On closer inspection of the 2nd pair, it has zero driver rattle/clack on both earcups, the 5% I mentioned in the above post wasn't the driver being loose at all, what it was is the piece of plastic on the outside of the left earcup, the one that says M-Audio on it and is kind of a soft-touch...

In my case, alpha pads seem to make the sub-bass more noticeable, might be because of the better sealage compared to stock pads? So if you like sub bass that could be good, but as a side effect, at least on my pair it makes female vocals sound a little more veiled? Not sure if veiled is the...

Alright, so my 2nd pair arrived, right ear-cup has no clacking at all and left ear-cup has it, but only ever so slightly, it's definitely no where near as bad as it was on the 1st pair, maybe like 5% of what the 1st pair had. So yeah, guessing it's a quality control issue from whenever they were...

Although probably not the smartest idea, I figure I'll order a 2nd pair and compare them side by side. Would be nice if the new one had zero clacking, but if the new one has the same issue I'll keep the one that has the lesser of it, and return the worse one. Then just try to find a way to...

The tickling feeling isn't so much from the bass itself, at least in this case as far as I can tell. What happen is the tickling only happens in one ear cup, the one with the overly 'loose' part that is rattling around more so than the other, which the vibration from the rattling around gets...

A rattling/clacking inside the cups.   Sound quality is fine, doesn't sound like a damaged driver. Haven't opened it so can't be sure what it is yet, but it sounds like a large component is loose, not fastened correctly inside. If I  shake my head soflty, like if I were quietly gesturing "No"...

Yeah :( if it comes to that I will, kind of hoping to avoid it though since this issue doesn't seem to be that rare with these, and if I returned it I'd either end up getting another q40 which could have the same issue, or develop it down the road. Or jump to one of the other headphones I was...

Finally got these delivered yesterday, for those of you that had the "Rattling" issue, how easy of a fix was it? Is it just tightening loose screws, or is the thing that's rattling around something that's not held by screws and needs to be glued down?  

Glad to hear that, I was very close to ordering that exact setup to be my first pair of "nice" all-around headphones, but my wallet talked me out of it since I still need to upgrade my computers GPU (still using an AMD 5870). So for the time being I settled for getting the E09k+E17, and will...

Couldn't bear to wait for news on the HDH50 any longer so just went ahead and ordered Q40/Alphapads. Hopefully I won't have the same stroke of bad luck as Hawaii did 

Anyone who has tried this mod have any experience with Q40s or CALs? If so how do they compare?

Mm yeah was considering a Rolls mixer since the Rolls mute switch I'm using is built like a tank (even if it looks like it was made in the 90's), but guess I should sink some time into googling around to see if there are any other cheap mixers that have a good rep, as far as introducing...

Mm might have to put them back into my consideration then :o Just paranoid with the sucky walls this apartment has, can hear conversations from the neighboring apartment when they speak clear as day, and they're not even speaking loudly XD

Lol yeah, if I can get a decent headphone for as cheap as $100 I'll gladly take it, saves me money that I can then put towards an amp 

Guess I'll be getting me some premium once I get off of work then 

Yeah :( I'm probably going to have resort to getting myself a cheap audio mixer if I want to use a USB mic and still get Dolby Surround. That said, is the sound quality/processing of the available 'gaming' Dolby processors (Astro Mixamp/TB DSS2/Etc) all pretty much the same? Looking for what...

Anyone know if that applies to consoles to, or is that just a PC version thing? Cause was wondering if premium was worth it or not, and that would decide it for me X)

Alright, so I want, no, scratch that, I NEED a decent set of headphones. Which of these would be the best option? Ultrasone Pro 900 vs Q40 with Alpha pads vs something else you can recommend. Deciding factors:   - Has to be closed back.   - I use headphones 5+ hours per day, plus wear...

Those Fidelio X1s sure do have a purdy mouth . Wish I could venture into the open-headphone world, but with paperthin walls I'm stuck deciding between pairs of closed cans.  Currently trying to decide between getting a set of Ultrasone Pro 900's, or some Q40's with Alpha pads, or waiting for...

Yeah can't wait until the HDH50s are out and about and impressions start coming in, especially from people who have Q40s. Was seriously considering getting some AlphaPadded Q40s but would kick myself if I got them and then these came out and ended up being an upgrade to the Q40 sound.

Hard to describe since I don't really have a decent point of reference to compare the CAL!s to and am unfamiliar with proper terminology but I'll try: While the quality (not amount) of the bass on the CAL!s was far better than the weak & hollow sounding bass on various gaming headsets, it...

I have a question that maybe someone who's had experience with the Pro 900's can answer if they've also happened to have listened to CAL!s, but first some context, (and yes this is gonna be TLDR, so you can just skip to the bolded part at the end if you want) • I don't live within reasonable...

I know the topic of this thread is a bit different than what I am about to ask, so my apologies for that, but as this is one of the most active places that showed up in google when trying to find an answer I thought I try and ask in case someone happens to know. From my limited understanding...