Guys I've been thinking about posting some questions and observations here for a while now. Let me first say that I firmly believe: Your Money, Your Cans, do whatever makes you happy.
That being said, I just can't understand how I've seen post here from people who while waiting for their cans to arrive, having never even heard them, have all these plans to rip off the pads, change the backs from closed to open, change the filling in the cups etc... Even, in some cases, ordering the parts to do this before they've had the first listen. It seems most of the people Modding their Cans don't even give them a chance to burn in. Monoprice did a really good job with these. Give them a month to grow on you before you make a decision that will void your warranty and quite possibly make your new Cans sound worse instead of better. Just something to think about.
Now on to the touchy subject of EQ. I've read here that some are trying to increase the Bass response buy using the EQ to boost it. In doing so they say that the Headphone distorts. I own these and love Bass in my EDM music sessions. Subwoofer style Bass. These Cans do this without any distortion for me so it leads me to the question: Do they have a defective set, or possibly, have they just never been taught how to use EQ properly? If you start out Flat on an EQ and you want more Bass, most people would think you just raise the Bass Freq. to get the desired level you want. This almost always leads to Distortion and gets blamed on the Headphones/Speakers you are listening to. I learned many years ago that you never EQ up from flat. You EQ down. In other words if you want more Bass, don't increase Bass, lower Mids and Highs, then increase Volume to your desired listening level. This will reduce the Distortion you have heard 99% of the time. Please give this a try.
As an aside to the EQ question. Try not to think of it as EQing your Headphones because they are, in some way, defective. I EQ my music, not my Headphones. Most decent Headphones these days sound pretty good. Most music, thanks in no small part to the Loudness War, sounds like crap. The better your Headphones/Speakers the more obvious this becomes and sadly many times this is blamed on the playback device and not the recording itself. I'm sure if you take the time to think about it, there are songs that you love from your youth that just don't sound good on your better gear. I guess what I'm saying here is, don't blame your Cans for being too Bright when the song your playing was recorded with the levels pushed to the point of pain. Play with your EQ to get that poor recording under control. Your tunes, Your gear, Your rules. Rock On
Lasher
