There's a great soundstage and a really smooth profile. To my ears (and yes, we're doing an #M4WTour to get everyone 3rd party impressions) there's a nice dotted line to the legendary HD 25 but with added height, width, and of course the physical attributes like comfort and wireless capability, etc.
So they actually use the on-board DSP to add lots of extra bass and present that as "zero" in the EQ?
This is potentially annoying for listeners of e.g. classical and jazz music, who would rather it was more convenient to get a neutral tuning.It looks like a more gradual ramp up in bass than the Momentum 3, so I would say it *should* be a bit less bassy (default tunings). Of course the M3 had the "high-end sound tuning" to compensate for this, the M4 may or may not have this option.
I thought the same thing until I put them on. Even though the legacy models look super cool I wouldn't go back. There's definitely function in the design. Better seal better sound better comfort. I feel strongly that the tour reviews will yield similar impressions, too.
You can, but I think you'd be better off using a USB-C cable and using them as "active speakers". This is essentially what they are designed for, the amps are perfectly matched for the drivers, the on-board EQ in the DSP will do some sound shaping to correct any flaws in the response (no Helmholtz resonators needed). Yes by default they will probably add too much bass, but hopefully this can be easily corrected using the app.
