Noone025
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I recently purchased a set of these, I'm a sucker for a sale...
After reading many reviews I thought I succumb to the sound signature and after playing with the M80s, I was happy they would be well built. I had been looking at the M100's, but couldn't justify the price premium.
They arrived and I liked what I saw, not so much what I heard. I'm partial to a good dose of bass, but what came was messy. I am partial to burn in (both of the ears and the drivers) and gave them a few overnight sessions with some light listening in between.
They changed, the bass tightened and allowed the rest of the spectrum to come forward a little more. At this point some songs sounded decent, but most music was flat and lacking. Metal and some genre's I wasn't expecting were coming out well at this point. I am not one to give up on a set of cans that don't sound good, I'm happy to see if modding can make some improvements. It was around 2 weeks after my initial listing I started reading about the XL pads and some reviews with promising results. I decided this would be a good place to start and 2 days ago I was prying the original pads from the cup frames. At this point I was reminded how solid the design of the V-Moda's is, the pads are secured from a stiff card mounted to the pads, changing pads is more of a mechanical manouvre than an erercise in stretching elastic and pleater.
I was hopefull these would bring it all together, having played with porting of the cans briefly I knew I could block some venting to flatten out the freqencies, but that would be somewhat hit and miss, I got lucky... The new pads are one of the few times I am going to say, this is how it should have come from the factory. The XL pads have given the space between the drivers and ear to allow a much flatter spectrum, the bass to be tighter and punchier and still allow the bass heavy (and fun, not flat) sound through.
LP's with XL pads and 50+ hours of burn in are a nice set of cans (At the right price, for casual, bass heavy listening). Sources do make a difference, whist they are sensitive, they definitely benefit from a strong (and not necessarily refined) amping for a V shaped fun sound sig.
After reading many reviews I thought I succumb to the sound signature and after playing with the M80s, I was happy they would be well built. I had been looking at the M100's, but couldn't justify the price premium.
They arrived and I liked what I saw, not so much what I heard. I'm partial to a good dose of bass, but what came was messy. I am partial to burn in (both of the ears and the drivers) and gave them a few overnight sessions with some light listening in between.
They changed, the bass tightened and allowed the rest of the spectrum to come forward a little more. At this point some songs sounded decent, but most music was flat and lacking. Metal and some genre's I wasn't expecting were coming out well at this point. I am not one to give up on a set of cans that don't sound good, I'm happy to see if modding can make some improvements. It was around 2 weeks after my initial listing I started reading about the XL pads and some reviews with promising results. I decided this would be a good place to start and 2 days ago I was prying the original pads from the cup frames. At this point I was reminded how solid the design of the V-Moda's is, the pads are secured from a stiff card mounted to the pads, changing pads is more of a mechanical manouvre than an erercise in stretching elastic and pleater.
I was hopefull these would bring it all together, having played with porting of the cans briefly I knew I could block some venting to flatten out the freqencies, but that would be somewhat hit and miss, I got lucky... The new pads are one of the few times I am going to say, this is how it should have come from the factory. The XL pads have given the space between the drivers and ear to allow a much flatter spectrum, the bass to be tighter and punchier and still allow the bass heavy (and fun, not flat) sound through.
LP's with XL pads and 50+ hours of burn in are a nice set of cans (At the right price, for casual, bass heavy listening). Sources do make a difference, whist they are sensitive, they definitely benefit from a strong (and not necessarily refined) amping for a V shaped fun sound sig.
. They sound dark and I am a sucker for dark sound as having hd 650 and Sony MDR Z7. I am used to the dark sound and these are really detailed. Impressed 
