Ultrasone HFI780 ALO Mod

[RIDE]

Originally Posted by Luminette

Dude, Ride

That is probably the nicest looking portable/transportable setup ever. You were right, all that 18g wire with the LOD and interconnects as well just makes for one overall goooooddddd looking scheme.

Right on Luminette!

I really do love it...and can bypass the Portable Vcap if I want to make things more manageable...but so far it's really been no problem to use this as my portable set up.

Like the color scheme too...all back baby except for the silver Diablo dials and some other machining and script here and there.

And back on topic...these 780s just get better and better! Been a busy weekend, but I have been able to sneak in some listening here and there. These do not seem to have any weaknesses!

Will report more later...

RIDE

[wilashort]

So that nobody think to help me, bunch of.............
i asked your help in polite form, but you ignored me....
I appreciate the thoughtfulness of only a few.

[pfillion]

Originally Posted by wilashort

So that nobody think to help me, bunch of.............
i asked your help in polite form, but you ignored me....
I appreciate the thoughtfulness of only a few.

I will receive my ALO-780 tomorrow, I'll let you how my impressions of the soundstage later this week.

Cheers

[HeadphoneAddict]

Originally Posted by skatanik

HeadphoneAddict, could you test your modded 780 with your Predator? I would like to buy this particulary combo. Thanks!

Got my Predator back the other day. Posted in the "other 780 thread" about it, but I'll answer here that they sound SCHWEET! with the Predator. Absolutely wonderful combination. Highly recommended.

Also, I mentioned before the D1 DAC seems a little bright with the opamps I have for it, and I am looking for an LM6172 for the DAC socket. In the meantime, I switched the iBasso D1 with CDP/iRiver optical out to a HeadRoom Micro DAC, and feeding that into the HeadFive makes another great combination.

I hope to have more opamps for the iBasso D1 DAC to try later in the week, but for now I have no problems at all with the treble and HeadFive like I did at first. The amp section is just right when teamed with the D1 DAC, but when using the DAC alone via line out then it is brighter. I confirmed this by feeding the headphone out from D1 into the HeadFive, and the brightness wasn't there.

[HeadphoneAddict]

Originally Posted by wilashort

So that nobody think to help me, bunch of.............
i asked your help in polite form, but you ignored me....
I appreciate the thoughtfulness of only a few.

Whoa there little buddy. This isn't my job, it is a hobby. Let's try to keep it fun shall we?

I missed your question in the very short second paragraph of your post.

Can you said to me the size in feet or metters (if it apply) that this modified headphone reach in the soundstage depth?
Thank you very much in advance, kind Sir.

I've described soundstage in terms of versus other headphones, such as shallower than HD600 but deeper than Grado, or as being wide and not narrow, because naming feet isn't always easy. I would say soundstage is 2-3x wider than it is deep in most cases. It got deeper with burn-in, and seemed to be done changing by last night. Then last night, after feeling sure the headphones were done burning-in, I switched out the iBasso D1 DAC for a HeadRoom Micro-DAC and sound stage deepened more again.

I just put on "Jazz at the Pawnshop" and the live crowd sounds like it may go back 40 feet behind me, but I am on stage with the musicians, and it feels about 12 feet wide and about 6-7 feet deep as the music is centered in my upper forehead.

Chick Corea Band, "Alive" live concert sounds like I am about 30-40 feet away from the stage in a 60 foot wide venue, but it sounds like the band is 20 feet wide.

Those are the only two albums I have time to deal with right now. Hope this helps.

[CountChoculaBot]

@headphoneaddict (or anyone else who's heard both stock and modded)


Is the improvement of the vamp cable HFI 780 over the stock version apparent even without amplification (plugged straight into a LM4562 modded X-Fi)? Does it sound like you get vaguely your money's worth without amplification as well? I do plan on getting a decent amp soon (2Move, D2 or Petite maybe?), but I'll pretty much be broke after getting this.

Also, ATH AD2000 vs ALO 780 comparison?

