[valkolton]

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Shhhhhh! Why are you being so honest?! Just keep it! Just kidding. Maybe they mixed up their orders. Either that, or you were supposed to get two Faders???

We just hired a new person but he'll be up to speed on Monday, promise!!!

 

[Audio WannaBe]

Cool. New employee. By the way Val, I ordered an M-80 on earlier this week that would be shipped to Singapore. Roughly how long would it takenfor te M-80 to arrive. I'm already getting really excited about it's arrival. Oh, and is it possble to preview my custom faceplates when they are done? Thanks!

 

[EveTan]

Good luck to the new employee ^.^!
Also, hasn't this thread deviated from the original voyage post?
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We just hired a new person but he'll be up to speed on Monday, promise!!!

 

 

[tnmike1]

My 30-hr burn in should be done shortly, then on to some serious listening.  Meanwhile, I'm wondering: anyone thought of replacing the existing cable with custom from, say ALO, Whiplash or others?? Wonder what it would do to the sound.
 
I know we're reviewing the stock headphone, but just wondering what a tweak like that would do.

 

[valkolton]

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My 30-hr burn in should be done shortly, then on to some serious listening.  Meanwhile, I'm wondering: anyone thought of replacing the existing cable with custom from, say ALO, Whiplash or others?? Wonder what it would do to the sound.
 
I know we're reviewing the stock headphone, but just wondering what a tweak like that would do.

We've already began testing with different cables and had positive results... But it was negligible to most of our team except me and one other manager. Our audio only cable sounds better IMO and we extended it to 80" vs 69" due to this and Sander Kleinenberg/Erick Morillo requests.  Give me your feedback and we can optimize the cable in the future since we are going all customs!  

 

[tnmike1]

Excuse me but Iforget: are these beta editions??  Cannot find this exact name--V-Moda Crossfade M-80 Audio Voyage--on Amazon or a few other sites.  So just wondering if we're reviewing someting that hasn't hit the market yet.  And if this is true, further wonder what price point these will be in retail??

 

[Audio WannaBe]

Hey! The M-80s are on Amazon. Saw them retail at about USD249 when the website retails at USD230. Strange. Anyway, after 30 hours how do they sound? Is it okay to give a sneak peek of your review?

 

[tnmike1]

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Hey! The M-80s are on Amazon. Saw them retail at about USD249 when the website retails at USD230. Strange. Anyway, after 30 hours how do they sound? Is it okay to give a sneak peek of your review?

I saw these on Amazon which is what prompted my question: they are not called "Audio Voyage"--just M-80 Crossfade.  So my question still remains
 

 

[Audio WannaBe]

Isn't 'Audio Voyage' the name of this mass review that all you selected people are taking part in?

 

[JamesMcProgger]

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Isn't 'Audio Voyage' the name of this mass review that all you selected people are taking part in?

yeah.
 
the headphone is named V moda M80

 

[dbdynsty25]

But don't buy em from Amazon based on the seller that has them there.  Buy them from V-Moda directly for $229 or from Radio Shack...$199.  Not sure why the seller on Amazon has them marked up.  MSRP is $229.

 

[SemperMalum]

 
I have nothing but good things to say about V-Moda's customer service, so I'd suggest buying straight from their website as well. Shipping was very fast for me. I live in the same state, though, so, I guess take that part with a grain of salt.

 

[boylit]

Just got my pair today..... I will post pics soon. In the meantime, I used freq sweep files from www.burninwave.com to burn it in at 50% volume. The temporary sq loss that they discussed seems to be true... It's kinda freaking me out I hope this goes away.....

 

[boylit]

Updates: Anyone else notice pretty bad distortion on the 2 bundled cables with buttons? Using my PC laptop for playback (SRS turned on, EQ flat, no loudness equalization). The red cable's distortion goes away when I hold the button. Strange... However, I have no problem so far on the free extra audio cable with no button...
 
It's been 4 hours playback with all kinds of audio/static noise/music/movies. I'll give my headphones a rest and try again tomorrow... Hopefully they wake up and the SQ comes back...

 

[tnmike1]

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Just got my pair today..... I will post pics soon. In the meantime, I used freq sweep files from www.burninwave.com to burn it in at 50% volume. The temporary sq loss that they discussed seems to be true... It's kinda freaking me out I hope this goes away.....

You're right.  Hated my pair straight out of the box, but after 50-60 hrs use they sounded excellent.  Now at over 100 hrs they're even better.