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Just listened to some Fostex T50RPs today... WOW!
Oct 11, 2011 at 11:29 PM Post #3,721 of 11,345


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micmacmo said:
That URL hung on me, but this one takes me to the Silverstone acoustic foam. 
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=55319&vpn=RL-SF01&manufacture=Silverstone%20Technology
 
You can get plasticine and stiff felt at Michael's. 
 
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Awesome, so you think it should work?  I was planning on getting some stuff from Michael's too, plasticine should be pretty easy and cheap to get my hands on.
 
I do have some Sculpey bake-clay...which seems to be pretty much plasticine that you can bake to harden.  Wonder if that'd work?  A bit expensive compared to normal plasticine but I do have some sitting around and probably won't use it for anything else for awhile...
 
Oct 11, 2011 at 11:43 PM Post #3,723 of 11,345


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dogears said:
Is plasticine (when dry) heavier than modeling clay?
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Plasticine is always dry...isn't it a polymer?  When cured Sculpey is a tiny bit lighter but it could just be in my imagination...I've never compared the weights with a scale.
 
Pretty sure modeling clay would always be heavier than plasticine though since it it has quite a bit of water in it...but I doubt it'd be the best thing to use in a headphone?  It's a bit too messy and it cracks really easily when it dries without being fired...
 
Oct 11, 2011 at 11:48 PM Post #3,725 of 11,345


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dogears said:
^Oops *facepalm*, I meant when it solidifies :p
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Well, it's the same weight as normal plasticine, really, when it's solid.  But I'm pretty sure you can't do that with normal plasticine.
 
I do think they offer a kind of Sculpey that's super-lightweight though?  But I guess that's not what you're looking for in this case, isn't it...?
 
Oct 11, 2011 at 11:59 PM Post #3,726 of 11,345
Chuckle...  Plasticine IS modeling clay.  I got mine on Amazon for $10 of something.  
 
http://www.amazon.com/Plasticine-24-Pack-Technicolor-Fun/dp/B004OZHOA6/ref=sr_1_6?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1318391941&sr=1-6
 
 
 
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Oct 12, 2011 at 12:01 AM Post #3,727 of 11,345
but for $10 you can pick up some tungsten putty 
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Oct 12, 2011 at 12:09 AM Post #3,728 of 11,345


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I'm far to cheap (and sensible) to drop $100+ on pads. 
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I currently have these pads:
 
O2
SA5000
W11
LA3000
Jmoney somethingerother
K240 pleather
KT88 K240 pads
3 kinds of Turtlebeach velours
SRH840 and 750dj
Beyer Leather
Beyer Velour
Fostex T20
3x Koss R10
Koss MV1
 
I must be really crazy because I'm definitely cheap! 
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Oct 12, 2011 at 12:14 AM Post #3,729 of 11,345
I thought I was cheap too until head-fi :) You will be able to test out a variety of pads with the T50RP it seems as you got lots of them :p
 
Oct 12, 2011 at 12:15 AM Post #3,730 of 11,345
*facepaw*
Now that you mentioned it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasticine
They are one and the same! :p
 
I was hoping there's a lighter alternative though :p
 
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mrspeakers said:
Chuckle...  Plasticine IS modeling clay.  I got mine on Amazon for $10 of something.  
 
http://www.amazon.com/Plasticine-24-Pack-Technicolor-Fun/dp/B004OZHOA6/ref=sr_1_6?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1318391941&sr=1-6
 
 
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Oct 12, 2011 at 12:18 AM Post #3,731 of 11,345
 
Plasticine doesn't dry out. (That's why it's so popular in kindergartens.) If it dried, you'd lose the mass of the water (or whatever solvent) and it wouldn't dampen as well. Or so I understand.
 
DaBomb, I think the two thing that both BMF Pants and Rastapants (both versions) have in common are 1) plasticine in the baffles and 2) paxmate in the cups. Both minimize the cup resonance and those annoying mid spikes. Both these mods are good places to start. Fortunately, they're also relatively inexpensive and reversible too.
 
Oct 12, 2011 at 12:36 AM Post #3,733 of 11,345
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dogears said:
I was hoping there's a lighter alternative though :p 
 
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I think the point is that you don't want a lighter dampener. In this case, it's just the dead weight of the material that's dampening the mechanical vibrations. No fancy visco-elastic properties or constraining layers. Just mass. 
 
 
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