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Old 02-17-2007, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by duderuud View Post
Yeah, I'm the second the post in a gonna-be-very-long-and-interesting thread
We'll keep this one shorter than the previous one to prevent anyone getting RSI from excessant use of the scroll wheel.


Okay, to get the ball rolling there is an interesting discussion on 2channel currently about the difference in sound depending on whether the earpads seal or not. A chap was kind enough to offer these graphs of his 404, although he made pains to say that they shouldn't be considered especially accurate, particularly in the treble.

This is with the earpads lying flush:


And this is with a gap:


I'm not totally sure on the exact conditions under which the measurements took place but I found the results quite interesting.
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