anyone using harvey's "more me" headphones.

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i am in the market for some new headphones(i am considering sennheiser hd280 pros) and im curious to know what people think about harvey's "more me" cans. the price cant be beat...period. and what is the difference between the $20 and $30 models?
 
Well, I use em, but I don't think that should count as a ringing, unbiased endorsement. :rolleyes:

As far as the differences, that's easy:

The Studio MoreMe headphones have a built-in 1/8" plug with a 1/4" adaptor. The Studio Deluxe headphones are straight 1/4" - no adaptor.

The Studio MoreMe headphones have a simple plastic headband. The Studio Deluxe headphones have a thick padded headband.

The Studio MoreMe headphones have a slight midrange peak. The Studio Deluxe headphones have a 1" thick damping pad inside each can to smmoth that peak out.

The Studio MoreMe headphones have Red=Right and Blue=Left stickers and a small white L or R sticker. The Studio Deluxe headphones has the Red=Right and Blue=Left stickers, big Blue and Red round stickers that say "Left" and "Right", and a giant "L" and "R" imprinted on the ends of the headband.

And finally, the manufacturers "say" the Studio Deluxe MoreMe's go down a little lower, and up a little higher (20Hz to 20kHz), as compared to the Studio MoreMe's (30Hz to 18kHz).

Most people have said that they are pretty good sounding phones and they were pleased with their purchase. (I think a few people were "quite" surprised by how good they really were.) Just about everybody agrees that the musicians that have used them were very satisfied with them for tracking.

Quite a few people have returned to buy more of them. Every reviewer I've sent them to also likes them.

Finally, we have a dealer (http://www.frontendaudio.com), and Fletcher at Mercenary Audio is currently evaluating the MoreMe line. If Fletcher does a review of the MoreMe line, I'll post it here, good or bad.

Oh yeah, almost forgot, info is at:

http://moreme.info
 
i have 5 sets of more me's and one set of HD280s (and also a set of HD580s). the 280s are definitely better sounding than the more me's, but they're also 5x the price and i'd expect that.

so the more me's won't astound you with their sonic clarity, but they're certainly worth the price (better than anything else at the $20 level i've heard), and they're certainly "good enough" for tracking. my band uses them during practice and i hand em to anyone else who records here, and no one's had a complaint yet.

not to mention that our lead guitarist has this problem with holding onto things--he's dropped his more me's more times than i'd like to think......but damned if they don't just take the abuse and keep on ticking good as new. i can't imagine the 280's handling it with such aplomb, ya know?

all's i know is i'm pleased with my purchase. :D


wade
 
i think most people that run their own studio see headphones as something that is disposable. they will break in time. phones get tons of abuse where i work. we have a box with about 10 sets of busted phones. sounds like the more me's are the ticket for that situation.

thanks for the informative post harvey.
 
For $20, you can't beat them for tracking. They are not suited for critical listening, though--nor are they advertised for that.
 
In all honesty the HD's will beat the More Me's in every way but if you need 4 pairs and some extensions then Harvey's got you covered. Get the HD's for your main cans and some More Me's for the rest of the band.
 
I bought 5 pairs for the studio.......... no, they won't win sound quality awards, but when the metal guitar god and the bassist clash, I'd rather have them throwing $20 cans around than the $100/pair Fostex T20 I'd normally give them for tracking!
 
So are they a better choice than the same-priced Behringer cans? I read the warranty info on the moreme phones; that's the best damn guarantee I've ever seen on anything.
 
I have 2 sets of more me's. They are great for tracking.
 
88fingers said:
So are they a better choice than the same-priced Behringer cans? I read the warranty info on the moreme phones; that's the best damn guarantee I've ever seen on anything.
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Well, if the Behringers go dead, I imagine they'll replace them, but probably not as fast as I'll replace the MoreMe's. I hate getting the runaround from big companies. If you break/crush/step on/smash/mutilate the Behringers, I don't think they'd consider that a warranty repair.

Some of the MoreMe customers have said they prefer the MoreMe's to the Behringers, but I don't have any names handy, so take that comment with a grain of salt, since I haven't heard the Behringer phones. Some of the Behringer phones are open back, which makes them unsuitable for tracking.

