Yeah, Micah; the guys who reviewed the M80s like that weren't able to see any use for those little metal strips on the speaker terminals, so they just took them off so that they wouldn't "degrade" the sound.
Seeing your second post, you're right, that can be a problem. "Clean" sound that's too loud is just as damaging to your hearing and can sneak up on you because of the lack of distortion. I'm into audio to enjoy music and not to cause me permanent hearing damage while paying more for the privilege. Typical average volume of 70-75dB with split second peaks of up to 20dB more on the most dynamic classical recordings is fine. When listening "loud" on occasion that average can be raised to 80-85dB and the peaks are still easily handled by typical amplification.
Last edited by JohnK; 07/31/09 03:18 AM.
