Andrew B.
Posted
I'm sad about M&D
I'm sad. I love how M&D over-ears look, feel and sound: I have actually bought 3 pairs of over-ears (2 for presents) and one pair of Earbuds. But sadly in my experience over a few years, there's always something that wears. Great design, mid-high-end pricing, disappointing tech. The Wired MH40's (about £200!) sound really great, quite soft but pleasantly warm (and they also definitely go down to 18hz!) but after the pads wore down within the year, I found out the expensive way that M&D had obsoleted their pads by reversing the polarity of the magnets in the pads. That's kinda unethical and very Apple. I decided to give them another chance and bought MW07 (?) Earbuds for commuting but the battery life is actually around 40mins on a full charge before the 'disappointed whale sound' batter charge notification interrupts your flow. Sound-wise even with .wav files the low end is great, tight and punchy but the high end (6k upwards) is really brittle/spiky in comparison to everything else I have in the studio (there's no app or EQ for the MW07s).