jerg
Headphoneus Supremus
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The mids on my ATH-M50 are not recessed. ATH-M50 might have other minor defects but not recessed mids.
This is of course my opinion and is based on the following listening conditions:
Analog: Rega Planar 3 + Denon DL110 Cart -> Musical Fidelity V-LPS Phono -> Creek Evolution Integrated
Digital 1: EAC/FLAC data + Foobar2000/Wasapi -> HRT Music Streamer II DAC -> Creek Evolution Integrated
Digital 2: EAC/FLAC data + Foobar2000/Wasapi -> iBasso D2+
Digital 3: Marantz CD6000OSE headphone jack
Digital 4: Sansa Clip + Fiio E5
Other headphones I own/have owned for comparison: Alessandro MS-1, Beyerdynamic DT880 600ohm, AKG K240 MKII, Koss Porta Pro, Sennheiser PX100. The mids on the ATH-M50 are slightly worse than those on the DT880, comparable to those on the AKG, better than all the rest.
Cheers
A lot of people base "M50 has crap mids" based solely on the mechanically measured frequency response curve over (how it has a slight V shape) on headphone.com, it's really quite a weak basis.