The E-mu Teak sound incredible for metal, phonk and electronic music. Powerful, impactful, clean bass is mind-blowing. I really like this sound signature for my music genres. Comfort - comfortable for the most part, the pads can be better - overall comfort is decent but I find myself often re-adjusting the pads. Build quality could be better for the price - could use real leather and have larger earcup size. The headphones look premium and would feel more premium if real leather was used. The hinge connecting earcups to headband looks like a potential point of failure in the future.

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Soymilk0204

Sep 5, 2024

Activities:Casual Listening

Music Genres:Classical, Electronic, Hip-hop, Metal, Pop, Rock

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E-mu Teak Headphones

Really nice sound for the price; however build quality is kinda poor.

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joeshtesh475

Aug 30, 2024

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Great Sound, Beautiful Cups

E-MU with Rosewood cups. Fantastic sound, v shaped with tasteful bass and treble boost; clear sound with wide sound stage, crisp imaging. The rosewood cups are gorgeous, cant find any blemishes or issues with build. Biggest issues are the pads have a small ear opening, unless you have tiny ears you'll need a pad swap. I'm hesitant to swap pads given how well tuned these are out of the box.

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MCPatD

Aug 31, 2024

joeshtesh475Beware with the pad swap as there's an attenuator built into the stock pads.

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vken27

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Jul 2, 2024

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The most beautiful EMU headphone I got

This is my 3rd EMU headphone the first 2 where with built in wires but I wanted something that is removable. This is the best of the bunch. the ebony cups looks stunning. I don't really go for glossy finish but this one I can appreciate. The sounds you say? The sound is leaning towards neutral since the Ebony cups are really hardwood. But it still got enough of the boombassticc that it didn't really matter that it is more neutral.

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SuprMasu

Jul 3, 2024

vken27You got your Ebony already? Or is these from earlier drop?

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vken27

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Jul 4, 2024

SuprMasuI got it last week. It took DROP 3 months to shipped it. I guess in the end it was worth the wait. I initially wanted teak but then I already have the bamboo and wanted something different. for me, the cups heavy weight and finish just looks and feels more premium. And there was no molds in my box which I just throw away anyways after I got the headphones since I live in a tiny home.

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Headfi101

Mar 21, 2024

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Strong smell of mold inside the box

Mold inside the Emu Teak headphone's box both for the first pair and the second, replacement pair. Overall, not acceptable for a $500 pair of headphone or any headphones. Further more, the box is very thin, cardboard construction which can be damaged easily during shipment. For the ordering process, it took about 2 months from order to arrival, and refund took about 1 month after shipping it back.

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chan_emu

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May 7, 2024

Headfi101Hi Headfi101, Sorry for the late response. The shipment was supposed to reach you all before Christmas. However due to some logistics issues, the shipment only reached Drop's New Jersey warehouse at the end of January. In January, FedEx announced national service disruption due to storm and severe weather. The shipment was stuck in the Fedex transit warehouse. The growth of mold was likely due to extreme weather, high humidity, poor and prolong storage condition. The replacement unit is also affected as they belong to the same shipment. Please refer to the article link for the FedEx announcement - https://www.actionnews5.com/2024/01/24/fedex-express-announces-national-service-disruption-due-severe-weather/ Please contact us at support@emu.com if you need any clarification or assistance.

80saudioman

May 17, 2024

chan_emuShould have picked them up from Fedex and shipped another way then.

Terco

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Feb 8, 2021

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Beautiful Cans

The sound was great! I sold mine I regret, hopefully they can be back for sale.

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R1ddl3

Jun 9, 2020

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Great Sound, Poor Quality Control (Old Model)

I'm writing this review a couple years after buying an earlier version of these (the cable was still a thick braided black one) for the reward points. I love the sound signature of these - with the default wood option, they sound like a more well rounded version of the Fostex TH-X00, which I also owned. Unfortunately my unit had some pretty severe QC issues. The cable stopped working within several months. Shortly after that I stopped getting sound from the right side, and then a while after that the left side failed as well. At the time there appeared to be just one guy handling all customer support duties, meaning there was a turnaround time of over a week on email requests. Additionally, sending these back for a repair under warranty meant shipping them overseas. I wound up getting them repaired by a third party rather than go through that process. They still work since getting those repairs done, but overall the experience wasn't great. I'd hope these issues were resolved in newer versions.

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customNuts

Nov 11, 2019

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Very capable headphone.

Despite being packaged and presented in a budget fashion, these are excellent cans especially for bass lovers. An important note, even though these are easy to drive, they sound significantly better when driven properly. They actually LOVE lots of current. Then the sound (especially bass) tightens up and becomes much more open and precise. My favourite is balanced out of a high end tube amp. Unbelievable. I use the little dott 6.

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JonnyAwesome

Apr 22, 2019

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Amazing headphones. Great balanced sound. Good quality bass.

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SweetPrince

Mar 19, 2019

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I joined the drop for the Teak version around Christmas last year (2018). Unfortunately, the pair of headphones that I received really did not live up to my expectations. I ended up returning these headphones to Massdrop for RMA due to the following reasons:

Wooden cups were not evenly sanded / straight on the left earcup. This led to a significant gap being left between the wood and the metal ear cup frame on the top of the left ear. To my ear, this did not affect audio quality in a noticeable way, but still did not look good.
Left ear cup had some pretty noticeable scratches in the finish, a disappointing result considering these headphones cost $700AUD after conversion.
The pleather earpads were already cracking due to having dried out, almost as if these had been on a shelf for years without proper protection.
The left cable connector was loose, and rattled quite a bit when moving or when the cable touched clothing. This sound carried over into the headset, and could be heard while listening to music.
The headphones came in the box without any foam or protection. The outside packaging used to ship the headphones was just a thin layer of bubble wrap, so these were essentially unprotected. You would expect such an expensive product to be better protected.
The 'cable case' that came with the headphones was a pink zip up case that looked like a $2 case you'd find from a Chinese seller on eBay. Definitely not an acceptable accessory for a headphone that cost $700.

Sound wise, I believe they sounded fantastic, despite the cosmetic flaws. I do feel like they should be priced about $400-500AUD rather than $700AUD. The exchange rate is really bad at the moment, however, so I believe in better times, that these would sound like they're definitely worth the price. The flaws and issues I had with these headphones seem to tell me that they sent out B-grade stock, leftover stock from much older drops / shipments, or even reject stock. My headphones had very noticeable cosmetic flaws (scratches, uneven cups, loose connector) that you would expect would not get past QC. The small, pink case was a bit of a joke as well. Overall, I was very disappointed with the product I received, considering that it cost $700. Despite the fact that I really enjoyed the sound, I simply could not get over the cosmetic issues, and did not want to spend that much money on a pair of headphones that had glaring cosmetic flaws. Massdrop Support has been fantastic to work with in resolving this, however, so I am not too upset. I will instead be using the funds to purchase a different pair of headphones locally. If you are interested in these headphones, I would be very careful, as it appears they might be sending older stock that may or may not have quality issues.

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