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Audio-technica ATH-MSR7 Headphone Review

Rate this headphone:

  • 1. Poor (headless panther)

    Votes: 8 7.5%
  • 2. Not terrible (postman panther)

    Votes: 60 56.6%
  • 3. Fine (happy panther)

    Votes: 36 34.0%
  • 4. Great (golfing panther)

    Votes: 2 1.9%

  • Total voters
    106

staticV3

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Thanks. I wonder how they compare to the B version which had a quite different sound signature.
Here are both on the same graph:
ATH-MSR7 vs ATH-MSR7b.png

and Harman compensated:
ATH-MSR7 vs ATH-MSR7b Harman Compensated.png

The MSR7b has more bass and smoother upper mids.
The higher bass could be caused by better coupling to the measurement rig and may not be inherent to the headphone.
 
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solderdude

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What happened to the headband ?
Was the pleather flaking off and peeled the owner the rest off (leaving the cloth under the pleather bare ?)

The headband is supposed to look like this:
When you look closely you can see the pleather already starting to flake.
ATH MSR7 Black.JPG

and now looks like this
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Popscene

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What happened to the headband ?
Was the pleather flaking off and peeled the owner the rest off (leaving the cloth under the pleather bare ?)

The headband is supposed to look like this:
When you look closely you can see the pleather already starting to flake.
View attachment 274130
and now looks like this
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Had the same problem with the original version on both earpads and headband. The coating started to fade out after a few years. No longer a problem with the b version.
 
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