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Has anyone tried the Monster Miles Davis Trumpet ? The design of the housing looks somewhat similar with the long protruded housing body that goes deeper into your ear, also the metallic mesh grille (or w/e its called) is alost identical. My friend has a pair and I immediately noticed the similarities but did not get a chance to try them out.
Ok, so I got my hands on them for an additional 15 minutes the other day. Below are some pics. The similarities are too close to be a coincidence, so either one stole from the other, or the design r&d was performed by an outside source and sold ?
The brief listening session revealed that the Monsters are indeed good sounding, a bit more high end, more bass (mid bass), mids felt a bit recessed compared to the yamms. The EPH-100 had better instument separation and imagining, then again the Trumpets had the supertips and the yamms the doubleflanges, did not have time to swap around. Looks like these supertips are special made for the Trumpets, as they are bit longer and will definitely fit the EPH (but didn not have stock "assortment" pack of supertips on me, so don't take my word for it). Also tried out the T and TS-400 complys on the Trumpets, and was able to squeeze them on, but because the inside was so streched out, they would no longer expand and lost all of the memory foam capabilities. I believe the 500's would fit, I will order a pack and will provide feedback. Again, not sure if is because of the tips but the monster's isolation is ridiculous, as in you cant hear crap with them in your ears and nothing playing, and unlike the yamaha the vents are in the back as can been seen from the pics.
So in conclusion, the monsters do sound pretty good, but not $300 good, however, if they were $200, I would consider them over the EPH because they are (IMO) gorgeous and construction/finish is top notch. My only complaint is the flat wire, as that may prove problematic wearing over the ear instead of down, but that is a personal comfort preference, and the monster's flat wire has absolutely no microphonics.
, but BBE Viva sounds really nice with the EPH-100. It's essentially a v-shaped setting and you'll loose a little bit of midrange presence and smoothness, but gain better soundstage, bass peak shifts toward deep bass and treble clears up nicely.
