Great headphones, been using them for the past couple of years, however the biggest point of failure I find is the hinge cracking. I nearly always remove the headphones from above the hinge save for once or twice, so Iām not sure if thereās anything else Iām doing wrong, or if itās just simply a failure in the design on Audio-Technicaās part, but this is the second time Iāve encountered the problem in the past 4 years, and it looks like my Iāll be getting a third pair soon enough once it breaks.
Oh sweet, I didnāt even know they made a wireless adapter for these. As far as āZMFā pads, which ones are you using?
Iām finding the default pads uncomfortable for my ears after a half hour, but I donāt want to return these since I like the way they sound. Are the pads you refer to similar in shape or say longer vertically like Jubilee HD58X (which I find to be the most comfortable pads for my head/ear shape)?
Mine really broke due to my little brother accidentally sitting on them and now they are dangling therefore I cannot wear them anymore. Yeah, I agree that is one of the issues that the M40x has and man it sucks more when I did some modifications on mine with the pads and cable replaced. RIP my M40x.
For me, the Shure HPAEC1540 definitely increase comfort, especially in 48C+ Australian summer, so the pads donāt stick to your face.
Itās been a long time since I heard them with any other pad, so this is going from memories a long time ago, The pads probably did bring up the low end. Sound stage did get better with the balanced mod.
I just saw this old picture of my M40x when I first bought it, looking at it right now makes me feel a bit sad since I can no longer get this beauty to work again. Also this was the time that I never had the new pads and new cable back then, it was stock to the brim. Still love it to this day man and I miss it.
I recently found the arm assemblies on fullcompass.com for $12.25 plus tax with free shipping. Left arm assembly is part number 385409180, right arm assembly is 385409190.
