Monolith M1570 Over Ear Open Back Balanced Planar Headphones

[omegaorgun]

The Monolith™ M1570 Planar Headphones use a 106mm planar magnetic driver enclosed in a gorgeous, open back housing. It features a plush, padded headband and earpads for comfortable listening over extended periods of time. With an extended soundstage, lush, rich sound, and excellent build quality, the Monolith M1570 brings a massive price to performance ratio to the headphone market.

Driver Size 106mm
Maximum Power Handling 5W (for 200ms)
Maximum SPL >130dB
Frequency Response 5Hz ~ 50kHz
Total Harmonic Distortion Less than 0.1% @ 100dB
Impedance 60 ohms
Efficiency 96dB / 1mW
Optimal Power Requirement 200mW - 4W
Weight 23.6 oz. (670g)

 

[Natarian]

700g?! Jesus.

 

[omegaorgun]

700g?! Jesus.

I know! It's 120g heavier than the m1070 @580g which is heavy as is. Price tag is high too.

 

[jmills8]

How much.

 

[omegaorgun]

How much.

$599.99

 

[smoothb0re]

Looks fantastic, and hopefully it'll sound great as well. But the weight and price though. 700g? $599? Yikes. For that price and weight they have to be absolutely incredible or it ain't worth it.

 

[Sonic Defender]

I didn't find the M1060 to sound particularly/exceptionally good, personally. It was nice enough, but not exceptional at anything in particular (just decent overall across the spectrum). Will be interested to see if this model builds on the decent accomplishment the M1060 was and take the sound quality to the next level. I had read so much about the M1060 and M560, had them both on hand with great amplification and DACs and neither struck me as a decent price to performance ratio.

Edit: corrected typo plus modified things to not sound as negative which I didn't feel was fair.

 

[smoothb0re]

I didn't find the M1070 to sound particularly/exceptionally good, personally. It was nice enough, but not exceptional at anything in particular. Will be interested to see if this model builds on the decent accomplishment the M1070 was and take the sound quality to the next level. I had read so much about the M1070 and M560, had them both on hand with great amplification and DACs and neither struck me as anything special beyond a decent price to performance ratio, but there are many examples of this from pretty much every single headphone manufacturer.

Wait, you already heard the M1070? Didn't know they were available yet. How would you describe the sound compared to M1060?

 

[Sonic Defender]

Wait, you already heard the M1070? Didn't know they were available yet. How would you describe the sound compared to M1060?

Yikes, my bad, I had meant the M1060. I'll edit my original post. My apology.

 

[turbomustang84]

These look way better than the m1060s

 

[Sonic Defender]

These look way better than the m1060s

Absolutely.

 

[ls13coco]

Very interesting in finding out how these compare with the new 1070, as well as how both compare to the ol' 1060. I haven't heard the 1060 but I've sure seen reviews of it.
Monoprice is churning out new head-fi gear lately!

 

[chimney189]

700 grams..

 

[jmills8]

 

[jsmiller58]

700 grams..

True, that is incredibly heavy. But let's see how the headband distributes the weight, and what the earpad clamping force is like - these all have an impact on comfort...

But, yeah, wow... I hope it's a typo.