[gknix]

^x2

Hence, you may get your MS1s in 3 days, or in 3 weeks. I was one of the fortunate ones, and received them in 3 days SURPRISE! at my door..

 

[dr.toboggan]

Just got my MS-1i's in the mail yesterday, ordered with paypal a week ago in Canada, no email confirmations and was just wondering if I should give them a call. No duty or anything, just showed up at the door.

As my first headphone a few things stood out:
1. I think the comfort issue is way overblown. I guess I wouldn't describe them as super comfortable, but I also wouldn't go out of my way to call them uncomfortable either. I've been wearing them for 2.5 hours now and feel like I could easily wear them for another 2.5 hours after this
2. Going from IEMs to headphones is a BIG difference. Holy crap

The only thing that I can think of that is an issue is what I read somewhere in the forums one day about the cups rotating 360 degrees. Probably not going to be an issue, but twisting of the cables could be a long term issue. Overall, way more worth the $110 than the SE210's I have, and its only been a day.

 

[nickchen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dr.toboggan /img/forum/go_quote.gif The only thing that I can think of that is an issue is what I read somewhere in the forums one day about the cups rotating 360 degrees. Probably not going to be an issue, but twisting of the cables could be a long term issue. Overall, way more worth the $110 than the SE210's I have, and its only been a day.

Solvable.

 

[sampson_smith]

Or just make sure that you take them off and lay them carefully flat after each use. As long as you pick them up with both hands and put them on using the reverse maneuvers, there should be no tangling. Having the screw lock (above) is helpful, but most so at preventing the dowels from adjusting up and down. Plus, they prevent the 'phones from lying flat. So, unless they are meant to be hanged, you may run into problems storing them after use.

 

[dr.toboggan]

i'm on a student budget, these $110 phones are going to be treated like $1000 phones for the foreseeable future. I might look into that screw lock + a stand though. Thanks for the input!

 

[nickchen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sampson_smith /img/forum/go_quote.gif Having the screw lock (above) is helpful, but most so at preventing the dowels from adjusting up and down.

Only if you keep the dowels in their stock round shape. The backwards side of the dowels is to be filed flat, then you can keep a sideways moveabilty of 10° or so, and full vertical moveability.

 

[Kerberos]

I received my MS1s two weeks ago and they are truly awesome. A lot of detail on these cans.

I just turn down 3dB on the 2.5kHz band from my foobar eq, because certain female voices were a little shrill, but now they are perfect to me

.

 

[nickchen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kerberos /img/forum/go_quote.gif I just turn down 3dB on the 2.5kHz band from my foobar eq, because certain female voices were a little shrill, but now they are perfect to me .

Then you should never buy one of the better ATs, these are bad in that respect...

 

[SZayat]

Quote:

Originally Posted by EFN /img/forum/go_quote.gif For the benefit of all, I include some of the popular searches for MS-1: The MS1 Appreciation Thread Newbie on ne5532 amp - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio MS1 for electronica? Using Lavry DA10 XLR balanced out question? - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Alessandro Headphones gigabeat s 60gb comments - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio I got my MS-1 aswell: Questions! Suggestions???? (first time buyer) - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Alessandro MS-1 (My first 30 minutes) IC:CD3000 DRIVERS - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Grado sr60&sr80&sr125 vs Alessandro ms1 Best place to get a Hakko 936? - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio If I think my MS-1s are too dark, what pads should I get? 1st impressions: AKG K1000 W/Stefan AudioArt Hardwired Cable - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Alessandro MS-1 and ?? apple WWDC 2006 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Sampling my first Grado [well, Alessandro]... what should I expect? Brian Kinney - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Just how uncomfortable is the MS1 (or other Grados)? Little Dot II hiss driving me crazy - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio which pads you prefer to use with MS-1 Problem with GCHA. Need help. - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio It Hath Arrived : Alessandro MS-1 Can I do better then a XP-7 for around $500 or less? - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

Please fix the links.

 

[honmashinsei]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SZayat /img/forum/go_quote.gif fix your links pls

Way to go to make a first impression!

 

[AudioNovice]

Don't even see anything wrong with the links, lol.

 

[sampson_smith]

Quote:

Originally Posted by okthxbye /img/forum/go_quote.gif Way to go to make a first impression!

x2. Those are the dandiest links I've yet seen today! (Thanks for the info.)

 

[lawrywild]

Whilst the way he said it was rude, the links are broken. Have a look at what threads they actually link to; nothing to do with MS1.

 

[SZayat]

Apologies, didn't mean to be mean or anything. I tried to search the forum to no avail.

 

[jageur272]

When head-fi went down (a whiles back), a lot of old threads were reassigned new thread numbers. Thus, older posts that linked to them now link to different threads. The search function doesn't have this problem though.