MM-500 Professional Over-Ear Headphones

Man these things are so good. I sound design and produce electronic music, from DAW & VSTi through SoundBlaster AE9 & proprietary amp to these headphones. The sound clarity and accuracy is really unbelievable. I can not believe a pair of headphones can produce this kind of sound. It sounds literally the same as perfectly spaced monitors with room treatment. I don't really know how to describe it but it feels like there is absolutely no obstacles between me and what I'm trying to do and create anymore. For me personally, they fit perfectly. The cups are really luxury, especially compared to the felt or whatever cups on the beyerdynamic 990's. The only concern I have about wearing them for long periods is having things on high volume without realizing it due to the lack of distortion or crowding. Price tag is really high, personally I wouldn't buy them just for listening to music, but for producing, mixing, designing etc, yea definitely happy with them!

Even I read many reviews about the Audeze MM-500 before purchase, I wasn’t prepared to hear so many details... I wanted to make sure that Audeze warranty is valid because the company wants bill of sale from their authorized dealer and in my case - it was from Amazon. I have reached Amazon product support and was connected to Gramophone (seller) by Amazon messaging. I also tried to get help from Audeze customer support. The Gramophone responded quickly and offered to communicate with Audeze. Audeze customer support requested a bill of sale from Amazon and confirmed that in my case warranty is valid. I am very thankful to Amazon and Gramophone for their help.

Well.. I got the details and clearness but what about the dynamics and soundstages? Great details of the trebles. Sounds very clean. But the main issue was that the sound staging. It is really packed and smaller than other audeze. And since it has flat sounds, I couldn’t find good dynamics. This 1800$ headphones is worth for the sound engineers but not for the general audience. Talking about its build quality, Okay, the compared to other audeze products, it is way more lighter but it has smaller ear pads so it was just uncomfortable for me. But I could say that it is high quality built. Some would say that it is too tight but it was not that bad for me. Just a bit tighter than audeze lcd series. I recommend lcdx open back more for normal users. However, if you are okay with flat sounds and small soundstage, then it will be the perfect headphones. + I personally don’t like to use eq too much, but it did sound better after applying some eq. So.. it is your choice to try it

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Buy these right now!!! I've never heard music until I pulled the trigger and bought these. I paired them with Sound ID Reference with the Virtual Monitoring software, and it's like I'm listening to my desktop monitors without the bass frequency problems that my room introduces.

Just buy them. These headphones are on a different level. I use them to mix and they changed my entire life.

I purchased the MM-500's as my first premium pair of headphones after many years sticking with Sennheiser's HD600/650 series. During the immediate period prior to my purchase of the MM-500, I actually fully expected that I'd upgrade to the acclaimed Sennheiser HD800s, primed as I was by my familiarity and comfort with that famously warm, smooth and relaxed Sennheiser sound. Yet one day I scheduled a listening session at a local shop and demoed several headphones from different manufacturers, including the Audeze MM-500 and the Sennheiser HD800s. To my great surprise, after comparison, I found myself forming a strong preference for the Audeze MM-500 over the other headphones. The Audeze's dynamics, vast frequency extension, and crisp "airiness" are simply extraordinary. They are all-rounders that wonderfully reproduce recordings spanning many genres of music but I especially loved how the MM-500 seemed to leave nothing veiled: they are highly revealing, engaging, and, most of all, very fun. Given these characteristics, I can definitely see why Audeze markets the MM-500 toward audio professionals and engineers but if you're a casual listener like myself, definitely consider these headphones and give them a try. You may be joyfully surprised.