Three cheers for JVC's Marshmellows!!

[kloan]

Wow! I'm actually impressed with these... I was going to replace my Apple IEMs with the Altec Lansing iM716, but I was in Future Shop and saw a shelf full of the Marshmellows and thought, meh what the heck.. for $24.99... why not.

I'm glad I did.

These are very tame sounding 'phones. They have impressive sound stage (slightly better than the Apples), the treble is very calm and clear (no silibance), while the bass is slightly on the muddy side, I don't find it in the least bit offensive in anyway, it's just.. well... 'mellow'.

Only downside is that they're not as efficient as the Apples.. but I have a feeling these aren't going to ruin my hearing like the Apples were.

Oh, and I got the green/white ones....

One more thing, I also don't have to use the EQ anymore.. they sound good as is.

 

[uraflit]

great! i bought some shure e2 foamies becuz some folks here said it improved sound/isolation... must try them!

 

[kloan]

i'm normally not a fan of foamies.. fussin about with squeezin them and all that... hehe.. but i'm actually liking the included ones, surprisingly enough.. i'm going to try out my dual-flange tips soon to see how those sound. just gotta disinfect them, dropped them on the ground.. yuck.

 

[terance]

will black foamies fit the marshmellows??

if so, i'm going to go out and buy a pair asap

not the new lame olive shaped foamies, the old ones

 

[jinp6301]

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Originally Posted by terance /img/forum/go_quote.gif will black foamies fit the marshmellows?? if so, i'm going to go out and buy a pair asap not the new lame olive shaped foamies, the old ones

the olive shaped foamies arent lame

and the ones I have from the E2 are orange, i dont think there was ever black e2 foamies (or am I stupid?)

 

[kloan]

i thought i saw black ones...

 

[akwok]

Mine got sucked up by the vacuum cleaner the other day and I have to buy a new pair.

 

[GreatDane]

I bought some mallows last week,I was at Wal-Mart and they jumped out at me....$20, why not?

I've only listened to them for about 20 minutes at this point. I'm giving them 250 hours of pink noise before I listen again.

they are on day 6...along with my 325i.

I thought they sounded pretty good for $20, but I like a lot of bass. I thought mids and treble were decent.

What I didn't like was the fact that I couldn't squish the foam very much...sorta have to just cram 'em in.

 

[PerformanceFirst]

I got them when Best Buy had them for $15. I thought they sound very tinny and bad when I first got them, but they've burned in or I've gotten used to them or whatever, and they aren't so bad now. The isolation is pretty good too. I no longer have to crank my KSC75s while walking around campus.

 

[kloan]

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Originally Posted by GreatDane /img/forum/go_quote.gif I bought some mallows

doh! and here i thought they were using a clever way of words... my bad..

 

[GreatDane]

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Originally Posted by kloan /img/forum/go_quote.gif doh! and here i thought they were using a clever way of words... my bad..

Well, they do sound quite mellow you know.

edit

You just added that pic?? Very nice shot...makes me hungry for some reason.

I think that you can edit your thread title if you "go advanced" while editing...although that would sort of ruin the joke eh?

 

[ugester]

wow beautiful setup. Your colour choice fits well with the brand name of ur dap

 

[GendoIkari]

I love my 'mallows, best thing I can recommend is to remove the marshmellowy earpiece and use a pen knife to cut the little paper 'earwax guard' off of the end of the sound tube. After I did that I was really happy with these bad boys, seemed to help clean up the bass and make them sound... better

I hope that made sense. If not, search around, Kramer5150 came up with a bunch of mods for these, IIRC.

 

[ugester]

You just cut off the wax guard thing? Did you stick foam inside there or not? I cut out that paper filter and couldn't listen to them, way to harsh. But with foam inside it calms it down a little without sacrificing the newly acquired highs

 

[kloan]

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Originally Posted by ugester /img/forum/go_quote.gif wow beautiful setup. Your colour choice fits well with the brand name of ur dap

thanks, ya i'm happy with my set up for now.... gonna work on makin a new headamp soon though, since it's been a while.


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Originally Posted by GreatDane /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think that you can edit your thread title if you "go advanced" while editing...although that would sort of ruin the joke eh?

then none of this would make any sense!