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i have the mikros 90s, and for the $55 they're selling at now they sound okay. It is not a bassy headphone, althought I haven't finished my burn-in... One thing for sure though, unlike what someone said on the thread, the Mikros 90's are most certaintly not worth their $300 MSRP.
Any credible judgment should be suspended until about 200+ hours with the MLs. That has been reiterated ad nauseum.
Readers here should go to the Mikros 90 thread and read impressions there, rather than subscribe to heresay, thirdhand, from the likes of poopsockky.
If you are forming your personal "judgments" from innuendo, rumor and heresay . . . well, your "judgments" will be invalid.
Funny thing: this is what poop posted on the ML thread:
"I haven't burned them in yet, so i won't write anything about the sound... but its not like im really qualified to write about..."
So, the poop is not qualified to post his impressions, sans burn-in, on the Mikros 90 thread, but he is somehow qualified to post his "unqualified" and highly generalized impressions on the "shootout" thread. Hmmmm.
I have mentioned it before and I will repeat it again: this thread should include the Martin Logan Mikros 90 as a valid entrant/contender.
IMHO, the Mikros 90 ARE worth their $300 MSRP.
Unlike the popular Head-Fi darling KEF M500 which, IMHO, ARE NOT worth their $300 MSRP [nor their current street price].
The Mikros 90, IMHE, are among the best headphones--portable or otherwise--that I have heard/owned to date.
See the equipment lists in my community profile and decide for yourselves whether I am "qualified" to assert such claims about the Mikros 90. Or, better yet, get a pair of the MLs and decide for yourselves.
But please, do not form an erroneous opinion based on a thirdhand account from someone who has not even spent a modicum of hours with the Mikros 90 [and has not identified the gear/sources matched with the MLs.].
However, if that is the formative "norm" of opinion on this thread, or others on H-F, then these forums have a lot of "growing up" to do.