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Mitchell & Johnson MJ1 & HP1 Headphones

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ThytonMaximus

Dec 13, 2018

TLDR: Burned in my pair of Mitchell and Johnson MJ1's for two weeks (around 100 hours) with a little improvement but they still sounds dull and boring. So to start this I pretty much bought these because they were so cheap and it was a 50/50 shot that they would actually be good. Spoiler alert I still don't like them. Currently I'm comparing them to my Sennheiser HD6XX's and M50x's. Accessories: To be honest I was very disappointed here. First (and this may be nit picky) the included bag is frankly pathetic. Its a very thin fabric bag that might and I mean might protect them from scratches. In my mind it makes more sense to have a hard case as these headphones are made of woodish material. If you drop these in that dinky little bag they will break no questions asked. The cords are awful as well. I've had better cords on a pair of ear buds than these. On the upside the quarter inch and airplane adapters are nice. Build: Here again I was disappointed. The headband looks cheap, the ear cups I am sure are just some kind of vinyl covered something (not wood), and the ear pads are criminally uncomfortable. Starting with the headband. The headband its self is fairly comfortable though "metal" clasps on either side of the headband are cheap plastic. My pair of headphones came with a chip on them which is how I know the cups are at the very least not a quality wood. And lastly the pads. Never in my life have I more quickly hated the feel of a pair of pads. The pads are super thin and made of such weak foam that your ears will touch the metal protective sheet behind the pad. That for me makes the headphones painful to wear for any longer then an hour. Sound: Here is where I was perhaps the most disappointed. Full disclosure I have never tried a real pair of electrostatic headphones before so I don't necessarily have a direct comparison. To my ears the bass is there though not very present at all. Highs are there but only the very lowest end of them. This causes everything to kind of meld into the middle and honestly sound like hot garbage. I put on my girl friends cheaper sony wireless headphones (worth around $150) and those had more highs. Mind you the sony's are literally built for bass, its right there on the packaging. In an effort to improve the sound I have broken these headphones in for 100 hours or more and I intend to keep breaking them in till around the 300 hour mark but i'm not at all hopeful that they will improve. Conclusion: I basically bought these headphones just for fun. I had some extra cash laying around and I was curious what a $400 pair of headphones sounded like. These have completely missed the mark. The accessories are stupid cheap feeling, the build quality is laughable, and the sound is frankly absolute garbage. I'll give that the sound at lease may get better over time but if I actually paid $400 for these I would be furious. To me that price is borderline a scam. To round it out I came in with really no skin in the game and no prior knowlege of the company, but if someone asked me would you recommend at least the MJ1's. That would be an absolutely no from me. The over all package in my mind is not worth the frankly scandalous amount of money they are charging for them. Please if you are looking for headphones in the $400 range look elsewhere. These are an absolute waste of money!

Dec 13, 2018

Siep

Dec 15, 2018

ThytonMaximus1 the cables that came with them influence the sound very much, please replace them with better quality ones.

use a good quality dac.
after i let them burn in for more than 100, i bought a little blue tooth receiver, this did the mitchell &johnson mj 1 a lot of good, now it sounds fabulous, open detailed,also the bass is just right,
soif you try that you will listen to a high end pair of headphones, good luck with them

Dec 15, 2018

Nocturna

Jan 26, 2019

Siep " use a good quality dac" but it uses a cheap BT receiver ( with some cheap low quality dac)… alright … but what should somone expect from someone how can hear cables sound very different.

Jan 26, 2019

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