[bbchucks]

did anyone compare the specifications between the TMA-1 and HD25-II  ?  how does the TMA compare?

 

[Jonasklam]

 
What do you mean comparing specs?
 
People have compared sound sig. and SQ of these two phones if that's what you mean. 
 
 
 

 

[bbchucks]

meaning:

1. Sensitivity: 120 dB/V
2. Isolation: -10dB
3. Impedance @ 1kHz: 70

4. Frequency response

   10 - 21,000 Hz

which is the HD25-II
compared with TMA-1 ?

 

[xabu]

TMA-1 Specs:
Transducer Principle: Dynamic, closed
Driver Unit Size: 40 mm
Impedance: 32±15% Ohm
Load Rating: 0.1W
Frequency Response: 20 to 20.000 Hz
Total Harmonic Distortion: <0.3%
Sensitivity: 110±3dB Weight w/o
Cable: 190 Gram
 
http://www.aiaiai.dk/headphones/tma-2/tma-1.html
 
Click on the image

 

[Kukuk]

Listening to these was kind of like a throwback to the days I would buy $30 Coby headphones.

 
Maybe a little bit of an exaggeration, but I definitely thought there was a huge disconnect between the sound quality and the price.

 

[Kernmac]

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Listening to these was kind of like a throwback to the days I would buy $30 Coby headphones.

 
Maybe a little bit of an exaggeration, but I definitely thought there was a huge disconnect between the sound quality and the price.

Proof we all hear differently.  I have had  my TMA-1 for a few weeks now and I think their sound quality punches well above their weight.
 
Did you buy a pair, listen to them in a shop, at a meet?  How long did you listen to them for? And what pads did they have at the time?

 

[dfkt]

That's weird, indeed - I clearly prefer them to HD25, DT770, HFI780, T50p, etc.

 

[Kukuk]

Quote:

Quote:

Listening to these was kind of like a throwback to the days I would buy $30 Coby headphones.

 
Maybe a little bit of an exaggeration, but I definitely thought there was a huge disconnect between the sound quality and the price.

Proof we all hear differently.  I have had  my TMA-1 for a few weeks now and I think their sound quality punches well above their weight.
 
Did you buy a pair, listen to them in a shop, at a meet?  How long did you listen to them for? And what pads did they have at the time?

 
I listened to them in a store, 32 Ohm Audio in Portland. I think they were the stock pads. I listened to a couple songs, but that was enough for me to find a lot to like it much cheaper headphones. They sounded incredibly muffled to me, I couldn't find anything to like about them outside their built quality. I was actually a little disappointed because I heard them being compared to the HD-25's a lot, and I'd never heard those, so I wanted to see what the fuss was all about. But man, I just was not feeling them.
 
On the flip side, I heard these:
http://www.aiaiai.dk/headphones/tracks-headphones/tracks-headphone-black.html
 
I couldn't believe how much better they sounded, for looking so cheap and stupid.

 

[Kernmac]

If stock pads = foam, then that makes sense.  If pads were pleather, then you simply have different taste/hear differently to me.

 

[dfkt]

I bet they were broken/blown. No way could they sound as bad as described. This doesn't have anything to do with personal taste or such - they're simply not that bad in any way.

 

[Kukuk]

I don't know man, I can't imagine them keeping them on hand to listen to if they were broken.

 

[dfkt]

Well, I've had them for over a month, and - without personal preference - they are technically as proficient as all the quality closed studio phones out there (I've tested them all exhaustively, including the HD25, also owned quite a few pairs over the years and ABed them against the TMA). You've heard them for a few minutes in a store... I really wouldn't judge them by that. Whatever it was, my pair of TMA is not muffled at all and clearly worth their money.
 
I understand when people don't like a phone because of personal preferences (HD650 vs. K701 owners, etc) - but what you described seems a bit too devastating to not suspect there's something wrong with the pair the store had on display. I don't want to sound like a fanboy here, blindly defending a piece of equipment, I'm just astonished to hear a reaction like that from an initial listening session with them.

 

[Jonasklam]

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On the flip side, I heard these: http://www.aiaiai.dk/headphones/tracks-headphones/tracks-headphone-black.html
 
I couldn't believe how much better they sounded, for looking so cheap and stupid.

I actually like the look of those, they look clean and minimalistic - and as you said cheap too
 
 

 

[bbchucks]

The freq response stat for the TMA1 compare with the HD25-ii seem worse?
Frequency Response: 20 to 20.000 Hz compared with Frequency response 10 - 21,000 Hz ?
does this matter much?

 

[MayaTlab]

Frequency response means very little if there is no mention on the way it is measured, ie how much dB determines where the range stops. That's why Sennheiser gives two frequency response measures for its HD 800.
 
Most manufacturers gives a - 10 dB FR if I remeber correctly, but I'm not sure.
 
More telling is a frequency curve, but even that is certainly not enough to judge a pair of phones.