Introduction

It would be fair to say most people reading this review have heard of Monoprice, either simply for its inexpensive and decent cables for everything audio and visual or it branching out into several tech segments with its own brands. I myself have purchased a Dark Matter display for work before, Monoprice pair of bookshelf speakers for the office room, and have had a few Monoprice keyboards in the past. The Monolith by Monoprice brand, especially as it pertains to audio gear, is new to me despite having heard many good things from others. So it was perhaps a combination of expectations and ultimately poor tuning which had me disappointed with the Monolith M-TWE true wireless earphones we covered before. But perhaps that wasn't representative of the brand, and when another chance came up, I was eager to figure out whether that was a one-off or not.


It was in a virtual CES meeting earlier this year that Monoprice showed off several of its new entries into the PC gaming sector, and that meeting ultimately led to this review happening. Monoprice had recently released some new headphones, including some fascinating air motion transformer driver sets we may get to take a look at eventually, but the Monolith by Monoprice brand has generally been known for its low-cost planar magnetic headphones. So when there were finally some closed-back planars by Monoprice, it seemed like an opportune time to get acquainted with them. The M1070C is the less expensive of the two new sets, and thanks again to Monoprice for a review sample for TechPowerUp.

Specifications