It seems to me that the foam sheet that covers the driver is pretty thick and could be replaced with a thinner more acoustcally transparent material. Has anyone tried this and where can one find such a material. Basically this material is just functioning as a dust cover for the driver.
HD600, HD650 Foam Mod
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Duggeh
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Sennheiser put that foam there for a reason. Some people seem to prefer it out, or replaced with tights though.
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There are extensive discussions of removing / replacing the foam - it makes a huge improvement.
Just do a search...
| Originally Posted by OwlAudio /img/forum/go_quote.gif It seems to me that the foam sheet that covers the driver is pretty thick and could be replaced with a thinner more acoustcally transparent material. Has anyone tried this and where can one find such a material. Basically this material is just functioning as a dust cover for the driver. |
There are extensive discussions of removing / replacing the foam - it makes a huge improvement.
Just do a search...
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You really must try for yourself. In my opinion, defoaming is an improvement.
I apologize if this has already been discussed. I should have figured. Off to the search function...
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In my howto for 580s, we do a nylon mod. See the sig.
very nice! I'm going to try it out.
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I don't think it necessary has to be an improvement, to my ears it takes away that warm powerfull sound, that I think is the 650s best area, I think they sound strange when the foam is gone.
I think it is obvious that the thick foam is there to give them the traditional senn sound.
| Originally Posted by Gradofan2 /img/forum/go_quote.gif There are extensive discussions of removing / replacing the foam - it makes a huge improvement. Just do a search... |
I don't think it necessary has to be an improvement, to my ears it takes away that warm powerfull sound, that I think is the 650s best area, I think they sound strange when the foam is gone.
I think it is obvious that the thick foam is there to give them the traditional senn sound.
removing the foam makes the highs shrill and muddies/smears the sound. a bad mod in my opinion. replacing it with thinner material, i have yet to try.
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I tried this mod for a period of a month or two...but eventually went back. You can't say I didn't give it a chance! Overall it took some of the warmth out of the sound and that's a big reason why I like Senns.
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completely agree. they just don't sound like REAL senns. all those fakes out there without foam
| Originally Posted by Illah /img/forum/go_quote.gif I tried this mod for a period of a month or two...but eventually went back. You can't say I didn't give it a chance! Overall it took some of the warmth out of the sound and that's a big reason why I like Senns. --Illah |
completely agree. they just don't sound like REAL senns. all those fakes out there without foam
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My experience was the same, so I went the other way and replaced the foam with a similar density foam, but about twice as thick. That muffled the treble too much, so I used a penny and cut around it to form a hole in the center.
This mod actually sounds pretty good. While it does recess the midrange a bit, the whole sound signature takes on a more lush character that is great with rock.
| Originally Posted by vcoheda /img/forum/go_quote.gif removing the foam makes the highs shrill and muddies/smears the sound. a bad mod in my opinion. replacing it with thinner material, i have yet to try. |
My experience was the same, so I went the other way and replaced the foam with a similar density foam, but about twice as thick. That muffled the treble too much, so I used a penny and cut around it to form a hole in the center.
This mod actually sounds pretty good. While it does recess the midrange a bit, the whole sound signature takes on a more lush character that is great with rock.
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