It took 10 days from the time I ordered to get it, that Origin Preparing shipment means it's just sitting around waiting until they have enough to ship it off. Maybe it's Chinese New Year that delayed the shipment.

Tried taking out the dampening material, but put it right back on because while there's more treble it sounded thin to me.

I tested the M50s and the Somics with/without the amp. I can say with an amp that there isn't that much of an improvement with an M50, but for the Somics the sound is more aggressive and clear

Finally switched the SOMIC EFI-82MT pads with the 840 ones. Made a massive difference because of the comfort. I noticed with the stock pads that on some songs I felt a change in pressure inside the headphones which caused some discomfort.    I'll finally leave my impressions. I seen some...

Profit as in I might as well sell of my more expensive headphones because these are better .   Seriously my used to be main headphones the ATH-M50 are collecting dust now. 

I might need to get the 840 pads for my Somics then, I'm holding off on leaving impressions because I'm currently changing my audio setup. Finally got a cable to connect my Vintage Stereo Receiver/Amp to my ELEs and it definitely improves the sound of the ELEs. 

Quote:   They sound a bit dark and there's more depth to be desired, but that's more of a knock on the ELE because when I plug my Somics into my stereo receiver/amp all of those problems are gone. I have to say that vocals sound great on the Somics and the bass, it isn't a bass monster...

Quote:   I'm using the EFI-82MTs with it and while being a 64 Ohm headphone some songs I have to lower the volume to 10% because it gets really loud. 

Quote:   It was USPS and I received them today. First thing about it is that with the stock pads when I'm wearing them I can't really put them on my ears because it's very uncomfortable, so they mostly rest on the side of my head. First impressions are that they don't disappoint in sound...

My Somic EFi-82MT is 20 minutes away from my house, so hopefully I can get it either today or Monday. Ordered them on the 15th, which is way faster than the ELE USB DAC, which I am very satisfied with btw, that took 40 days to get to my house.

I decided to get the Somic EFI-82MT. I was using the ATH-M50 for a while, but after plugging in my TF10s that were lying around, I decided I needed a new set of headphones that sound better. Hopefully these will fill my need. 

thanks OP I always wanted headphones and these for $11, can't pass this up. 

I live in California and it came in around 3 weeks after it was shipped. 

the cable is quite strong I actually I had them on once and I accidently dropped my backpack on them. The impact was strong enough to send my player flying onto the floor  and no damage was done as far as I noticed. 

I have the 2 GB version and imo the battery life is at around 12 hours (I play 100% flac), I actually forgot the player was on a few times and left the player on for the whole day and it's still at half power, I usually take a few long naps during the week while listening to it and I still only...