Sorry I know nothing bout the Sony u mention, but M50's pads are comfortable, better than M30. M30 somehow like clamping my head when i put on it.
M50 is great for long hours use.

welcome to the club!
optimum burn in time would be 100 hours or more.
u can either do it in one shot (~3 days continuous) or burn it as u use it.

from my experience, earphone needs more burning-in compare to headphone.
I noticed improvement on my M30 & M50 after burning in, but it's not that significant.

Well surprisingly not many are running on AT earphones here, though I heard from other's comments on CK series are quite good.
Would love to try them if I got the chance, as currently my IEM choices stuck with Bijou those.

That's a good stuff mate. Wonders whether it's NC function can compete with Sony's?
From my experience with Sony's NC function on my Sony Walkman, it can just filter lower frequency voices. It needs both player and earphone in order for the NC to work.
So how ATH-NC7 works?

ahah good one.
how come others can listen to what u're listening? it isnt an open end can....
i usually put on the Sony NC on LRT, part of the LRT moving sound is cancelled but I still can hear people talking next to me.

test M30 at LY Plaza? I thought locals are not (or rarely) selling Audio Technica stuffs?

according to Akabane, M30 & M50 can be driven by radio or computer audio so dont need amp also can.

At least you know both choices are OK so either one would do just fine.
If so hard to decide, do it the Harvey "Two Face" Dent's way.

CK-100 quite costly.... convert from JPY is like RM 1k+ already.
is it same level as those high-end IEMs from Shure?

This post has been edited by CLF: Feb 28 2009, 05:47 PM

LOL I'm "on my way" to that level now....
so far quite satisfied with my stuffs, but wanted to make it more diverse collections like open-air cans (AD500, 700 or 900) or so. wanted to try how good open-air can be compared to closed.

LOL bro go slow man.... one step to one step.... dont want to be greedy first.

here:
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f=21&t=601859&st=0
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/586559

Just to share something here.
Asked a net friend help me to design an avatar based on ATH-M50, turns out to be very good. ^^

hahah thanks.

M30's design isn't as obvious as M50, plus I dont want to mafan him again hahah.... really satisfied with this one.

btw the guy is: Jian from AkiraCEO.com, whom blogs by drawing comical cat. really talented blogger and artist, should recommend ppl go read his blog.

OK OK sorry off topic, not a place to talk about blog lol.

Akabane's "average quality" is actually very good for ordinary folks already.... W1k is overkill lol.
A500 might be bulky, but the quality is good if u plan to use it indoor.

Those AD or A series looks nice but too bad it's not portable to bring around....

Akabane, or anyone, which ATH IEM models can compete with Mylarone Bijou? If the price is acceptable i might want to get one.

This post has been edited by CLF: Mar 9 2009, 09:43 PM

oh my.... will that turn the W1000 from closed can to open can? O_o

so many trees.... btw not all are W1k right? what are the rest? W5k?

overkill.... lolz.

btw, i just wanna ask this for my future reference. W1k & ESW10 Jpn, what's the difference between both cans? in terms of SQ, performance and price?

my future build would like to be without amp or those DAC stuffs.... so I need something that can be driven easily.

congratz on ur new purchase bro! happy listening to AT!

Off topic:
Greetings from the motherland of Audio Technica!!