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Old 04-20-2008, 01:01 AM   #355 (permalink)
[S]uds
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Originally Posted by Ragonix View Post
Is it better to buy modded HFI780s then to buy a higher tier headphone? The HFI780s stock are medium tier headphones, but with Jena mod, the price sky rockets to $600 from $250. For $600 you can buy higher tier headphones like the D5000 or AD2000. Does the ALO modding give a performance increase equal to the next tier level headphones?
I believe HeadphoneAddict stated that a pair of ALO HFI-780J's is about 90% of what an Edition 9 is. So I believe the answer is yes. If it's 90% of a $1k + headphone, it has moved to the next tier of cans.
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