[OldDude04]

Yeah, back when I had the open M1570, I didn't mind the weight itself, it was the weight in addition to its almost-zero clamp. If I leaned forward just a bit, they'd fall off my head. Wearing them was like balancing a big pillow on my head. Didn't hurt or anything, but if I sat or moved wrong, down it went.

But I paid $400 for that headphone. Since I got the closed for less than half that, I'll be happy to just cope. lol

The headband is able to take a bit of bending. I just pushed on the yokes a bit while wearing them and created the extra bit of clamp I needed. Now I have no problem looking down or tilting back. I can even shake my head, not that I'd want to with the M1570's chunkiness, lol.

 

[pbui44]

Color me impressed. Monoprice has included fazors on both the ear pad side and the cup side. I've always had to add them or do the fuzzor mod on previous Monolith headphones.





And now it's time to play with the damping and see what can be done.

So are those dampening pads glued together or in seperate pieces? If seperate pieces, then maybe you can try to get extra dampening pads at the same exact sizes and glue those extra dampening pads in different positioning arrays, like having the smallest pad center directly upon your ear canal when wearing them, then having the middle-sized pad’s diameter line as parallel as possible to your ear lobe from the bottom crest curve’s start to the top love point that touches the very end of the pad’s end side, and the largest pad covering both smaller pads and the rest of the ear cup. It would work like Ultrasone’s S-Logic Plus concept, but with sub-bass impact at various distances.

I know it sounds like a lot and I really do not know how which straight-line direction to align the pads, while keeping the smaller dampening pads parallel to your entire ear lobe, but that is why you have extra pads that are the exact dimensions as the stock ones. Hope this would work out as at least a decent M1570C mod!

 

[OldDude04]

So are those dampening pads glued together or in seperate pieces? If seperate pieces, then maybe you can try to get extra dampening pads at the same exact sizes and glue those extra dampening pads in different positioning arrays, like having the smallest pad center directly upon your ear canal when wearing them, then having the middle-sized pad’s diameter line as parallel as possible to your ear lobe from the bottom crest curve’s start to the top love point that touches the very end of the pad’s end side, and the largest pad covering both smaller pads and the rest of the ear cup. It would work like Ultrasone’s S-Logic Plus concept, but with sub-bass impact at various distances.

I know it sounds like a lot and I really do not know how which straight-line direction to align the pads, while keeping the smaller dampening pads parallel to your entire ear lobe, but that is why you have extra pads that are the exact dimensions as the stock ones. Hope this would work out as at least a decent M1570C mod!

It's 4 separate pieces. 1 thick felt disc and 3 foam discs in graduated sizes. I will definitely be playing with different configurations of the stock foam, as well as other foams and felts I have from headphones I've modded in the past.

 

[xSDMx]

Going on a week with no shipping update.

 

[dstarr3]

I ordered on 3/14, it didn't ship until yesterday (3/20), should be delivered tomorrow.

 

[xSDMx]

Monoprice just cancelled and refunded my M1570C order placed on 3/15.

 

[OldDude04]

Monoprice just cancelled and refunded my M1570C order placed on 3/15.

Man, that sucks. Did you try and contact customer service? Maybe they could at least offer you a raincheck at the sales price for when they get them back in stock?

 

[theangelboy]

Monoprice just cancelled and refunded my M1570C order placed on 3/15.

Oh man, that sucks! Did they give any kind of explanation? It seems weird if they ran out of stock since they were selling them after the 15th.

 

[xSDMx]

Oh man, that sucks! Did they give any kind of explanation? It seems weird if they ran out of stock since they were selling them after the 15th.

This is the email they sent me:

When we receive your order at Monoprice.com we have every intention of fulfilling it. Unfortunately product #43237 is out of stock and we need to remove it from your order. You can expect a full refund for this item back to your payment method. Please allow 2-5 business days for the refund to post in your account. This item has an ETA date of (10/1/23) and if you place an order we will be sure to honor any sale price/promotions used during your original order.

 

[theangelboy]

This is the email they sent me:

Oof... that 6+ month lead time!

 

[xSDMx]

Oof... that 6+ month lead time!

Yeah. I needed a pair of closed backs for the office and was really hoping to give these a try.

 

[ultraman31]

I placed order on 3/19 and have yet to receive any email from them. Order status still shows it as in progress though...

 

[xSDMx]

I placed order on 3/19 and have yet to receive any email from them. Order status still shows it as in progress though...

Will be interesting if yours ends up shipping. I wonder if they went one-by-one through each order by date and are now sending out cancellation emails individually.

 

[Efgp]

Well, placed an order on the 19th too... Hope it doesn't get refunded, but I doubt.

 

[dstarr3]

Increasingly fortunate to have received mine today, it seems like.



Can't wait to give them a spin