[wildebassman]

Yesterday I subscribed to this forum and today I received my new cans! After years without headphone use I put on my sennheiser HD450II set.
I started using my cans more and more and decided I wanted a pair of closed cans. After reading some reviews I ordered the ath-m40. Believe it or not I liked them straight out of the box, nice flat honest sound. As a recording bassplayer I like pro gear and honest sound reproduction. The cans are now beeing played constantly to give them at least a few hours break in. Some people on this forum find these cans too flat sounding and like the senns or sony phones better but I'm happy I bought these.

Having a headphone gas I also ordered a pair of Equation RP-20 phones.
I found out they are relatively unknown but are sold at some pro-audio shops in Britain and France as for Europe. Living in the Netherlands I heared some people raving about them and I ordered a pair at an ebay seller called Studio 34, at a $69.99 pricepoint I dared to buy these unheared. I will give them a review when I have received them. For those interested take look at the manufacturers site: http://www.equationaudio.com/rp20specs.html
I am happy I found this forum and will enjoy communicating with you folks!

 

[wildebassman]

Man I feel kinda lonely out here... am I the only one beeing happy with his ath-m40fs phones?? Sure it doesn't matter but I'd love some input here. BTW, did anyone around here try the equation rp-20 cans?
Still very happy with my new ath-m40's!

 

[l_simon_l]

I own the m40fs and thought they sounded quite nice... until I joined headfi and got me a HD600

Get out of here while you still can!

Just kidding of course... Welcome to headfi. Sorry about your wallet!

 

[wildebassman]

Lucky you! I know the HD600 pretty well and I think they're great, but I need my phones also in the studio and my budget is tight at the moment I have recently invested €4500 in my bass equipment....

 

[Lisa]

Never heard of the headphones you mentioned. So I can't comment on them.

Welcome to head-fi. And take that "sorry about your wallet" to heard. It's really tru. If you stay here you will spend a lot of money on headphone gear. So if you're happy with your headphones, leave now before it's too late.

Maar ik vind het wel gezellig hoor, een Nederlander erbij.

 

[Nak Man]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisa Maar ik vind het wel gezellig hoor, een Nederlander erbij.

Natuurlijk ? =)

Wildbassman, you should allocate more Euros for your phones ... it feels good to be wildphonesman.

 

[keyop]

I bought ath-m40 for a set of cheap closed cans, but unfortunately they are just too small for my large ears. If only they had more space inside, I would be quite happy with them (I only need closed cans as backup for when it is too loud at home to listen to better sounding open cans I already have).

Today I checked several Beyerdynamic cans and the DT-150 is absolutely fantastic with regard to comfort (extremely light and lots of space for ears inside), but they are too expensive for me at the moment.

 

[wildebassman]

Sure, if we make some money with the cd we're makin' I will spend some more on phones..... for now it's water and bread....

Ja leuk dat er ook nederlanders op dit forum zijn!

 

[Lisa]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nak Man Natuurlijk ? =)

I said it's nice to have another Dutch person around. He agreed that it is nice that there are Dutch people on this board.

Really not worthy of a translation but since you were so curious.

 

[Andrea]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nak Man Natuurlijk ? =)

Ehm?! Is this really Dutch?!

If so how come you speak Dutch?

 

[Nak Man]

Natuurlijk = genuine dutch = naturally ...

Only knew one or two Dutch words, reason being we hosted Dutch for quite some time here.

One of ancestor / grandma actually a Hollander as well.

edit - post nummer een duizend twee honderd vier en dertig =)

 

[wildebassman]

Funny how a thread can take off talking about languages...
I'm happy communicating with you people, gave my new cans another night of music in the burn in cycle.... 8 hours of Incognito, tonight it will be some classical stuff..

Groetjes ( greetings )

Dennis.

 

[Jim McC]

I listened to these cans today at Guitar Center and they sound very nice. But the cans have no ear room. I couldn't believe the depth of the can was only about 1/2", and it pushes your ears inward. Otherwise, I would have bought them.

 

[dezafinado]

I have a pair that came with my digital piano. The lower frequencies are nice but I find the mid-range very flat, nasal and veiled. It's like the curtain was lowered 1/2 way on an orchestra.

 

[bobidoz]

Hi

I recieved a pair this morning by purchasing online, and I notice that the phones, (ATH-M0fs) have a slight crack on the bottom part, and on the outside of the cans, I am currently in process of checking this out..., can anyone tell me if they have the same thing?