Just in time for the weekend.. the T50RPs arrived today.
Out of the box, I'm actually quite impressed. These deliver for an $80 studio monitoring can, IMO. Slightly mid-forward, but very uncolored to my ears. Bass goes deep, but lacks some presence & punch. Mids have impressive clarity, weight & tone. There is a honky upper mid spike somewhere that's a bit bothersome & the mids lack some control right now.. but I like the tonality of the mids a lot: natural, balanced, neutral, but musical. Treble is smooth and rolled off, but they have a nice touch of air and detail. Soundstage is again, impressive for a closed can. Imaging is excellent.
I can hear the potential though. These seem like a far cry from the impressions I read that say, out of the box, they're absolute garbage. Not so fast my friends!
Even the stock pads are pretty good.. I find them comfy, clamping well enough. Stuffing some cotton or fiberloft under them to move my ears away from the baffle is a good move.
Off to burn in and can't wait to mod this weekend!