[Peter]

I just had the MD for about a week after the original turbine, copper, and gold. The MD started super sweet right from the box and it sounded a bit tiny and tend to need a lot of juice but I just loved the sound signature. It is all that I could ask for. With much hope and I continue to burn in for about a week using some burnt in tone and through normal listening, the bass got better and better. On the seventh day, I try to swap earbug back and forth from my ipod to compare the sound of the copper, gold and MD. All of a sudden, the sound of my MD just changed dramatically. The object image got expanded, all the sweetness gone away and the sound signature was really dark. Now my gold sounded better than the MD.
 
It seemed like the mid-high to high frrequency magic are gone. Does any of you had this experience? I think my MD already had 100 hours burnt in. When I listen to the MD with my familiar burn in tone, I find the high frequency is really missing. I hope I did not damage the driver while swapping earbuds.

 

[Anaxilus]

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I just had the MD for about a week after the original turbine, copper, and gold. The MD started super sweet right from the box and it sounded a bit tiny and tend to need a lot of juice but I just loved the sound signature. It is all that I could ask for. With much hope and I continue to burn in for about a week using some burnt in tone and through normal listening, the bass got better and better. On the seventh day, I try to swap earbug back and forth from my ipod to compare the sound of the copper, gold and MD. All of a sudden, the sound of my MD just changed dramatically. The object image got expanded, all the sweetness gone away and the sound signature was really dark. Now my gold sounded better than the MD.
 
It seemed like the mid-high to high frrequency magic are gone. Does any of you had this experience? I think my MD already had 100 hours burnt in. When I listen to the MD with my familiar burn in tone, I find the high frequency is really missing. I hope I did not damage the driver while swapping earbuds.

I hope you didn't damage the driver but the MDs are very delicate.  I highly recommend only using music for burn in and not going excessively louder than you would listen to.  Do not use noise or tones on the MD.  Just quality music at normal volume the first week.  No joke.  They are the most sensitive drivers I have ever used.  I baby them beyond reason.  Treat it like a potted plant the first week and let it rest in between sessions.  I have no scientific basis for any of this only the experience of myself and others.  
 
Try different tips and fit.  If the don't open up again I fear they are damaged.
 

 

[aleki]

↑+1
I only use comply's with them, otherwise my ears destroy the drivers very quickly. Its a shame, really

 

[Peter]

Thanks for the information. I had stopped the burn in tone now and feed it with music. I am no rush to contact Monster for now since the its a life time warranty. I'll burn in a bit more to see to if the sound are still changing.

 

[DestradoImpulse]

Finally got my pair of MDs and loving them so far. Through my iPod 5.5G through the headphone jack it sounds rather dead compared to my iPhone 4G but a iQube V1 is in order along with an LOD so I'll get a real taste of what they can do soon enough.
 
Regardless, the mids are every bit as lush and smooth as described by everybody else here in this thread.

 

[kendric]

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Finally got my pair of MDs and loving them so far. Through my iPod 5.5G through the headphone jack it sounds rather dead compared to my iPhone 4G but a iQube V1 is in order along with an LOD so I'll get a real taste of what they can do soon enough.
 
Regardless, the mids are every bit as lush and smooth as described by everybody else here in this thread.

Glad you love them! And welcome to the MD Club!

 

[jiunhong]

Was just wondering, what tips do you guys use? Or where do you guys buy from? The Supertips cant stay in my ears, so I'm using the triple flanges but i cut off the smallest tip to make it a bi flange. And sometimes I use tips from my old bold 9000 earphones.. 
 
any recommendation on tips? as changing tips really changes the sound a lot on the MDs

 

[aleki]

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Was just wondering, what tips do you guys use? Or where do you guys buy from? The Supertips cant stay in my ears, so I'm using the triple flanges but i cut off the smallest tip to make it a bi flange. And sometimes I use tips from my old bold 9000 earphones.. 
 
any recommendation on tips? as changing tips really changes the sound a lot on the MDs

 
I just use comply's and flip them backwards. I find it does the decent job at keeping the sound relative to the original tuning, and stay comfortable for quite a while

 
 

 

[Infoseeker]

 
I use modded small comply t500s (though their website recommends t400's). The tubing didn't need to be stretched. I just did the usual modding of cutting off the excess foam that comes after the filtering/tubing; and kept only the foam surrounding the tubing/filter.
 

 

[aleki]

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I use modded small comply t500s (though there website recommends t400's). The tubing didn't need to be stretched. I just did the usual modding of cutting off the excess foam that comes after the filtering/tubing; and kept only the foam surrounding the tubing/filter.
 

no need to mod mate, just flip them

 

 

[Infoseeker]

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no need to mod mate, just flip them

 

 
xD
I'll try that when I next replace the current ones.
 
 

 

[Inks]

x2, treat the MD drivers with care. I believe both Anax and I learned this the hard way (replacing our first pair) and used controlled burn-in afterwards. 

I hope you didn't damage the driver but the MDs are very delicate.  I highly recommend only using music for burn in and not going excessively louder than you would listen to.  Do not use noise or tones on the MD.  Just quality music at normal volume the first week.  No joke.  They are the most sensitive drivers I have ever used.  I baby them beyond reason.  Treat it like a potted plant the first week and let it rest in between sessions.  I have no scientific basis for any of this only the experience of myself and others.  
 
Try different tips and fit.  If the don't open up again I fear they are damaged.
 

 

 

[Anaxilus]

I like mine over the ear w/ Meelec M9/M11 bi-flanges.  They insert kind of up and in.  Pretty much resort to this for all my straight barrel IEMs now.  Gets me a straighter shot to the ear drum.

 

[seanmo]

+1 for the meelec bi-flanges...they are my go to tips...I have a pair of RE0 bi-flanges that are very similar that I also use...the bi flanges just seem to fit my ears better than anything else. I have had no luck whatsoever with the monster gels or foams.
 

 

[vincent33]

Has anyone tried MD+RX2 or MD+IQUBE V1? (or pico slim)
I have a difficulty in picking the two..for size ofcoz RX2 is better, but I am not sure if RX2 would make the bass even more overwhelming...
I am looking for an amp offering better separation and clear presentation (which I think MD needs personally)...
IBASSO seems too big for me to be portable...