Can you be more specific as far as what specific problems you're observing? I've handled about five or six K/Q701s, and actually have two pairs on my desk right now. Honestly, I can't tell the difference between the two. 

  I'm not convinced that in many (read: most) cases, this is even measurable let alone audible to human ears. Impedance matching might be the most measurable scenario, and again, the audibility of this is *extremely* questionable. But you're right, they are sexy. Just not hundreds of dollars...

As a scientist, it's really refreshing to see the community growing less superstitious over the years. Though everyone is entitled to their own opinions, I've observed "fads" and misinformation come and go, and it seems the days of grossly overpriced cables might be ending soon.   Contrarily...

  It's called a preamp. Problem solved.    Remember, these seem to primarily be speaker amps with compatibility for headphones as well. As you would control most sets of monoblocks, a preamp is a must. Set your preamp to max volume, and then set your monoblocks to the highest volume you would...

Quote: But it's Cardas so it automatically justifies the price. Everyone knows the more you pay for something, the better it sounds.   Quote: Even if someone believes in cables, that has no effect on the value of an item; it's still ridiculously overpriced regardless of if someone...

Now that I've finally settled into my new apartment, I've decided to hold off on getting any new equipment as my y2+O2 rig is doing fine for now, especially as I don't have as much time do any serious listening. ==   > The big picture     > Daily driver: Senn HD650 (in HD600...

Quote:   It's almost a philosophical question; reality is just the framework synthesized by your brain based on your sense. The mind is quite easily fooled, so if you genuinely think you can hear something, then yes, it's real to you, even if it's not actually "real" in terms of absolute...

Quote:   ^ This. Even going 8 strand, it remains pretty flexible. This is one I built earlier for my Grado. You could keep the original Mogami sleeving and shielding even, and it'll still be fairly flexible; it just won't be very twist friendly.  ...

Maybe the first post should be edited to say that the contest has neither started nor will it be in this thread, because these people are clearly not reading the thread and just replying based on the first post.

Hopefully I can build the measurement rig within the next two weeks, but with my apartment lease still delayed due to unexpected renovation issues, that'll have to wait until I get settled in. I am curious myself to see the FR of how I tuned them, but I'm more interested in seeing the spectral...

On decoupling baffle from cups: I basically filled the cups and baffle outer rings with GTMAT butyl rubber, but removed the aluminum foil so it's basically a mess of black goop. The best thing about this is that it adds vibrational damping and decoupling of the two, while at the same time...

Did nobody read the post where there is no contest yet and that you should all stop posting your ideas for anyone to steal in the future when the contest goes go up?

Promising results with the use of additional bracing, but since that is neither trivial to make nor practical to do for most DIYers, I'm looking into another approach that can give similar (or hopefully, much better) benefits and can also be easily replicated by anyone who wants to try it. Just...

Version 2 finished, going to hold off on further work until I get the exterior sanded and painted. Will do some further tuning and hopefully measurements afterwards. It's similar in many ways to core of what BMF has so much hard work into perfecting.   ==   Build is as follows:   1...

To the above posters:   GTMAT is a good alternative, as is any one of those commercial car dampeners. Waxman and Silverstone are nice alternatives to Akasa Paxmate, available on Amazon, though not cheaply.   The best place though? Go to your local Michaels or other craft store and buy...