[iamoneagain]

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Originally Posted by tenzip /img/forum/go_quote.gif Perhaps I've missed something, but why not call them up and ask?

Tower's been out of business for about 2 years. I think there's still an online store.

 

[tenzip]

Ah. Well, never had a Tower around here that I was aware of, so their going out of the B&M business slipped under my radar.

 

[lecky]

I just got my MB Quart QP 805 HS, and they're 100ohms (says so on the side), I expected 300ohms, so there are/were obviously different drivers being used...

 

[ourfpshero]

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Originally Posted by lecky /img/forum/go_quote.gif I just got my MB Quart QP 805 HS, and they're 100ohms (says so on the side), I expected 300ohms, so there are/were obviously different drivers being used...

mb quart makes 100 ohm drivers.
the dbi labeled ones use their own 35 and 40 ohm drivers. i got an email straight from dbi on this

 

[logwed]

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Originally Posted by intoart /img/forum/go_quote.gif My local Barnes and Noble uses incredibly crappy Koss phones that must have cost $5 each. Hard to even get a rough idea of what the music sounds like on those (plus one channel often goes out on them, leaving unlistenable one-sided mono.)

lololol, those 'cans' sound like they have been treated with sandpaper.

 

[lecky]

German Maestro are advertised as 300 ohms and 35 ohms, and Google shows adds for MB Quart at 300 ohms.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

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Originally Posted by lecky /img/forum/go_quote.gif Did your mystery phones sound nice?

Actually, yes. If they're cheap headphones (and I'm sure they are), then they're probably the best headphones I've heard in the ~$50 price range.

 

[jjsoviet]

Lucky your music stores have those headphones. In my country, record stores either have no headphones at all or use Chinese knock-offs (not to offend the good country, I'm just saying.)

 

[Southern Cross]

Black, closed, heavy, tank-like, cheap but with quite a fine sound, used in Tower Records? It seems to me we may have a winner... the Koss TD/80: http://www.head-fi.org/products/koss-td-80-closed-ear-home-stereophone/reviews/8780.