EternalEmpire
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Although everybody here seems to love these headphones (almost without exception), I got mine the other day and I can't say I'm blown away by them unfortunately. My previous headphones were the Sony V6 and while I can notice an improvement in sound quality and especially in sound stage (since the V6 practically has none) it's not the improvement I was led to believe that I would hear from all the shining reviews of these headphones I've read.
Overall, the highs are much better than on the V6 (I found the V6 to be pretty harsh at times) but other than that there doesn't appear to be a huge amount of difference, I'd even go as far as saying the sound seems to be fairly congested in comparison with the V6 (though that may be due to me being used to the V6's analytical sound). Also, though it's unrelated to the sound quality, I find them to be pretty uncomfortable to wear; after a while of use I have to take them off because they begin to hurt my ears. I'm hoping this will change with prolonged use though.
I was going to go with the Audio-Technica M50's but I decided on the MS1i's instead, I'm sad to say that I'm sort of regretting my decision now...
Overall, the highs are much better than on the V6 (I found the V6 to be pretty harsh at times) but other than that there doesn't appear to be a huge amount of difference, I'd even go as far as saying the sound seems to be fairly congested in comparison with the V6 (though that may be due to me being used to the V6's analytical sound). Also, though it's unrelated to the sound quality, I find them to be pretty uncomfortable to wear; after a while of use I have to take them off because they begin to hurt my ears. I'm hoping this will change with prolonged use though.
I was going to go with the Audio-Technica M50's but I decided on the MS1i's instead, I'm sad to say that I'm sort of regretting my decision now...