Let it burn in!  Do the tape mod until the bass evens out.   I just posted on this exact same problem here.

Quote: YES!  DO IT!  I got mine for about the same + tax with a B&H price match at Guitar Center and they've been completely worth it.   My M50s are my second pair of closed phones, following my Beyer'd V6 I've had for nearly a decade.  I love the V6, but I wanted something with a...

That's good!  Like Yoga Flame said, try the lighter under the stripped end of the wires on the now detached cable to burn off any enamel and then ohm it out to the connector.  If it passes, snake it through the pegs and solder it down.  You'll want to tin the ends first, especially with enamel...

If you want to do an end-to-end check of those solder points, turn your meter to resistance and check the tops of the solder blobs from black->green and black->red.  Try not to stay long on the point as this passes DC current through the driver.  You should see 35-45 ohms.  This tests from one...

Yep, that's likely what it is. Since both channels are dead, I suspect the ground (black) wire is bad.  Here's what you should do:   Get a multimeter (voltmeter, DMM, whatever) that has a resistance or continuity setting.  Use the meter to check between each of the 1/8" plug and the wires...

Guitar Center matches most online stores - 10% of the difference as long as they can pull up the price plus shipping on their computer.  If you enjoy those Etys, you might like the AD700 sound but might not appreciate the openness.  Try out the venerable Sony MDR-7506 (aka V6) for a closed phone...

Start with the phones themselves and try some out before you make any purchases.  Go to a meetup.  Call up local pro audio shops and ask about selection and if you can try in-store.  The truth is that for all of the people around here that insist that one model or another is the ultimate...

My ear is such that any 'phones that have a cable exit at 90 degrees from the tube don't fit right with the cable facing down. I wear my EP630s upside-down with the cable looping over my ear. In that position I can get the plug to fit directly in my ear canal. I can get a good seal and good...

Notes for anyone else that tries to do this: -Fluxing the Ety's pads before soldering AND desoldering reduces the time you need to heat it up. Use a toothpick dipped in flux to apply. A little goes a long way. -As ericj mentioned, 600f and a fine conical tip are the way to go. In my case...

Nobody's suggested turning the foam inside out yet. I'm disappointed.

Quote: Originally Posted by shuy so theoretically, a lossless digital signal e.g. FLAC can be xmitted via A2DP from e.g. the 6G ipod to a BT headphone w/ a gd onboard DAC, n thus have great sound (relatively)? IF the ipod understood FLAC and the headphone had a codec for FLAC. And...

A2DP uses a lossy compression codec called SBC by default. But A2DP is just a transport for audio streams, and so receiver manufacturers can optionally support other codecs like MP3, AAC, and ATRAC. Most receivers don't support this (IIRC one of the iTech clips could do MP3) but all are required...