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Originally Posted by Philimon  And the soundstage is very wide, but does not exactly have much depth and height. Instrument placement and separation also doesn't seem to be that great thus far.
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We had one of our kraut meetings last weekend, and for that purpose I build 2 sets of non-standard distancers: One set with reduced height (11,5 instead of 14mm), and one bevelled set. You also see the black distancer on the pic, which is the "stock" one.
As one of our kraut participant follows the bluetac fixation principle with his MS Pro "Ultimate", we could easely compare the results with my "stock" Ulti. The bevelled distancers simply sucked (satirical wideness of soundstage), but
the shortened distancers made a really nice result:
- same amount of deep bass, but more kickbass (almost like unmodded)
- more "Grado" energy with the mids section
- more realistic soundscape
- more realistic instrument placement
- only downside: Loss of that special airyness that mod is famous for, you end up DT880Pro-ish or so in that respect
The guy ended up keeping the shortened version on his MS Pro, whereas NoXter and me still prefer the airier stock version (but not by much). It's a question of taste and genre choice.
As summary, the mod seems to be fully adjustable, if you want airyness (e.g. electronica and classical) you choose 14 mm, if you want more Grado sound and more soundscape precision (e,g. Rock & Metal) you choose 11,5 mm or so. I guess also something "in between" with 12,5 or 13mm might turn out to sound really nice.
