Impressive Product, Impressive Price. 
by Craig Carlson from Atlanta, GA, September 2007
Music Background:  Semi Pro Musician, Monitor Engineer

Im a full time monitor engineer and i purchased the M5's for mixing musicans with IEM's. Before i had to use my cue wedge and guess how it would translate into the artist's ears. My intention was to get a middle level set of earbuds for work with musicians that bring their IEM's to my venue. When i received my pair, i plugged them into my laptop and started playing songs. I was immeditaly impressed with the clarity and full range of the drivers. They sounded better than my set of Sony full ear cans! My only complaint is that even using the smallest silicone adaptors, they still felt a tad bit uncomfortable and large in my ears. I swtiched to the smaller foam plugs provided in the box and they have worked out great since.

A few days later i had my first chance to mix a show with them, and they performed extremely well. They do an excellent job isolating outside sounds, and have a ton of headroom. I was mixing at medium volume, and all the instruments were clear and huge and there was no distortion from the drivers overloading. At times it felt like the low end was clipping a little bit, but i pulled a little bit out of the kick drum and it cleaned everything up just fine. I would highly reccommend these headphones to any musician, or engineer thats looking for a step up in their IEM's and want to stay within a reasonable budget.

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