[Minarets]

how bad do these leak. i am pretty sure i will be joinging the team shortly. after much debate and waaaaaaaay to many reviews that i have read, i think i have made up my mind. from the sure deal MDR V6 to then the HD580, but now, the MS1s.

now, my question is how much leakage do these open cans have? i mean, if i was to listen to my ipod (unamped) at its loudest volume in the car with others while traveling, will it be too loud and bother others? or if i am sitting at my computer with my wife watching tv behind me 10 feet away, will the leakage bother her? or is it very minimal?

do the bowls help in leakage?
and i want those yellow pads! are those bowls or cushions? i actually like the look!

thanks for this thread and others...i think i have finally decided on a 'phone!

 

[meuler]

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Originally Posted by Minarets /img/forum/go_quote.gif how bad do these leak. i am pretty sure i will be joinging the team shortly. after much debate and waaaaaaaay to many reviews that i have read, i think i have made up my mind. from the sure deal MDR V6 to then the HD580, but now, the MS1s. now, my question is how much leakage do these open cans have? i mean, if i was to listen to my ipod (unamped) at its loudest volume in the car with others while traveling, will it be too loud and bother others? or if i am sitting at my computer with my wife watching tv behind me 10 feet away, will the leakage bother her? or is it very minimal? do the bowls help in leakage? and i want those yellow pads! are those bowls or cushions? i actually like the look! thanks for this thread and others...i think i have finally decided on a 'phone!

They don't really leak that much. I listen at what would probably be considered a moderate volume and my roommate says he can't hear them at all, both with the stock comfies and quarter-modded & reversed 414 pads.

 

[Abouna]

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Originally Posted by Minarets /img/forum/go_quote.gif how bad do these leak. i am pretty sure i will be joinging the team shortly. after much debate and waaaaaaaay to many reviews that i have read, i think i have made up my mind. from the sure deal MDR V6 to then the HD580, but now, the MS1s. now, my question is how much leakage do these open cans have? i mean, if i was to listen to my ipod (unamped) at its loudest volume in the car with others while traveling, will it be too loud and bother others? or if i am sitting at my computer with my wife watching tv behind me 10 feet away, will the leakage bother her? or is it very minimal? do the bowls help in leakage? and i want those yellow pads! are those bowls or cushions? i actually like the look! thanks for this thread and others...i think i have finally decided on a 'phone!

I just tested them. It's quite subjective really. I don't consider them to be that leaky. I just tested them clamped to my leg with bowls, not that bad really.

On the other hand, I'm a particular person, if I'm watching a movie and I can hear pretty much anything nearby it would distract me. So, as I said, it's quite subjective.

As for the yellow pads, those are Sennheiser 414 pads. Some people prefer them to the stock comfies. Personally I have comfies, 414s & bowls. It's no contest for me, the bowls are far superior both in comfort and performance.

 

[F107plus5]

Ok; I have a confession to make.

I have often said that I now have, and prefer the MS-1 with reversed 414s and the MS2i with bowls.

I have also stated that I liked the MS-1s better with the bowls from a sonic standpoint, but that the 414s reversed were more comfortable. Also that the MS2i were more comfortable with bowls.

True: No fibs there.

Where the sin of omission comes in is to have not mentioned that the MS2i have been successfully adjusted to fit best with bowls, and the MS-1s are adjusted to best fit with 414s.

Mea Maxima Culpa.

.....of course if I had more than one set of bowls.....

 

[fraseyboy]

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Originally Posted by Minarets /img/forum/go_quote.gif how bad do these leak.

I reckon they leak alot.... Enough to annoy anyone sitting beside you. The backside that isn't on your ears lets out as much sound as the side that is...

They also don't isolate AT ALL, so there not very good for if your out and about.

 

[lutwey]

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Originally Posted by fraseyboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif I reckon they leak alot.... Enough to annoy anyone sitting beside you. The backside that isn't on your ears lets out as much sound as the side that is... They also don't isolate AT ALL, so there not very good for if your out and about.

x2 cant agree more..........only use them once outside

 

[jmmtn4aj]

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Originally Posted by Minarets /img/forum/go_quote.gif how bad do these leak.

Lets just say I can play a game for an hour before starting to wonder how I can pick up footsteps when my speakers are off and my headphones aren't on my head.. then I take a glance and realise that the sound is coming from my MS1s, 2 metres away

 

[Snaques]

I agree on the leaking part, but why would you use them only outdoors?

I feel that they are best suited for home listening when you are alone in a room. Their sound is pretty much as loud on both sides of the driver. That should give you an idea of the leakage.

 

[midnite8791]

i will be ordering a pair in a couple months, my first venture into hi fi phones

im not counting the HD500's i got for christmas about 5 years ago lol

 

[WillKhitie]

The leakage isn't really that bad.

Well, maybe it is..

I bring these cans to school with me quite often and their not that bad, haven't really gotten complaints yet. What I do is, before listening, I just check the volume and make sure they don't leak so much. After a couple minutes, my ears usually adjust to the volume.

On the plus side though, I had my MS1s on while waiting in line for enrollment. I was tapping my foot, and then I realized there was this other foot tapping to the same beat.

It was the guy next to me, listening to the sound being leaked.

 

[SONGsanmanwah]

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Originally Posted by fraseyboy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Looks like you missed out... your 1001

LOL and missed out by a large margin too! That explains why it took 4 months before I finally get my MS-1. Slow learner!

 

[eduj]

All Grados leak like the Titanic,although maybe the ones with the plastic grill like MS1 may leak a bit less

 

[Minarets]

so these wouldnt be considered ideal...well, i dont want to use that term. these wouldnt work well, in environments outside of the home? like on a plane? or while riding in a car on a road trip?

home would be my primary use, but for traveleing on a plane(for work) and on road trips...i gotta have my music with me.

 

[fraseyboy]

Seem's my quest to make MS1's really really really really comfortable has finally come to an end... With these!

Velour circumauraul MS1 pads! And without the $109 price tag of the C-Pads. All in all, it probably cost me about $30 at the most.

Heres how I did it:

I got the pads off my TDK-MP100 (They're supra-auraul pleather pads, kinda like the ones on the V6 (from the pics I've seen)). Then I took off the pads on my MS1's and stretched them RIGHT over it, so it was a ring AROUND them, and acted as a surface for the new pads.

Then I got the pads off these (http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...22#post2697822) $15 headphones (Bargain, just for the velour pads and nice cable!) and placed them on the MP100's which were stretched around the MS1's and blutacked them there (Probably glue them one day).

I had to tilt them up a bit on the bottom by flicking part of the MP100 pads up a bit, so it fitted the curve of my head.

The sound is pretty much the same, but with a little more soundstage and maybe the TINYEST bit more bass.


The result: Comfort, practicality and the same great sound. AWESOME!

 

[Snaques]

Is there more than one layer of farbric on those drivers? Cause I feel that even that is too much. If there are only comfies covering them, I'd consider quarter modding them for more calrity. But if there really are two layers there, I'd think the sound becomes very muffled and veiled.