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Wait 3 more hours before you sell anything Val! Just woke up for a night snack - I'll be up for real in 3 hours or so!
*crisses fingers harder than ever before* So excited!
Thanks!!! I'm so amped too, I am wearing the first unit right now, the cable is shocking and looks killer. They won't go on sale quite yet until we sort and see what we "yield".
In fact, we test the FR curves at 6 points to be lower than <2dB variance. For the first 100 units, we yielded about 50%, yet the units that didn't pass were SOOOO close you'd almost say "ok you made it" considering that some brands are up to 20dB variances. But, thats not how we roll and a rule is a rule on our variance tolerances.
In the end, this is
very good news on the sound based on my years of experience that the yield will be >90% in both the next PP round/rework and the MP. Have no fear, the rejects aren't trashed with our on/over-ear products, they just go back to school and get new drivers/parts until they pass!
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Question to Val,
My use of the M-100 will definitely be in quiet environments. I will listen at low volumes (lower than most people because of a condition I have.) Now more than ever, since I have been using the faders VIP daily. I used to watch movies on TV at a volume of 20-23, and now that I have the faders VIP, I watch movies on TV at volumes of 10-13 (without wearing the faders VIP!).
How is the performance of the M-100 at very low volumes without an amp? Will it suit me?
Does an amp increase volume without a person manually increasing volume on the source? I surely don't need more volume.
Thanks.
Wow, another use for faders. Tell me more or post review on Amazon about this. Every day I learn of more uses for Faders VIP that I never originally intended. It is fascinating to me as I didn't test that "use case" scenerio.
Low Volume Listening and Fletcher-Munson Contours
Great question.... If you have time research the Fletcher-Munson and the perception of loudness and sound quality. It is tough because I'd need to see your audiogram to know your hearing loss in the "notch" and high frequencies as well as know the songs/genres you listen to for the optimal answer. Since your a Faders user and obviously smart as you are here, I will assume that you have pretty good to great hearing. Therefore, I'd have to say a resounding "YES"!
I don't have time to do a fancy drawing now but I'm working on one. Many "audiophile brand" curves actually are
not flat and from low to high the SPL is constantly rising. OR they artifically spike the highs. This is terrible... Ours usually have a bass boost (ranging from medium to "freq'), but we aim to keep the mids and highs flat. I like to say "don't get too high"
M-100 is going to be the best low-volume listening we've made IMO because the highs have a much further extension than our other models and the overall clarity is amazing. We do have some bass boost however, so maybe if you listen at 50% volume for older songs we can find an EQ setting that is optimal. Or... another solution is VQ:
VQ on VAMP
The "VQ" setting on VAMP was designed to also enhance low volume listening. VQ + M-100 is perfect for this use case, I don't know about iPhone's stock EQ settings as I never use them but I do know VAMP + M-100 + VQ is very special.