I do offer a one month trial period, so you can try them for a month or so, and if you don't like them, you can return them for a full refund.
 
the more mes are one of two lower cost phones i recommend. i also like the akg k-44. the k-44 cover the ear better and are more comfortable. the more me phones sound a little tighter in the mids but lack a bit on the bass end. this contrasts with the k-44 which supply a decent low end but come across as a little muffled in the mids. either pair are solid choices for tracking.

if you can afford them, then the extreme isolation headphones are my fave tracking phones.

steve
www.mojopie.com
 
I just got 4 pairs of these last week. They are perfectly suited to tracking. They aren't the best sounding... but they are far from the worst and they do really cut through when tracking. They are also f'in loud.
 
The More Me phones were impressive for the price, that's why we decided to become a dealer. Harvey has addressed the headphone issue better than anyone else as far as multiple pairs of inexpensive cans goes. I like the ability to switch between stereo and mono use also. His warranty is incredible also.

They are great cans for anyone looking for a quantity of headphones to hand to bands that commonly treat them as sporting goods. Seriously, ever had a guy spike a pair while running into the control room screaming "dude let me hear that!"? It hurts a lot less to watch when you've only got $20 or $30 bucks in 'em.

:)

And that's my completely unbiased opinion... ;) and I agree with Steve about the Extreme Iso phones also. The More Me phones don't offer the same isolation but sound a hell of a lot better than the Audio Technica MT3X cans I wasted $30 a pair on before finding these.

War

Warren Dent
www.frontendaudio.com
 
I have a few

I think I have 8 or 9 pairs.
I am very happy with them. They work well for what they were intended. Good tracking phones for the hordes to use and abuse.
Don't sound bad either. I had trouble with one pair (intermittant) and Harvey rushed me out a replacement before I could get mine sent back!

It is a no brainer.

Tom
tmix studios
tom@tmixstudio.com
 
Seriously, ever had a guy spike a pair while running into the control room screaming "dude let me hear that!"? It hurts a lot less to watch when you've only got $20 or $30 bucks in 'em.
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Isn't that how headphones are supposed to be treated. I'm even guilty of that and I'm the owner of the phones ;)
 
88fingers said:
So are they a better choice than the same-priced Behringer cans?
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I can't imagine worse sounding headphones than the Behringer cans. I have one pair of HPM1000s and it's a sad piece of shit.
 
I haven't been using my pair of MoreMe headphones for that long, but so far I have only two complaints.

1) Not at all the product's fault, is that they get uncomfortable for me very fast. The reason this is not the product's fault is that this happens to me with any headphones that are not completely circumaural (ie: fully over the ear, not resting on my actual ear at all) so that's my ears' fault for being shaped funny or something.

2) People talk about how loud they are but when I got them I was a little disappointed in that, mainly because the cheap $30 Koss headphones I was using (several years old, not a current model, TD/65) seemed a lot louder. Now the reason I bought the MoreMe's is because these Koss ones recently broke, they're usable, but one of the ear pieces keeps falling off, plus my $99 Sonys died a few months ago, so I was running out of headphones and wanted to have a few decent but cheap tracking headphones before I invest in a pair of Sennheiser 280s or something. Also the Koss phones bleed too much. A few of the people I record like insanely loud headphone levels because they're all deafies from years of earplugless gigging. I personally don't need the levels as high, but still have to turn up the phones a bit more with the MoreMes. To be fair, I think the Koss were a lot louder than the Sonys too, before they died.

Now its possible a) My Omni Studio I/O doesn't have a very strong headphone amp, b) those old Koss headphones are just really REALLY frickin loud.

However, I will say that I'm fairly certain there is nothing anywhere near as effective in this price range. And $20 effective tracking phones is exactly what I needed when I heard of these. I want a pair of 280s for myself, but I also intend to never let anyone else ever touch those, so its MoreMes for everyone else :D
 
TheOneTrueMatt said:
I haven't been using my pair of MoreMe headphones for that long, but so far I have only two complaints.

1) Not at all the product's fault, is that they get uncomfortable for me very fast. The reason this is not the product's fault is that this happens to me with any headphones that are not completely circumaural (ie: fully over the ear, not resting on my actual ear at all) so that's my ears' fault for being shaped funny or something.
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Just a thought, but have you tried to see if the Koss pads can fit on the MoreMe's to cover your ears better? If I remember correctly, the big Koss pads are glued in place and can be pulled off the Koss with the sticky glue still intact - and they might fit the MoreMe's.
 
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I have a set, and I love em. Definately a bargain. Harvey is a hell of a nice guy as well.
 
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