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Originally Posted by
Xanadu777 
It's "black cap" actually. Jahn has combined the "black" with "star", which are both right, but refer to different things.
There are three versions that I know of. The ruffled looking area where I have the red dot has either unlettered back tops as shown, lettered back tops instead of all ruffles (something like "Joe Grado Signature Products") and black back (black cap) tops instead of white (still red dot area). The latter were used with the black body headphones, assuming so the white didn't stick out like a sore thumb. The rest of the driver is white, the same as the all white versions.
I can't remember if there's a lettered and unlettered black cap.
All versions have the center black magnet cover (blue dot). This is what Jahn saw and assumed was the same as his black caps, they're not. The green dot shows where "star" comes in. Shown from the back in the top pic (with magnet cover removed) and from the front on bottom pic (with front cover removed). All HP1000 drivers have the "star".
Yes both exist, my SR100-0 has an unlettered black one.
I have just checked thoroughly with a flashlight. I am 100% positive ;)
Sorry if the picture doesn't make it this evident. Simply judge by comparing with this one:
(from a classifieds here)
Unlettered white
(from an Asiatic website)
Lettered white
(from PCF in the "Headphone drivers" thread)
And with traced letters in Paint, with zoom and visual effort
Was this change only a aesthetical one? The black trait is a sign that the driver was manufactured more recently? And should fail later? Or the black color is just a special paint that was applied afterward?
I want my have SR100-0 for the day the white drivers inside my HP2 will die but today I was a bit shocked when I discovered the drivers didn't looked very much the same... but they do sound almost the same so I guess it'll be okay.
Edited by devouringone3 - 3/6/12 at 4:16pm
