it's happened to everyone you find the
perfect headphones I'm talking perfect
in every way except the cords too short
or the headband digs in or the Dank base
drops are more like dank
basements there are so many things that can go wrong that it's impossible to
find a set that's 100% Flawless until
now meet the tma2 modular headphone
system from II the headphone maker that
lets you have it your
way the master keys Pro keyboard lineup from Cooler Master is available in three
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them out at the link below for their TMA 2 II has atomized
their headphones into four constituent Parts headbands speaker units earpads
and cables allowing you theoretically to
mix and match to perfectly suit your needs and your budget every part in the
lineup is compatible with every other one and they all have this understated
postmodern aesthetic that you probably won't be surprised to learn came out of
northern Europe these headphones are straight up a lot cooler than I am and
their website is pretty cool too and refreshingly welld designed which is
pretty important since it's all you'll have to go on you can't just go to the
Local Best Buy and try every combination
so not only does it let you browse the various parts available in each category
it also offers several paths to choosing
a suitable assemblage you can Dive Right
In with their Nifty configurator tool or
sync up your Spotify account to get a suggested config based on the music you
listen to or you can just pick one of the presets that II has designed I think
one of the best parts of working on this review was actually the assembly it was
kind of like getting a new kit of Lego when I was a kid the components come
individually bagged and putting them together is not only super easy but it's
actually kind of fun the pieces snap together with plastic clips and Sliders
but I want to be clear that yes they're plastic but I really don't get a sense
that they had to compromise a whole lot on build quality in order to achieve
their modularity goals the soft touch
matte black components feel great and
the headband sizes adjust with a very satisfying click so II sent us almost
every flavor of each of the four parts
so we've got ear pads with microfiber f
leather or velour padding cord combinations from short to long to
straight to curly to width or without
inline controls and microphones we've got 40 mm Dynamic driver speaker units
with all manner of different magnets diaphragms and venting and we've got a
selection of slim or padded headbands
almost the only thing they didn't include is their upcoming wireless
Bluetooth headband so with enough parts
to reconstruct all of II's preset
bundles we set out to do just that from
the $145 allar arounds to the
$260 tone meisters every pair is
subjectively very stylish with no tacky brand logos visible and the only
Interruption to the clean matte black looks being an optional splash of color
on the cord they're all lightweight and comfortable
and I even prefer the long-term feeling of the overear tma2 configurations to
that of the Sennheiser momentums and headband caliper pressure is snug of
course a little higher on the on your configs like the DJ preset the ear pads
are free to articulate a bit and you can
plug the cord into whichever side you prefer nice but how do they sound well
as you might ECT that depends heavily on
your personal configuration particularly the speaker
units and earpads so we're used to seeing
headphone product descriptions full of marketing buzzwords and audio file lingo
and while the II site is guilty of that to a degree what I will say is this the
tma2 descriptions do contain some meaningful information some speaker
units have Punch Your Bass and some earpads as advertised do create
a wider Sound Stage but the summary I
guess then is this all the configurations we tested sounded what I
would describe as pretty solid at their
respective price points though I would
actually recommend avoiding the entrylevel S so1 speaker units as they
were the only ones that stood out as being overly bright forward and kind of
baseless thankfully s o2s are only 25
bucks more and spending more does
continue to get you a more natural sound
but it should be noted I don't want this to come across as a suggestion that you
just buy the most expensive configuration because that might not be
the one that you personally like best
which brings us to the big question then modular headphones like the tma2 do do
they make sense compared to a comparably
priced convention set definitely they sound good and
you're not paying a premium for the
modularity II's previous TMA 1
headphones retailed for 200 bucks and are now available as the tma2 DJ preset
for 200 bucks so what do you get well
nothing you didn't pay for if you don't want inline controls don't buy them if
you know you want a longer cord you're not forced to also pay for a stock
shorter one this entire concept makes
replacing damaged pieces or future
incremental upgrades possible in a way that just isn't if you have to replace
an entire headphone at once making them I guess more sustainable too so bonus
while we're on that subject they've also got this one headphone to rule them all
thing going on where you can actually transform them from Studio mode to
sweaty gym mode by swapping out the earpads which takes just a few seconds
or from wired to Bluetooth just by unplugging the cable now we're talking
to be clear though we are not saying the tma2 is for everyone and it's going to
Dethrone our favorite headphones not by a long shot but the best sounding
headphones don't cost 150 to 250 bucks
what we are saying is that if that is your price range these look great sound
great and allow you to get the right headphones for you instead of the best
compromise you can find on the
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