Well, that may be another problem (I've also said it before) - I am practically new to headphones - I have not owned anything even in this price range before (only some cheap headphones) - so my expectations might be off by a far margin too   I just wanted to have some third-party opinion...

Thanks for all the info.   Well, I do hear "something" in the sub-bass range, but it is generally weak and/or muddy sounding as compared to mid-bass and I can't get equal-sounding mid-bass and sub-bass even with equalization. So maybe it is an amping problem or maybe there is really some...

Thanks for the tips!   I tried the the paper stuffings, but they didn't really change the sound that much in my case. I'll try exchanging the cable too if I get a slim one that fits. I think I'll have to equalize them in the end sadly, because that is too large of a mid-bass boost for me. I...

Sadly not - this is my main problem. Nor do I have an expensive dedicated headphone amp - only the ones mentioned above, so it may be another problem.   But after looking at this: http://en.goldenears.net/9049, especially at the frequency response I'm starting to think that maybe I was...

Several days. My impressions are, that they went from "terrible" to "still quite bad" sounding after the burn-in. The bass and general muddiness in the bass area was actually reduced somewhat after I left them for several hours with pink noise.

Hello. I have bought these headphones and I am trying to decide if they are broken or if I am doing something incorrectly. The problem is - I am generally new to the topic of headphones and it's hard for me to compare them to anything else.   In comparison to my M-Audio AV 40 monitors these...