Monolith Over Ear Planar Magnetic Headphones - With 106mm Driver, 50 Ohm, 10 Watt Maximum Power Handling, Open Back Design, Comfort Ear Pads For Studio/Professional, Black/Wood

I received the M1060 on August 20th and I use the headphones for 1 month already. I use it with a tube amplifier Nobsound MS-10D. I purchased this amplifier because I did not like my Sennheiser HD800S headphones on any solid state amps. The M1060 sound good with solid state amps and with the tube amp also, I could not tell much noticeable difference. I use with tube amp my Sennheiser HD800S with classical music and Soundtracks only,and for that type of music the best I ever heard. For other type of music I use Sennheiser HD600 and other headphones. All of them have dynamic drivers. I purchased the M1060 headphones for Movies but I tested in 1 month with music also. My main purpose of purchase because I did not have headphones for Movies and I did not have Planar Magnetic headphones until now. I did not want to spend 800 dollars for LCD2 Classic until I heard a Planar Magnetic headphone. I read many opinions about the M1060 and after all I decided I give a try. Built quality yes flimsy and I have to handle with care. I handle with care all my headphones anyway so that is okay with me. I use all my headphones at home and 1 of them closed back , but the others are open back headphones. The M1060 very comfortable on my head and many times I used for more than 3 hours watching movies. I did not make any modifications on my M1060 but I changed the cables because I did not like the elbow shape 3.5mm jack connector at all. That is the only thing I changed. I was curious how the treble sound on the M1060 because I never tested a Planar Magnetic headphone before. I read many people make modifications on these headphones and I seen it on YouTube also. I won't make any because I like how it is. I don't hear any 5K ringing, probably that issue was fixed. This is the 2nd generation M1060 what I have. In movies when people taking I don't hear harsh S and Sh sounds at all , the highs are just right. The treble is very good and I don't need more. Mid range is good I like it and the bass go deep but the amount of the bass for me not enough so I had to turn the bass on my amplifier +4db for my liking. At 0db for me the amount of bass not enough. I am so glad the M1060 takes the +4db bass very well. With the 4db plus I enjoy the movies and the bass does not leak in the mid range at all. The M1060 is a 50ohm 96db sensitivity headphone. On my amplifier not as loud as the 300 ohm 104db sensitivity Sennheiser HD800S or the Sennheiser HD600 what also 300 ohm. Both 300 ohm Sennheiser headphones sound louder on my amp than the 50ohm M1060. I turn on the volume when I use the M1060,no problem. I don't know other planar magnetic headphones would need +4db bass for my taste or not but I love the M1060 on +4db bass increase. If I would listen music and I wound not use the M1060 for movies only , I would turn the bass on +2db only. My Sennheiser HD800S and HD600 don't need the +4db bass but with movies I absolutely love the M1060 with the +4db bass. After 1 month test I decided to keep the M1060 and I think for 280 dollars very good. I might get later on the Audeze LCD2 Classic for movies not sure yet. If I order the LCD2 in the future and won't like it better, I will return the LCD2 after I test it and stay with the M1060. I almost forgot the sound stage of the M1060. Wide enough for me, but does not come close to the Sennheiser HD800S. With tube amplifier HD800S listening Classical music and Soundtracks. I never heard any other headphones would be as wide. The M1060 enough wide for movies my opinion

These are my first audiophile headphones. I got them in 2018, again in 2019, and then one more time in 2022. I ultimately got rid of them because they had subpar imaging for competitive play, and I couldn't justify owning a $300 pair of headphones and purchasing another. But I don't want to take away from what these did well those first two times I owned them.The moment you play a track with these, everything gets wide, big, slightly wonky, but cool nonetheless. The bass was really surprising and even had a hint of rumble when I listened to my favorite hospital radio tracks. I even watched Hereditary, and the gobs of tension you feel as the headphone produced a content sub-bass sweep was awesome. I could definitely tell there were some big dips in the upper frequencies, but once you get used to it and find the right volume, everything just starts to blend and sound very cohesive. I think this helps them not sound too harsh, allowing you to crank the volume more and get more of that bass. Now I want to say that this was running on a Jds Atom amp and El dac. This is notably more power than what I use now, which is a Jds Element 2. This leads into my more recent experience with the 1060, which was just lackluster. I don't know if I've been spoiled since then, or if it was the amp or headphone. They lacked the fun bass, they still had a wide presentation, but it wasn't unique anymore, and they generally sound pretty harsh to my ears. They fit different and the cable they came with already had two kinks... I guess this is my fault for trying to stick with one headphone, I was bound to get a bad set of these eventually I guess. But now, I want more of a collection, so I'm giving these one more shot, and I will update my review based on that experience. I owned around 4 headphones in between first getting these and than getting the second pair in the span of a year, and they still held up in my head. So I have to assume this 3rd pair was a fluke 🤞