*edit*
I might be getting the D2 (and apparently, so are you addict ). Tell me how it sounds on the ALO's, please

[wilashort]

Firstly, i'm not 'little' in any form. I am 1.88m and i am 28 Yr old; i am Mentally very stable and very mature, not a mental daft as some here in this site..., Ok?.
Secondly that emputa more to me, is that anybody/somebody just ignore my questions. It's bad manners and lack of etiquette... really is so low-level education as to spell bad or use a bad languaje...
Thirdly i am not refering to only you but to the others, ok?. Why you (even Skylab) answered in the same form "it's not my job"...?? Is a fast exit to avoid the "responsability" (or not to help).
I am not forcing you to respond or to anybody, but is very selfish that anybody that had the equipment (in this case, the headphones (HFI-780)) don't want to help?
I put very clearly my questions/request two times (page 26 #504 and page 35 #685) and nobody bother to answer me (only Muftobration try to help but he doesn't had the headphones. Musicmaker "promised" to help me at respect, but it was all left in the air?)
Well, if anybody want to help me, is welcomed.
Ah, i put the samples in such pages, because it's a much easier form to everybody to associate the size of the soundstage with any headphone.
And for last, i don't understand your comparison, because i don't have those headphones. For that, i put the binaural files... and empty words (as the HD600 is deeper than X headphone) don't help, sorry.
How i said below, any help is very welcomed.

P.S: I made an mistake to put the previous post here and not in the original thread (so whats word new ultrasone hfi-780).
Sorry to "hijack" you thread, KB. I feel so bad for not posting the below post in his appropiate thread.

Originally Posted by HeadphoneAddict

Whoa there little buddy. This isn't my job, it is a hobby. Let's try to keep it fun shall we?

I missed your question in the very short second paragraph of your post.



I've described soundstage in terms of versus other headphones, such as shallower than HD600 but deeper than Grado, or as being wide and not narrow, because naming feet isn't always easy. I would say soundstage is 2-3x wider than it is deep in most cases. It got deeper with burn-in, and seemed to be done changing by last night. Then last night, after feeling sure the headphones were done burning-in, I switched out the iBasso D1 DAC for a HeadRoom Micro-DAC and sound stage deepened more again.

I just put on "Jazz at the Pawnshop" and the live crowd sounds like it may go back 40 feet behind me, but I am on stage with the musicians, and it feels about 12 feet wide and about 6-7 feet deep as the music is centered in my upper forehead.

Chick Corea Band, "Alive" live concert sounds like I am about 30-40 feet away from the stage in a 60 foot wide venue, but it sounds like the band is 20 feet wide.

Those are the only two albums I have time to deal with right now. Hope this helps.

[Luminette]

Whoa there!

wilashort, i'm sure there are literally three to five people in the world who own these right now. and 3-4 of those aren't even burned in

Stop turning this post into complaints, and please don't respond to this with more defensive stuff. I am sure you will hear more about the ALO modded hfi-780s as people actually come to own them, burn them in, listen to them, and review them

Head-Fi is an informative community, and that is surely why you are here to begin with. Just have a little more patience, especially with the people you're expecting something from, and you will get just what you seek

No disrespect to you at all

Now, for the love of god, no further posting on this and related bickering! Let's leave the topic open to what everybody on this thread wants to hear about- the ALO HFI-780s =)

Definitely looking forward to hearing Ride's impressions

[wilashort]

Yes, i make a mistake in put my post in this thread, sorry.

Originally Posted by Luminette

wilashort, i'm sure there are literally three to five people in the world who own these right now. and 3-4 of those aren't even burned in

Stop turning this post into complaints, and please don't respond to this with more defensive stuff. I am sure you will hear more about the ALO modded hfi-780s as people actually come to own them, burn them in, listen to them, and review them

Head-Fi is an informative community, and that is surely why you are here to begin with. Just have a little more patience, especially with the people you're expecting something from, and you will get just what you seek

Now, for the love of god, no further posting on this and related bickering! Let's leave the topic open to what you (and everybody else on this thread) wants to hear about- the ALO HFI-780s =)

Definitely looking forward to hearing Ride's impressions

[musicmaker]

Originally Posted by wilashort

Musicmaker "promised" to help me at respect, but it was all left in the air?)

wilshort, my friend ! I have not been able to perform the soundstage test yet. Its still on my to-do and I will get to it. My headphones are still burning in FYI. As you might've heard ultrasones take time to settle down. I don't claim to be a soundstage expert but I will listen to the tracks you pointed me to and report when time permits. Head-fi is a hobby for me, not a profession. This is true for most folks here. I've been here for almost 4 years. We do try and help out whenever possible. A little patience goes a long way.