Those are probably smoothed a ton. Wait for a 3rd party like Tyll or Rin to do measurements

You should probably RMA it if you can

It's microphonic, but I don't think it's a deal-breaker myself. Depends on how what you'll be using it for I suppose. I wouldn't recommend them for going to the gym

Yes the Modi is, and the benefits are theoretically less jitter, but it's not really a big deal.

Quote:   The Large TX100s. I'm not sure what you mean by wooly but I know with some other phones Comply's tended to kill the highs, which for some reason I didn't find to be a problem with the BA200s. I also hated the stock dual flanges, and couldn't get a seal at all. I was trying to get...

Comply tips worked best for me, isolation, comfort, and sound-wise but I know everybody is different.

Creative Aurvana Lives would work well.

I've fallen asleep on my SM64s and they didn't break. Luck of the draw I guess

I find the fit pretty good. The housing body is actually quite small compared to triple-BAs, and theres a ton of tips that fit on them. I haven't had the PFE in a while but the main difference I'd say is its treble, which is definitely sharper.

I think it has the impedance on the box somewhere, but if you ordered it recently you should have the v2

While this didn't work for the OP, I found switching to a different media player worked. With Foobar even light browsing would result in the occasional pop or click, and I could definitely make it stutter by opening up a bunch of tabs at once, but with MusicBee this doesn't happen at all.

Because the Ferrari badge on the headphones themselves cost $300

Quote:   Actually if you want to talk about math it's far more likely that one person is hearing something that's not there than hundreds of people not hearing something.

I recommend the TDK BA200 but honestly theres a ton of great options at that price point, from VSonic to Hifiman to Sony

So you're saying if I had a 10 foot long tip with perfect seal it would sound no different than a regular tip with perfect seal?

Quote:   Depth of insertion will affect bass too, so longer tips will have less bass than shorter ones, assuming identical depth of insertion.

Different tips can definitely give different sound, due to the bore size and how deep they go and the materials used

The word you're looking for is dynamics

Beats by Dre is its own brand. They split from Monster

Splurged on these, figuring I could return them if I wasn't absolutely impressed. So far these seem like a keeper. Compared to the SM3: 1. Mids aren't as thick, but are still on the warm side. 2. Bass hits harder, to my pleasant surprise. Listening to some DMZ (my sub-bass test) and these...

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AD700s

It's possible they made a new revision already, but I think you just happened to get a better fit with the pair you bought. They can be finnicky

I don't think any AT phone could be described as "flat" either. That's not to say they sound bad, but they're generally a bit colored. I may be overgeneralizing a bit though, as I've only heard a couple ATHs. I know their high end consumer phones are more euphonic sounding than neutral.

http://graphs.headphone.com/graphCompare.php?graphType=0&graphID[]=3571&graphID[]=3101   I have not heard the 940 but the K550 has pretty good, relatively flat bass extension. Denon D-X000 are flatter.   The only thing about the K550 is getting a good fit/seal. If you have a small head I...