I have the PM-50 and also brought the harmonicdyne helios , the NDH20 and the KPH30 as Zeos all recommended. I like the NDH20 . I can not say that for the harmonicdyne. It is a very good headphone for its price , but can't listen to it for more than half an hour( with different pads changing). The treble is too bright ; And the vocal is shouty and uncomfortably invasive. At Canjam, I compared the PM-50 with the Sendy aiva and decided to go with the PM-50. No, It is not analytical. To me, It is more of a " vinyl" feel headphone: organic, warmish, mid-focus and laid-back. I think it all depends on your ears and which sound profile you are looking for. My headphones are the Modded nighthawk carbon, NDH20, K1000 and the PM-50. I am probably letting the helios go. Guess Zeos is more offended by its original asking price. LOL
dreammaker2046"To me, It is more of a " vinyl" feel headphone: organic, warmish, mid-focus and laid-back."
That's exactly how I feel about these. Couldn't agree more.
Pr3ssAltF4I do love that sounds sig. for some of my music....so tempted! This is one of the reasons I have an unmodded Nighthawk (didn't know there were mods to these 'phones)
"I do love that sounds sig. for some of my music....so tempted! " Yeah,even Rob Watts likes it, right? ;)
" didn't know there were mods to these 'phones" The Nighthawks are dark, I settled on a duelund silver cable to make the trebles more pronounced and tighten up the lows a little bit; Also the original earpads have hollowness on some tracks, so I changed the pads have smaller cutout( the sound stage decrease a little bit, though). It just suit my taste better. No need to mod if you like the way it is. Cheers
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dreammaker2046Lol! I did change out the cable which added a touch of (needed) brightness to the nighthawks, but I also ran sine waves and pink noise through the ‘phones while on vacation for 24 hrs/ 10 days. I I came back to an appreciably better sound, but some of that warmth was still there So I added the silver cables (thinking about going Moon Audio cables). Pads are stock for now. I missed the Andover’s with hemming but I’ll still keep an eye out since I’d like to add my first planar to my stable. Thanks for this convo!