It's really enough to pull them off without using any additional tools. Easiest is to grab it with the thumb on the outer side + index (pointy?) finger from the inside and pushing it a bit from the inside and just drag it off and then it will easily come off after that.
Yea when you push it outwards from the inside the pleather "ring" / edge just comes off from the inside... it's really enough to push it outwards from the inside then it comes off.
Yea when you push it outwards from the inside the pleather "ring" / edge just comes off from the inside... it's really enough to push it outwards from the inside then it comes off.
840 is much more neutral/midcentric, very laid back, sub bass gradually rolls off below 100Hz despite some good mid bass punch. It's capable of producing very low frequencies but without EQ sub bass is lacking in quantity. Among the best headphones for studio monitoring.
Q40 is all about the bass. The midrange is thicker/warmer. A lot more fun to listen to but obviousy not for monitoring.
840 is much more neutral/midcentric, very laid back, sub bass gradually rolls off below 100Hz despite some good mid bass punch. It's capable of producing very low frequencies but without EQ sub bass is lacking in quantity. Among the best headphones for studio monitoring.
Q40 is all about the bass. The midrange is thicker/warmer. A lot more fun to listen to but obviousy not for monitoring.
What do you mean by thicker/warmer midrange? Is it more full? Also, what about the highs? I want some high quality headphones while they're fun to listen to.
What do you mean by thicker/warmer midrange? Is it more full? Also, what about the highs? I want some high quality headphones while they're fun to listen to.
Thicker/warmer midrange as in there is more emphasis on the lower mids, so male vocals etc sound fuller. 840 has a bit more emphasis on the upper mids so female vocals, guitars etc sound amazing. 840 has more lower treble emphasis so it adds this airy shimmer to some instruments, but not as much as the Shure 440. Some people found their Q40 sibilant but my pair never had this problem so it may be a quality control issue. My Q40 has smooth, laid back highs and sometimes I add a bit of sparkle with EQ. 840 also has bigger soundstage whereas Q40 is more in your face.
I master hardstyle tracks with my Q40 for a lot of newcomers especially. For me they work perfectly because due to the ability to feel the bass I can more accurately tell that the bass levels are suitable (when I start to feel it, then I know it's fine). With a more bass anemic pair it would be much more difficult for me and the mids and highs are nicely balanced without the typical rollercoaster frequency response for a bass heavy pair.
I think there is often put a lot of exaggeration on the product used instead of emphasizing one person's ability to interpret what they hear and the ability to put your personal preferences aside and just try to tweak for the "golden middlepath". Golden middlepath means if you've heard a lot of tracks by retail high quality stuff, you know roughly how it should sound like, how loud the mids & highs should be versus the lows etc ON THAT PARTICULAR headphone. If I swapped headphones now to a new one it would take quite a while before I'd be able to master as nicely as on the Q40 as I don't know how retail tracks are sounding on those new headphones so I can't accurately judge, is what I'm tweaking good or not. I mean if your Ultrasone PRO900 has retail tracks sounding slightly painfully bright then your masterings should also sound slightly painfully bright. That is how I work, I compare with professionally company made stuff to get a grasp what it should be like as I believe if you take a large chunk of data, some of it will be slightly "extreme" and out of place but the average value of that data will work best for the biggest amount people. That's how I do my mastering, primarily it should sound like the "average retail hardstyle track", that is the first priority, the golden middlepath rule.
Thicker/warmer midrange as in there is more emphasis on the lower mids, so male vocals etc sound fuller. 840 has a bit more emphasis on the upper mids so female vocals, guitars etc sound amazing. 840 has more lower treble emphasis so it adds this airy shimmer to some instruments, but not as much as the Shure 440. Some people found their Q40 sibilant but my pair never had this problem so it may be a quality control issue. My Q40 has smooth, laid back highs and sometimes I add a bit of sparkle with EQ. 840 also has bigger soundstage whereas Q40 is more in your face.
Back to stock now. The 440 pads sound terrible on the Q40s. The 840 pads are better, but I'm using those on my 440 now. I've been meaning to try the Hifiman pads.
Back to stock now. The 440 pads sound terrible on the Q40s. The 840 pads are better, but I'm using those on my 440 now. I've been meaning to try the Hifiman pads.
I know you were asking dakanao but I've tried 6 different pads on the Q40. My opinion - 840 much better than stock. HiFiMan leathers better than stock and about equal to 840's. Maybe it's the comfort improvement swaying my impressions but the stockers just don't cut it for me.
Beyer velours - uber comfy, killed the bass.
Beyer clear gels - uber weird feeling, great sound, hard to look at. LOL
I know you were asking dakanao but I've tried 6 different pads on the Q40. My opinion - 840 much better than stock. HiFiMan leathers better than stock and about equal to 840's. Maybe it's the comfort improvement swaying my impressions but the stockers just don't cut it for me.
Beyer velours - uber comfy, killed the bass.
Beyer clear gels - uber weird feeling, great sound, hard to look at. LOL
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