[truthless]

Hey guys,
 
is it just me or is the left side of the ear cups a little louder with the vocals? I'm not sure... It honestly irks me a bit right now. The production/sound is normal on both sides.

 

[zazex]

  Hey guys,
 
is it just me or is the left side of the ear cups a little louder with the vocals? I'm not sure... It honestly irks me a bit right now. The production/sound is normal on both sides.

 
If so, it's more likely to be the recording or your electronics,
since the headphone drivers are just passive transducers.

 

[Kabonfaiba]

  Hey guys,
 
is it just me or is the left side of the ear cups a little louder with the vocals? I'm not sure... It honestly irks me a bit right now. The production/sound is normal on both sides.

I had this briefly, but not anymore, I didn't bother to investigate further. Adjust the balance of your levels in Windows / whatever device you have for the time being.
 
It might be:
 
1) Headphone burn in
2) Brain adapting to soundstage
3) In the recording
4) Headphone imbalance [Use SineGen to test]
 
Whatever it is, it went away for me, and my levels are balanced.

 

[truthless]

   
If so, it's more likely to be the recording or your electronics,
since the headphone drivers are just passive transducers.

Must be my brain haha.
 
 

 
I had this briefly, but not anymore, I didn't bother to investigate further. Adjust the balance of your levels in Windows / whatever device you have for the time being.
 
It might be:
 
1) Headphone burn in
2) Brain adapting to soundstage
3) In the recording
4) Headphone imbalance [Use SineGen to test]
 
Whatever it is, it went away for me, and my levels are balanced.

Yeah thanks. It actually got better now. Guess I had to get used to it, since it's still new. 

 

[Mark Up]

It may be the headphone panning accuracy is really good. A LOT of engineers pan vocals left and then create a delayed version to the right to make it fatter sounding. I've been able to pick this out in recordings for years on almost any monitors or headphones.

 

[goodyfresh]

It may be the headphone panning accuracy is really good. A LOT of engineers pan vocals left and then create a delayed version to the right to make it fatter sounding. I've been able to pick this out in recordings for years on almost any monitors or headphones.

That's probably it. When I demo-listened to a pair of MDR-1A's in the store, I noticed that the directional imaging and soundstage on them is EXCELLENT for closed-backs, and they do panned sounds really, really well.

 

[hansb]

 
Actually very good, particularly with aging dx90. much more comfortable than Momentum, I continue using both though at work...

 

[DavidA]

They are very comfortable but get hot to quickly for me here in Hawaii

 

[hansb]

that is true, they get hot, i am using them only indoors, in air conditioned room. But then all other Leatherette or Leather pads on headphones I own are hot as well...

 

[kitfrisk]

(Where) Can you get velour pads on these? or pleathers for spare?

 

[money4me247]

  (Where) Can you get velour pads on these? or pleathers for spare?

no official velour pads for these to my knowledge. the stock earpads are made of pleather. should be able to get spare ones from Sony.

 

[dazzerfong]

  (Where) Can you get velour pads on these? or pleathers for spare?

You can get spares from Sony. I'll warn you, they're not cheap: like $35 AUD for one side only.

 

[kitfrisk]

  You can get spares from Sony. I'll warn you, they're not cheap: like $35 AUD for one side only.

Wow. $70 a pair. It would be worth it if it was leather leather...

 

[JJZ109]

  They are very comfortable but get hot to quickly for me here in Hawaii

Don't worry, they get hot even here under european Alps ... in summer and in winter.

 

 

[SSSN]

Can someone compare the MDR-1A to the M50x, especially the bass?