Looks good. I suppose I could have made further modifications, adding nuts and bolts for one thing, and got the originals to hang on better, but it just felt like it was always going to be a problem. I'm glad to be able to swap it out for a different design.

I've tried gluing, using larger screws, and got a cover for the flaking plastic, but there's just no hope for the original HE-4XX headband. I put aside my 4XX headphones, but I couldn't bear to throw them out -- they just needed another headband, and most of all, I liked their sound. Hifiman...

I didn't think so, but looking at those graphs, I dunno! :sweat_smile: I usually avoid things that are too bass-heavy; so many things are. I have a couple of Hifiman headphones that I really like, for example, and I'd say that they're kinda warm without excessive bass (HE-4XX in particular is...

Just to reply to myself... It looks like it's been a year and a half, and I'm still enjoying the Master & Dynamic ME05 a lot. Just all-around solid sound. Nice balance, not boomy. I found someone to give the Quarks away to, who isn't as picky about the sound. More recently, I've tried a...

Thanks for this! I ordered both the ME03 and ME05, as well as Moondrop Quarks, in a search for some bang-for-the-buck IEMs, after recently ruining my last set of IEMs. Initial impressions are that the quarks have a bit of an upper-mid peak and are weak on bass, but are detailed enough. The 05...