I honestly think this is all that I need. I can happily stop here and just enjoy the music.

I found this review to be embarrassingly effusive. Yes, to his credit he does list all of the myriad build-quality concerns, but when he describes the sound he uses terminology like "godlike" and "Stax-like", which is hyperbolic in the extreme. He also throws in the f-bomb so often that it loses...

I have both the HE400i and the M1060. In my opinion, the Hifimans excel in detail and soundstage width, as well as treble and speed. I prefer the M1060s for their bass and complete lack of ear fatigue. The Hifimans are lighter, and to me, more comfortable, due to the narrowness of the Monolith...

This exact same thing happened to my pair of M1060s two days after they arrived. One of the earcups audibly cracked while I was wearing them. I like them so much and since it doesn't appear to be affecting their structural integrity I plan to just keep them. Aesthetically the appearance of the...

Quote: I never said it was the best portable amp, period.  This is what I wrote:   "It is however, definitely the best truly portable amp I now own, and that's compared against the E17 I have, and the E7 and E11 I have owned in the past."    I explicitly qualified that it is the...