They had quality issues. The sound was great but to make them lighter Audeze changed the materials. This resulted in the plastic headband cracking then snapping near the cups. A pity because I really liked the sound and I hope that the MM100s get somewhat near that.
I’ve mastered 100s of albums solely with Audeze headphones at this point. I actually got less revision requests (they are SUPER rare now) when I made the switch solely to Audeze headphones. I eq my headphones, but Glenn Schick doesn’t.@bonnei100 I'd be very careful using Audeze cans for mastering due to their tuning which is not transparent and the fact that most pairs I had and/or listen to so far were all playing differently. Considering their low quality and therefore low durability I'd be rather looking for most transparent headphone build like a tank (or at least easily replacable) but not very heavy oneWhile Audeze is marketing some of their products as designed for mastering I can not think why any pro would really like to use headphones with particular tuning removing transparency from the equation.
Most modern records (save jazz, classical etc) sound like crap so doesn’t tell me much that I can work with because the reality would appear that engineers want gear that makes their music sound like
I have the exact same experience. I was wearing them with the cable in the left at first and then remembered your post (I just opened them when I got home) from earlier and did a channel test and discovered it was backwards. I plugged it into the right and that fixed it.
Yeah I do mostly jazz fwiwMost modern records (save jazz, classical etc) sound like crap so doesn’t tell me much that I can work with because the reality would appear that engineers want gear that makes their music sound like
@thermos thank you for sharing your pro view on the topic
. Could you share some of your eq settings? While I prefer Meze Empys for Jazz I can understand why one could go with Audezee. As for eq as a consumer I used to be a great fan but later I've decided it is kind of a statement from headphone manufacture that they trow a towel a bit in term of chase for best fidelity and leave it for the software. Second question: could you share some of albums you were working on please? Always happy to find new great jazz album for listening 
I've had only a little time with them -- but I will say these sound similar to my LCD-GX but with more clarity and more air and slightly better vocals (a little more up front -- not a ton but noticeable) -- enough to ensure my LCD-GX will suffer a rare fate for a pair of my headphones: I'm selling them. They sound pretty neutral without a lot of coloration. I can see why might find them bright but I do not find them uncomfortably so.
When two rights don't make it right.. or or does it?
My interest is slowly diminishing with this MM-100. Maybe things will change for the better when everything is settled and all streamlined with Sony.
