I read previously (in
purrin's post, where one might argue he is justified for being frustrated by the confusion regarding pads), that the PM-2 will allegedly
not have the ring-shaped felt dampeners that sit between the ear pads and the drivers on the PM-1. Indeed, in
Bigshot's post, which follows purrin's, he says that his PM-1 pads were shipped without the felt rings. My PM-1, on the other hand, was shipped with the felt rings adhesed to both the velour and lambskin pads.
This absence or presence of the felt ring in the PM-1 ear pads might account for the huge disparity of opinion regarding the PM-1 having or not having any "sparkle."
That page makes no mention of whether or not the PM-2 uses the same felt rings as the PM-1. Going by the information provided there, I would have to conclude that the PM-2 is equipped with the same felt rings as the PM-1, but that's not what I'm reading "on the street."
When you look at the underside of your production PM-2 ear pads, which of these two configurations do you see?
UPDATE: See
my follow-up post, below.
Mike