This is the Monoprice Retros with the Yaxi TH900/610 ear pads on them.
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I bought these purely out of curiosity. I didnāt expect them to compete with my daily drivers but I thought they might be fun to mess around with from time to time. I refunded them almost immediately. These arenāt like Koss products where you get insanely good sound quality for almost no money. These sound like what I would expect a 30 dollar headphone to sound like. Muddy as hell and the bass is boosted to a ludicrous degree. I bump the bass in almost all of my headphones. I love me some low end. This though? Totally overpowering. They might be okay for gaming but listening to music with these was not enjoyable to me on any level.
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makes for good eq practice
How are you measuring?
Do you have a PEQ in a format which can be imported into a player, or at least the raw numbers for frequency, Q and dB?
Currently mine have the Brainwavz Round XL Micro Suede pads and I removed the thick plastic stickers from the driver cover.
iām using peace eq which is only on pc, and peace letās you import an image overlay so i just got the best graph i could find. thereās a player on the app store called EQ player 4 which i use for mobile, and you can sort of emulate peace like that.
Sorry to bring up an old post, but did removing the stickers help with anything?
Not significantly according to my ears at the time. There may have been a little more treble, but I made no A/B comparisons and did no critical listening to validate.
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Just finished modding these. Dampened the drivers and they kinda sound like the th900. Very happy with it so far.
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Thatās high praise! Iām sure Iām not the only one interested in reading and maybe seeing more of your mods including the balanced connectors.
Is that a Shiit Asgard 3?
Are those Brainwavz XL Hybrid pads? I settled on the Brainwavz XL Gel pads for mine.
Brainwavz sales are not unusual, but I notice that they now have a category for the pads specifically for the Modern Retro.
Yes
And yes, I felt like these and the perforated pleathers had the cleanest sound. Not quite satisfied with the midrange but compared to stock theyāre more forward and fuller. Gonna keep experimenting.
The hybrids bass response btw is very close in amount to my th900 which have th610 pads on them.
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Just bought these with pleather brainwavz, for the memesā¦Iām pretty mindblown tbh, the way these image and soundstage (bass in particular) kills every usual budget recommendation imo, Iād 100% take these over shp9500s or any of the cheap koss.
Yes they sound great in their own weird way.
I would say if youād also want to game and do other stuff the 9500 or kph30i are superior. Atleast in an unmodded state.
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I only own two pairs of headphones this board would care about. HD6xx and Modern Retros. While I can appreciate what the HD6xx do better. I find myself coming back to the retros half the time. Love these headphones.
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How did you dampen the drivers? I bought the hybrids and they sound a bit offā¦ Please do tell
The Modern Retro is a good pair of headphones for low budgets. If you are thinking about buying them you need to know that they are V-shaped.
I was experimenting with EQ, I tried the setup that Delta posted above and modified it.
Raw:
Preamp: -9.5 dB
Filter 1: ON LSC 5 dB Fc 147 Hz Gain 4.5 dB (adjust gain to preference for bass)
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 215 Hz Gain -3 dB Q 0.2
Filter 3: ON PK Fc 330 Hz Gain -1 dB Q 0.3
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 338 Hz Gain 6 dB Q 1
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 543 Hz Gain 1.5 dB Q 0.2
Filter 6: ON LSC 5 dB Fc 865 Hz Gain 5 dB
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 993 Hz Gain 4 dB Q 0.8
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 1193 Hz Gain -2.5 dB Q 0.8 (adjust gain to preference for mids)
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 2021 Hz Gain -0.5 dB Q 0.8
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 3600 Hz Gain 5 dB Q 2
Filter 11: ON PK Fc 5000 Hz Gain -12 dB Q 10
Filter 12: ON PK Fc 5981 Hz Gain 2.5 dB Q 2
Filter 14: ON PK Fc 8119 Hz Gain -7.5 dB Q 1
Filter 15: ON PK Fc 11451 Hz Gain -1.5 dB Q 1.41 (adjust gain to preference for airiness)
Filter 16: ON PK Fc 10608 Hz Gain 7 dB Q 0.2
I know this is an old thread but there isnāt too much info about these headphones on the internet and the only eq setup I find is the one Delta posted. So I want to contribute.
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Which changes in bass, mids and airiness would you recommend for competitive gaming?
When I play competitive games like CSGO or Rainbow Six Siege I turn off the EQ because I find the stock sound signature good to play games. But if you want to keep the EQ on you can increase the gain around 500hz-2khz (Footsteps and weapon sounds are in that range) and disable the 215hz filter.
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I just found this and copy your settingā¦ Sound a bit more āorganizedā now if I have to describe it in one word, Im pleased to listen to my music with them and be more than happy for what they cost me anyway... Im a rookie when it comes to EQ things so if you don`t mind will you be kind and do EQ settings with what you will change if you were playing competitive games? Since is Christmas ā¦I will wish you all the best and Merry Xmas to you and everyone else here!
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Sorry for the late response.
To competitive games increase the gain around 250hz to 2khz. Sounds like footsteps, shots, etc. are in that range. Or maybe instead of increasing the gain, you can decrease the gain of the other frequencies and let sub-bass and mids on 0dB.