Orthodynamic Roundup - Page 815

Kinda expensive headphones those Denon at the time they were released.

There was also this maybe-ortho.

technics eah-820 on the way!

oops- i meant technics

there is a Technics EAH-830 on sale on ebay UK for "Buy it now" if anyone is interested.

99GBP and has a dodgy connection = must be off his bloomin rocker ..dB

If you look carefully, you also see that the pads are out of service, with paint on them. The paint has also flaked off here and there off the cups. The headband looks a bit worn. The print on the cups is also worn off a bit.

Probably it's a dodgy connection as the seller claims, but really, it could be anything.

The seller though thinks that his headphones are worth a fortune. Unfortunately. Maybe he is right, in the long run?

I was actually wondering about that as well. More questions that I didn't ask being answered... This is exactly why I came here. That's an awesome idea for movies and games, though if I did do that, I think I'd just leave the old-school drivers in as I only really crave hi-fidelity for my music.

Speaking of which, I just found a pair of super thin ATL/Atlantis phones that were made in Japan with thin, square-shaped cups/pads that I think might work for the ortho drivers if I vent the rear baffle somehow. They look very similar to the B&O's pictured on the second page of this thread.



Anyone familiar with ATL/Atlantis HP's?

Today I got the 32ohm SFI drivers for which I swapped a set of 120s with BoilermakerFan (thanks BmF - I hope your goodies have arrived and are OK).

I keenly threw these into the QP805s that have housed my 120ohms and which I enjoy. The swop took five minutes, and with that time between listenings I couldn't hear a significant difference between the two. Test tones show that they deliver a pretty much equally flat response, both do quite well with the Glenn Gould, Goldberg variations test, in which the more clearly you can hear Mr Gould singing, the better the detail of the can.

My electronic bass test is DMX Bass by the DMX Krew, both do well.

The 32s are obviously much easier to drive and are happy straight from an ipod out, albeit better from a portable amp. I suspect that the 32s sound a bit more controlled with my Canamp, there is really good instrument separation in a way that I hadn't quite noticed with the 120s (could be that it was there but i just hadn't noticed it), but I guess that different amps might respond better or worse to one or the other.

These are going to be really versatile cans.

I modified the cans a couple of weeks ago by cutting away the plastic from the front of the baffle so that it doesn't cover the drivers at all, just like the K340 mod. It was a good mod, clearing up the sound nicely.

Also today I got some 100mm pads from these guys in HK http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/howtor...__W0QQ_armrsZ1. They diminish bass on the QPs but on the T20v2s they fit well, similar depth to stock, but a wider hole in the middle. They sound similar to stock, less easy to get a good seal, but they're new so that might improve. I'll try comparing the stock and these more closely...

Well, the foam that came with my DT990 pads behind the new pads on the T20s works really well - the seal is no problem now, and these sound great.

Glad to hear yours arrived safe and sound. Your package showed up Sat., but I haven't even opened it to check them yet.

We were just sidetracked with a gorgeous fall weekend with temps is mid-70's degF so we were not inside much.

The Stax O2 pads work very well on the QP805s. Comfort and great seal for bass.

But if only I could afford Stax pads... It sounds like just the thing too. But for now they're sounding pretty nice, and the stock pads are nothing if not durable, even though comfort could be better.

The weather here's been nice too, albeit not mid 70's nice.